Thoughts From Watching the 80th Academy Awards

A few thoughts from watching the Academy Awards tonight:

Amy Adams singing Happy Working Song alone on stage should win an Oscar for bravery.
George Clooney is the iconic leading man of our era. He’s the heir of Cary Grant and Clark Gable.
How many freeking statues does Jack Nicholson have? Also, does he always get a front [...]

PhPh: School of Muaaahahahaah … ahem. Rock.

Our excitement for the day

Guess what my husband just did, like ten minutes ago?  He auditioned for the LA Philharmonic.
Jason in the Green Room, waiting to hear.  He’s assuming he didn’t advance, because they excused him after hearing three excerpts (instead of maybe five).  It was a screened audition on the stage of the Disney [...]

Seth Godin on The Death of the Music Industry

Seth Godin (all-around internet guru guy) wrote an article on things that can be learned, by existing industries, from the slow and agonizing death of the music industry. The quote of the article has to be:
You used to sell plastic and vinyl. Now, you can sell interactivity and souvenirs.

Some of his language is a bit [...]

Zoë Keating