Bob Lefsetz wonders whether Cee-Lo’s “F**k You” is going to be another here-today-gone-tomorrow novelty. He uses the song as a jump-off to appeal for music with more staying-power and quality. His point of comparison is the popular series of TED talks: These TED talkers didn’t start yesterday, most have spent years dedicated to their field, to [...]
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It’s amazing how much insight and inspiration can come from babies, as I was reminded after visiting my seven week-old nephew yesterday. Most of time we were there we listened to “the baby’s music” which is supposed to make him happy (I’m a baby-newbie so forgive me if I’m embarrassing myself), but it made the [...]
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Being that it’s a rainy day where I am right now and I’ve been meaning to do a few “Best of the 00′s” lists, when I found myself making a playlist of climate-appropriate musical selections it seemed like a good chance to collect some impressions. Starting with Badly Drawn Boy‘s Hour of the Bewilderbeast in [...]
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south,
sparklehorse,
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the o.c.,
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Now that the talk on digital democracy is done I can focus on the one I’m preparing for the SMarts Conference at Museum London this Saturday. I’ve started working on it here (but it may not look much like that when it’s done — specifically I’ve left out the most relevant bits). It’s about how [...]
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ÜberCreativity,
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“Heuristic” — an ugly word that everyone should know — is used differently in various contexts. It generally refers to a process of making open-ended, provisional decisions in order to get into a better position — “for now” — from which to act and decide better later: Let’s see how this works out — find [...]
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As part of my initiative to keep posts here under 800 words, I posted a longer piece over at openconceptual.com — an idea I had for nine stages of learning. I also wanted to try publishing something through Scribd. I’ve been thinking of publishing my longer posts this way for over a year now. Thing [...]
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When we talk about learning we tend to focus on the middle three stages: comprehension, articulation, and utilization — aka, rudiments & fundamentals, theory, and practice (usually all at once). That kind of education is fine if you’re just looking for a mediocre, good-enough degree of mastery. People who truly excel at something start learning well before their formal lessons, and continue long afterwards.
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FP Passport reminds us a bit about what was happening in the world the last time the stock market was this low. I have a pretty good frame of reference for that time: I just turned 19, I was finishing high school and started university in 1997. One big difference between then and now is how we use computers. [...]
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by Brian on 02-01-2009
in art
If there’s going to be a grunge renaissance, you won’t hear me complaining. First of all it’s a great tonic to all of the overproduced, overmarketed adult oriented rock (the same stuff that the original grunge scene came up through). And as the economy continues to worsen, we may find ourselves more in the mood for those strangely catchy-gloomy [...]
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by Brian on 01-25-2009
in art
I think I might try to make a habit of posting music or some other kind of video every Sunday, partly to force myself to be a little more on the lookout for something new, partly to make sure I don’t let things get too intense here, and partly because there’s stuff like this I [...]
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Ya, I know what you’re saying. Orchestra London already does a Red Hot Weekends thing with Jeans ’n Classics, performing music by The Who, Annie Lennox, etc. That’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about motherfuckin’ Metallica… I’m not just talking about accompanying the CD or playing in front of a giant video screen, I’m not just [...]
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I’m happy to see a lot of concentrated discussion around London about issues I actually know something about. In the past week we saw Orchestra London successfully appeal for financial support from the city, and we heard news that Ribfest might be cooked. Now I know next to nothing in terms of background specifics about either of [...]
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performing arts,
social capital,
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