Junk Food For The Soul

Just finished reading a BBC article on Kid Rock’s refusal to put his songs on iTunes. What was interesting about the article was the contrast between Kid Rock’s reason for shunning iTunes and Garth Brooks’ reluctance to embrace online sales. (Both artists are among the small handful of top artists also not on iTunes […]

Just listening to yesterday’s Buzz Out Loud podcast from CNET and they made a very good point about the whole YouTube/Google lawsuit fear that I hadn’t previously thought of.
We all predicted that as soon as a company with deep pockets bought YouTube the lawsuits would come out. But maybe Google’s pockets are too deep. […]

I was just reading this story on Ars Technica about Google, YouTube and their plan for attack. The fourth paragraph jumped out at me. Referring to the dance that Google/YouTube has to play with copyright owners:
This isn’t a new concern. BusinessWeek pointed out the dilemma that the site faced months ago. “If they cater […]

Update: Here’s the video/song that White and Nerdy is a parody of. It’s Chamillionaire’s Ridin’ Dirty.

Bad singing, bad blue-screen special effects, and bad fashion choices … it must be The Hoff. Dude has the best videos ever. In this one he is “flying” all over the world, and apparently takes his dogs with him sometimes. My favorite part is where he’s flying through the air on a motorcycle and […]

Oops. Rapper 50 Cent was arrested in Manhattan for driving recklessly in an uninsured Lamborghini.
I’ve been to New York City and stayed in Manhattan. I’d love to know how they define reckless driving. I was terrified every time I got in a cab and thought the whole time I was going to get run […]