JEFF GIDDENS

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Aug 12
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“ Formerly, the task was to supply the things that men wanted. The new necessity is to make men want the things which machinery must turn out, if civilization is not to perish. The problem before us today is not how to produce the goods, but how to produce the customers.
— Samuel Strauss, 1924 (via jstn)
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Aug 08
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» Clay Aiken and platonic baby-making partner Jaymes Foster welcomed their first child together in North Carolina this morning, the singer's rep confirmed to E! News.
Further proving that Clay Aiken might be the strangest man in America.
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Aug 06
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“ Your father, outraged at your flouting of his generation’s values, bursts into your room. Bellowing nonsense, the familiar scent of cheap whiskey on his breath, he snaps your board in half. You briefly consider purchasing a new one, but the sting of your father’s belt leads you to abandon the idea. You drop skating altogether and devote yourself to your studies, eventually graduating magna cum laude. Your father dies of alcohol poisoning a week later, and, on the plane back from the funeral, you meet Sarah. The two of you get married, settle down in a nearby suburb, and produce three children. You’re not sure how you’re going to make ends meet with your office job: the hours are long and the pay is low, but you feel confident that hard work will see you through. On your way out of the team-building seminar, however, you trip on an exposed stone and totally beef it all over the pavement. Combo breaker!
— McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Ways to Lose at Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.
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Jul 31
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» Truth or Consequences - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Thomas Friedman speaks the non-partisan TRUTH.
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Jul 28
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“ What they failed to realize is that the CD gravy train would soon come to an end as people finally replenished their collections and went back to their normal buying routines. The years of off the chart sales came to an abrupt end and corporations were stuck with bloated record divisions and they had no clue what to do - the end result when you replace creative minds seeking talent with bean counters seeking profit.
— Broken Record: Four Mistakes That Killed the Record Indstry Before File Sharing
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Jul 23
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» A Short Primer on McCainomics Versus Obamanomics: Top-Down or Bottom-Up
(via azspot)
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Jul 22
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» Brian McLaren endorses Obama
interesting reasoning, can’t say that i disagree.
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Jul 16
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Deadman is making real American music, and I love it.
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Jul 08
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how good does this look? mischadehart: Homemade beef pot stickers and a crimini mushroom and asparagus stir fry.

how good does this look?

mischadehart:

Homemade beef pot stickers and a crimini mushroom and asparagus stir fry.
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Jul 02
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Unsatisfied with playing an instrument, David Byrne resorts to playing a building.
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Jun 30
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“ Since marketing no longer means dealing with independent radio promoters, radio stations, and music video television stations for play and instead means building real, trust-based relationships with fans directly, there’s no efficiency in marketing Robbie Williams today and Iron Maiden tomorrow. You’re lacking the focus a Vagrant or Victory (or closer to my heart, Dischord or from the “wildly profitable” category, Jive in its late 90s heyday) who are more or less going back to the same group of fans with each release. Hell, Vagrant even spun off two new labels, one for kids and one for heavier music. They’re focusing on what they know and segmenting their marketing efforts by affinity group.
— FISTFULAYEN
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Jun 24
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First time I had seen a sign preventing TEXTING in a school zone.
First time I had seen a sign preventing TEXTING in a school zone.
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Jun 19
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Matt Mahaffey covers Back In Black, on drums and Omnichord, BY HIMSELF.
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Jun 18
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Adapted from an F. Scott Fitzgerald story - with concepts like this out there, why are movies like Indiana Jones FOUR and the Happening being made?
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