"The Shawshank Redemption"? Been almost 20
years. I'm fuzzy on the plot. Shawshank redeemed by accepting Jesus Christ as
Lord and Savior?
See you all
(hopefully) at #ibmiod !!!!!! On my way tomorrow for an
action-packed week.
"How to not be a
jerk on the Internet" (http://bit.ly/T5xsCh )
JK--Yes. But defining clear 'Net "etiquette" is like skating on an
ice floe.
"Baratunde
Thurston Explains 'How 2 B Black'" (http://n.pr/RcRkkU )
JK--@baratunde with @TheOnion. Great Twtr profile: http://bit.ly/RcRoAZ
@daiclegg Hey
Mr. Dai. Billy Bragg is one funny/witty bloke, that's for sure. I love his
stuff too. Personal + political...he's cool.
Analytic acceleration
in the cloud? It depends on collaboration:http://lnkd.in/ZG9CHi
"Top 1200 Myths
About #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/RcOj42 ) JK--That's all ya got?
We're talkin' Big Data here. Must be at least a billion myths
"#IBM Addresses Security Challenges o Big
Data, Mobile & Cloud Computing" (http://ibm.co/T1GxYx )
JK--New IBM InfoSphere Guardium for#Hadoop
"Top 10 sci-fi
inspired rock LPs" (http://tek.io/RcLLmr )
JK--Egregious omission: Kraftwerk "The Man-Machine" (http://youtu.be/69xUOO9Dyus )
Funniest Twitter
notification message of morning: "Barack Obama & 52 others have tweets
for you." Hmm....I wonder what he wants to discuss?
I've been to all of
the #ibmiod events since the first, in 2006. Every
year I've correlated announcements from outside. Now I do from inside
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star
by The Byrds from their gr8st JK--Nice quick dissection of rockstar cycle
Among other things,
next week's #ibmiod announcements will show deepening
synergies among our acqs: Netezza, Unica, Vivisimo, Cognos, etc.
@Brett2point0 I dont have a teapot small enough for
this tempest. Actually, I microwave my tea water in cups. No pot either
(snickersnicker)
Prebriefed CRN
reporter Rick Whiting on #ibmiod announcements we're making on Monday.
We have many. Stay tuned.
@timjpowers It works. I just tried it again. http://on.fb.me/XqoMqO
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Greetings to the New Brunette by Billy
Bragg from Talking with the Taxman About Poetry JK--"When my cement is
wet"?
This wk Koby #IBM q-h's: http://linkd.in/TBx4rT http://linkd.in/TBx76W http://linkd.in/TBx7E6 http://linkd.in/TBx8YB http://linkd.in/TBx9Mf
Analytic acceleration
in the cloud? It depends on collaboration (http://bit.ly/TBwdau )
Today's #IBM quick-hit
Analytic acceleration
in the cloud? It depends on collaboration:http://lnkd.in/XsMfDP
Call me a fogey, but
Doonesbury is usually funnier when Mike Doonesbury is doing the speaking.
Here's where my
residual loyalty to my hometown kicks in. Go get 'em Tigers! On to the World
Series!
NYTimes "Can
polls exaggerate bounce?" (http://mobile-elections.nytimes.com/topnews/86715791/100000001850575 …) JK--Thought-provoking
"NICE to Expand
Enterprise Capability to Take Advantage o #BigDataCreated
by Customer Interactions" (http://bit.ly/RKaosV )
JK--#IBM partner
"Facebook to use
'cold storage' to deal with vast amounts of data" (http://bit.ly/RK9VqA ) JK--Users upload 7PB of
photos every month.
"#BigData Technology in Digital Marketing:
Choosing Stack Tht Works for U" (http://ibm.co/RK6UGR )
JK--Check out @graemeknowsblog+whitepaper
Next week I'll be
quick-hitting 5 separate (but overlapping) #bigdatavisions.
Stuff I've been saying for a while. Just want it all lined up
The Nails "88
Lines About 44 Women" (http://youtu.be/oai3mUL-T-I )
JK--1982. Radio played an edited version. YouTube has the unexpurgated.
"#Hadoop Meets Semantic Technology: Data
Scientists Win" (http://bit.ly/TxWNkI )
JK--Discussion of metadata, ontologies, schemas, RDF, SPARQL
"12 Most Annoying
Technologies as Chosen by Wired
Commenters" (http://bit.ly/QnbCb4 )
JK--Snooze buttons are peeve with me. Just wake up!
Numbers speak for
themselves, do they? If numeral "7" ever starts vocalizing like
Shakespearean actor, I'll either be on Sesame St or insane
"Wozniak calls
Apple arrogant: 'I wish iPhone 5 was wider' " (http://bit.ly/QwtzSt ) JK--Damn right, Woz. A
humble Apple'd make it 10' across
"#BigData to drive $28B in IT spend" (http://zd.net/QwsOZR ) JK--This year. Next year:
US$34 billion, according to Gartner
http://lnkd.in/Mmb8ey Actually, I left out a key word in the
first sentence of the final paragraph. It should read "No, you DON'T need
to...
"DW arch takes
logical turn in #bigdata era" (http://bit.ly/Qwmr8I ) JK--"co-exist btwn
EDW...anlytx DBs..Hdp..NoSQL.[is] DW game going fwd"
"Driverless car
is wireless star at MIT" (http://bit.ly/QwjmFJ )
JK--Ah, yes, think of engineering-boy frat-prank potential of this invention
Moving past hype: How
are 1,100 orgs building #bigdata capabilities#IBMIBV study http://ibm.co/P7FbRa #SmarterAnalytics
Decision scientists?
They're the ones mining the minds of the customers (http://bit.ly/S5A0zJ ) Today's #IBM quick-hit
Decision scientists?
They're the ones mining the minds of the customers: http://lnkd.in/j7DAah
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Downtown Train by Tom Waits from Rain
Dogs JK--Lovely one. Got a bit of the Springsteen vibe, with Tom all gravelly
New #IBM jk blog: "Takeaways from Recent #ZDNet TechLines Broadcast Panel on
BigData" (http://ibm.co/S5z2TX )
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Birthday by The Sugarcubes from The
Great Crossover Potential JK--"They are smoking see-gars." Smoke it,
Bjork!
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Why People Disappear by His Name is Alive
from Home is in Your Head JK--Group named one LP "Livonia "
Iranian
cyberterrorists targeting two banks I use. Must remember to scrutinize monthly
statements twice over. After wife does.
Was checking out one
of my mentees' seniors honors thesis in econ at Carnegie-Mellon. Great work. Wish
I'd had laptop in Ann Arbor
for mine
Neither presidential
candidate has real plan for pumping up the economy. Both of them have
outsourced the heavy lifting on that to Bernanke
Ever had strange music
spontaneously start playing in one of ten zillion browser windows you have
open? When you already have music playing?
@timjpowers #bigdata Actually, I have triple-haiku on
analytics: CRUNCHY ANALYTIC (http://on.fb.me/XqoMqO ).
Written in my head near Seattle
@WwDAdA @OperaSolutions @BigDataBorat Whoa! Does that mean I have to work on
my abs?
@timjpowers @ajbowles That's a power I didn't know I had.
Apparently, women swooning look like women yawning.
@ajbowles Yes.
The free entertainment at #ibmiod is me reciting poetry from mainstage.
The free food is Snickers bars I'll toss to the crowd
"#IBM Study Spotlights #BigData as Top Reason 2 Deploy Cloud “Platform
as Svc”" (http://ibm.co/PCuDJJ )
JK--From IBM Ctr 4 Applied Insights
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise by
Black Moth Super Rainbow from Eating Us JK--Deeply insinuating electrogroove.
I'm looking over list
of industry analysts joining us next week at#ibmiod.
Can't wait to engage. Will be a great event. Thanks for coming
Whew! Caught up on my
LinkedIn #bigdata & data science discussion group
engagement backlog. I'm crazy enough to keep a strict log of to-dos
RT @jameskobielus: http://lnkd.in/AURerB The Web's most fundamental feature is
much broader than "user interaction." I think it's...
http://lnkd.in/AURerB Thanks Scott. Actually, the Web's most
fundamental feature is much broader than "user interaction." I think
it's...
http://lnkd.in/-M_6st I agree. I'm dismayed that my actual
post wasn't here. Here's the actual post: " Big-data initiatives are
often...
"Matrix Algebra
Review" (http://linkd.in/VaVNK7 )
JK--Teacher, will this be on the final exam?
"Your Next Doctor
Might Be Your Car" (http://bit.ly/W1jFyY )
JK--Drivable sensor-fed healthcare analytics? Fine. Just keep stick
non-invasive
After a sustained
session of browsing the #bigdata marketing hype-o-sphere, it all starts
to blur into "big data is NOW..big data is WOW!"
http://lnkd.in/icADuE Exactly. Whole-population analytics
enables micro-niche targeting. Whole-population analytics is the most...
"#BigData:
shifting bell curve to long tail" (http://bit.ly/VaS2Vd )
JK--Exactly. Whole-population analytics enables micro-niche targeting
"Age-Period-Cohort
models & decline o violence" (http://bit.ly/VaQw5h )
JK--Chilling: "In countries w/reliab stats..most women killed by men"
Is anybody doing
sentiment analysis in the online dating service market? If so, have they
perfected the "they're just not into U" algorithm?
"NASA #BigData Challenge" (http://bit.ly/Tfk4Yo ) JK--Federal inter-agency
cross-silo sharing, analysis, & insight.
"#BigData Tackles Patients Who Don't Take
Meds" (http://bit.ly/SVaSrI )
JK--Actually, proactive nagging is key. Humans forget and/or resist
http://lnkd.in/vVzyn6 You can break the rigid
predict/act/predict loop by introducing human engagement, with its spontaneity
and...
"Looper teaches
us the future of customer experience" (http://bit.ly/RTN74Y )
JK--Break self-fulfilling predictive loop. Human engagement?
"One Algorithm
Made Up 4% of All Trading Last Wk & No One Knows Where It Came From" (http://read.bi/TuIkWR ) JK--How we know was just one?
As someone who's worn
corrective lenses since age 8, I totally understand the need for advanced
visualization tech. Naked eyes are imperfect
"New Study
Details How Real-World Enterprises Are Using #BigData"
(http://ibm.co/RTLzrI ) JK--#IBM Jim Hare blog on IBV/Univ of Oxford study
"dW Interviews:
Crowdsource #BigData creativity at #ibmIODUnconference"
(http://ibm.co/RTFSKc ) JK--Excerpt transcript of
me &@sogrady
Does Mitt Romney keep
his male job candidates in binders, or in those accordion-like organizers?
Regardless, are these people Lilliputians?
"Experimentation
as a Corporate Strategy for #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/RTElEb ) JK--@thomasdeutsch sketches approach often known as
"agile"
"#BigData:
The Management Revolution" (http://bit.ly/SxMBbp )
JK--Harvard Business Review article cites deep case study research
"Does #bigdata really need custom hardware?" (http://bit.ly/OIl8XX ) JK--It needs pre-optimized
integrated systems for scale, speed, etc.
"Are Data
Scientists All Rounders or Specialists?" (http://bit.ly/OIjOV5 )
JK--I prefer 2 think of it as "mods" or "rockers." We're
"mockers"
RT @sogrady thoughts on NoSQL #Big Data...@monkchips shoutout as @jameskobielus & i interviewed ahead o #ibmIOD:http://youtu.be/DclMS2UHzBg
"Association
Analysis Simplified" (http://bit.ly/OIhugO )
JK--Data-sci practice key 2 mkt bskt analysis, hence next best offer, hence
e-comm
"The CIA and Jeff
Bezos Bet on Quantum Computing" (http://bit.ly/OIgVnn )
JK--CIA's investment arm In-Q-Tel funds many DC-area IT startups
"15th Century #BigData - What Can We Learn from it?" (http://bit.ly/OIgnOb ) JK--It automated monks out
of the illluminated manuscript biz
developerWorks
Interviews podcast: "Crowdsourcing #BigDataCreativity
& #ibmiod Unconference" (http://youtu.be/DclMS2UHzBg ) Me &@sogrady
"#BigData:
A Short History" (http://bit.ly/OI9MmU )
JK--Article traces term "big data" to NASA 1997 paper.
Massive scale? Didn't
Tyrannosaurus Rex have massive scales? Yeah, that's the fearsome monster that
we call #bigdata.
Watch out! He's hungry
"The true story
behind #BigData"
(http://linkd.in/OI7Uuv ) JK--"It's run by big
Eastern syndicate, Charlie Brown." No, just Kraftwerk parody
"How #BigData Can Help Developing Nations" (http://on.wsj.com/OI6YWN ) JK--NGOs integrate
agricultural, environmental & public health data
http://lnkd.in/Ua32Jm My advice is to ask Donald Feinberg
and colleagues at Gartner if they've done the primary research (surveys, or...
"Reverse data
science: a viable business?" (http://bit.ly/OI3O5s )
JK--Depends. When does reverse engineering algorithms become IP theft?
"Illegal analytic
activities?" (http://bit.ly/Va2a0u )
JK--Most of these are scam activities. Don't stigmatize the analytics that
power them
Prediction markets?
They're where data scientists will attain superstar status: http://lnkd.in/y_g77S
http://lnkd.in/ZhUvNf Doug: None of these prediction markets
just magically springs up through spontaneous discovery, sourcing,...
"#IBM and Oxford Survey: Getting Closer 2
Customers Tops#BigData Agenda" (http://ibm.co/R4nnFb ) JK--Most aimed at improving
cust experience
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp A Zillion Tambourines (feat. Kamau
Daaood) by AmmonContact from With Voices JK--2006. Cool jazzy-rap a la
Scott-Heron
@doug_laney Wisdom of "crowd" that is
anchored by "crowd" of data scientists with domain expertise in areas
where predictions are generated.
Cool. Getting a higher
hit rate of cool followers on Twitter who are themselves worthy of being
followed. They tweet interesting stuff.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
by Arcade Fire frm Th Suburbs JK-"Dead shoppng malls rise like mtns bynd
mtns"
Prediction markets?
They're where data scientists will attain superstar status (http://bit.ly/R4lKHp ) Today's #IBM quick-hit
Prediction markets?
They're where data scientists will attain superstar status: http://lnkd.in/vWdUaK
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Everything in its Right Place by Radiohead from Kid A
JK--My morning song. Thanks for playing.
@kexpplaylist #kexp With a Slow Burn by Levek from Look a
Little Closer JK--2012. Nice. Sounds a bit like Grizzly Bear. Definitely
dreamy.
Plastics
"Copy" (http://youtu.be/_aS91MWm6X4 )
JK--Early 80s Japanese electro-new-wave group. Played Harpo's Detroit the night I was mugged
Enya "Flora's
Secret" (http://youtu.be/NeFZJ6jiWJ8 )
JK--Her best recordings have an oceanic grandeur to them. You roll on her waves
of joy.
Patsy Cline
"Sweet Dreams" (http://youtu.be/R098wqneblY )
JK--Elegant stately heartbreak. Patsy makes you feel her despair deep down.
Judy Collins
"Someday Soon" (http://bit.ly/QnjgoW )
JK--Why does nobody play this doe-eyed honey-voiced chanteuse on oldies radio?
I luv this
Laura Nyro
"Wedding Bell Blues" (http://youtu.be/z8kuo-TRZU8 )
JK--So lusciously romantic. Absolutely meant to be sung w/full-throated soul
Killdozer (hardcore
band) interviewed in 1990 (http://youtu.be/8STI_Q8ZTWA ).
Michael Gerald & I washed dishes together at UW-Madison (83-84)
http://lnkd.in/8svA5H Thanks Rita!
"NASA exoskeleton
suit is half way to Iron Man" (http://cnet.co/QoV3JI )
JK--Programmable 2 resist or accelerate wearer's movement, as needed
I think the last time
I need to know about a cosine was when I needed a bank loan. Wazzat?
"Co-sign." Never mind. I've never used trig.
"Is social media
making us overconfident or oversensitive?" (http://zd.net/QoTr2F )
JK--Both. Everybody's got fingers on hair triggers
"Should High
Schools Teach #BigData?"
(http://bit.ly/QoQT4y ) JK--Should teach analytics.
Most of us would use that more than trig in careers
Romney's dad built
strong US
auto industry by a) personally weakening a second-tier automaker, b) making
shitty cars, & c) leaving industry
Voting for Tim Kaine
for US Senator from Virginia .
George Allen is a racist Confederate-lover ideologue who would be bad for America .
Have they done
clinical trials 2 assess impact of attractive female nurse on men's blood
pressure? Had my best reading yet. Same pretty lady
"What is the
golden rule of analytics?" (http://linkd.in/RCi3JJ )
JK--Never EVER abbreviate it as simply "anal."
"Facial Analytics
Take on New Expressions" (http://bit.ly/RCh5NA )
JK--Produces descriptive metadata on facial features. Doesn't ID the faces
If Mitt Romney wants
to de-fund smelly nasty Oscar the Grouch, I'd understand. But sweet lovable Big
Bird? Have U no sense of decency, sir?
"Data Markets:
The Emerging Data Economy" (http://tcrn.ch/RQ9Izd )
JK--Outsourcers specialize in assemble/curate datasets and/or data science
New #IBM blog: "Data Scientist: Chart The
Customer Journey" (http://ibm.co/RQ9g4b )
"#BigData's
Biggest Obstacles" (http://bit.ly/RQ8i7S )
JK--Correlation/causation. Understanding/intuition. Provenance/discovery.
Privacy.
"The deceptive
seduction of #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/RQ7DmY ) JK--Photo implies they're
putting lipstick on Pig, or perhaps Hive. They're not
http://lnkd.in/QDApAF Automation is an enabler for speed,
efficiency, scalability, productivity, control, structure, and consistency.
In...
"Predictive
Analytics on the Rise in Insurance Industry" (http://bit.ly/SZkJMZ ) JK--For obvious reasons. Hedge
against future risk exposure
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp (We Dont Need This) Fascist Groove
Thang by Heaven Seventeen JK--Named 4 fictional group in film "A Clockwork
Orange"
A four-year-old has
requested a Dr. John song on #KEXP.
"You Lie." That is one hoodoo-voodoo child.
"For #bigdata,
does cloud beat business-class fabric?" (http://bit.ly/PA2vqE )
JK--Equinix CTO discusses advantages of private#Hadoop cloud.
"#Hadoop isn't just for web companies
anymore" (http://bit.ly/PA2jaV )
JK--This headline would have been more newsworthy a year ago.
"Linus Torvalds
Compares Hard Disks to Satan" (http://bit.ly/XizJur )
JK--Of course. All those microscopic grooves are Dante's circles o Hell
"#IBM Appoints Chief Privacy Officer" (http://ibm.co/T8aZq7 ) JK--Christina Peters
oversees worldwide team responsibl 4 privacy/data security
"International
Business Machines: Solid Value" (http://bit.ly/T8akVQ )
JK--Solid financial/competitive analysis. Go Blue! (IBM & Wolverines)
Mike Nesmith "I
Looked Away" (http://youtu.be/LtQcpW8BSxM )
JK--Terrific cover of song composed & originally performed by Eric Clapton
I love it. Somebody
sent email touting their "physical conference." You never used to
need that qualifier. "Postal mail" "Acoustic guitar"
"#BigData,
big problems?" (http://tek.io/Qmctqs )
JK--Definitely, must revisit role of storage professionals. Fast, efficient,
cost-effective
Advanced
visualization? It's immersive (http://bit.ly/Qm7dDh )
Today's #IBMquick-hit
Advanced
visualization? It's immersive: http://lnkd.in/4T74-M
Economics has Nobel
Prize, but other social sciences don't. Apparently, studies of society,
culture, politics, & the mind have no value.
Somebody put out
"7 reasons no one is reading your blog." Must be at least 7 you should
blog anyway.
Ricky Nelson "Lonesome Town " (http://youtu.be/uN7mjvok6MI ) JK--He actually didn't need
to be this handsome/talented. Hollywood TV brat/idol
The Cramps "Lonesome Town " (http://youtu.be/E_Uwh0w23K0 ) JK--1977. Sensational
re-interpretation o Ricky Nelson hit. Chris Isaak musta heard
The Cramps "Human
Fly" (http://youtu.be/fM4yY4L6mFM )
JK--1977. Great monster-chiller-horror-theatre-meets-psychobilly/punk.
Neon Boys "That's
All I Know Right Now". I found this single at Ann Arbor 's Schoolkids Records &
proceeded to play the hell out of it.
Listening 2 Ramones
"Chinese Rock" frm "End of the Century." Perfect example o
how they wouldnt let nutcase Phil Spector fuck up their sound
Listening to Ramones
"I Wanna Be Sedated" from "Road to Ruin." Perfect example
of how they openly joked in song about doing copious drugs
Listening to Ramones
"I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement" from "Ramones."
Perfect example o how they'd powerdrill 3 chords 2 kingdom come
Listening to Ramones
"We're a Happy Family" from "Rocket to Russia ."
Perfect example o how Joey dropped gr8 punchlines & Johnny punched beat
Listening to Ramones
"Swallow My Pride" from "Leave Home." Perfect example of
their compressive brilliance. Joey's mea culpa Wants girl back
Making a point of
surfing through my FB friends' friends to see how many are cool and might
conceivably become mine. Just cuz.
Donovan’s tribute to
Guthrie runs deep (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/donovan-gives-woody-guthrie-lyrics-new-life/2012/10/14/8699d132-1650-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html …) JK--Love Woody's "yummy yumm yum" drawing
and verse. Cartoon eros.
Dust-up on the #Hype of #BigData http://bit.ly/TVl0H7 featuring@NeilRaden and @jameskobielus JK--Dust-up? A handful of casual
tweets?
"Ain't no doubt
about it, we were doubly blessed: we were barely 17 and we were barely
dressed." --M.Loaf
"The goal is to
live w/godlike composure on th full rush o energy like Dionysius riding th
leopard without being torn to pieces" --JCampbell
Something tells me
space-tourism entrepreneurs will start offering near-space free-fall daredevil
premium tours of low-earth-orbit
"Social media
surveillance helps the government read your mind" (http://bit.ly/R1lpFt ) JK--Headline written by
someone w/ideological agenda
Drafted my next #IBM blog: "Next Best Action Rides the
Best-Fit Model."
@delindesign I plan to do the Strata in the spring.
Hope to see you there. I've put in a speaking proposal. Let's see.
RT @johnkwaters: "We've crossed a #bigdata threshhold," says IBM's @jameskobielus. More @Campus_Tech story http://ow.ly/epe3f #edtech
@silverdata No idea what the donkey was doing in
the Them "Gloria" video. One of those eternal mysteries, I guess.
@delindesign Eric: Unfortunately, not. Strata
directly conflicts with#ibmiod,
at which I'm speaking etc on every day
"Why becoming
data scientist might be easier than you think" (http://bit.ly/WcW52x ) JK--Online courses + cloud
+ self-study + machine learn
"How To Bridge #BigData's
Information Gap" (http://bit.ly/RLugZR )
JK--Trick is deliver right intelligence 2 people who make actual decisions
"Time has come 4
chief analytics officers" (http://bit.ly/RLpITi )
JK--Not bad idea. Analytics/data is key competitive resource in own right
@augieray Wisconsin hospitality? "Eat cheese or die." or
"We want no peons to escape to Wisconsin ."
@paulmadsen Geez, Baumgartner fell even
further than Facebook stock since IPO
Felix Baumgartner
breaks the speed of sound on his 24-mile plunge to Earth. Faster than sound
meant he arrived before we heard the news.
It took Facebook
reminding us of everybody's birthdays to take all the specialness out of
birthdays & make them the moral equivalent of spam
Fools who want Sec'y
of State removed for that Libyan terrorist killing of diplomats. Same logic
says Bush shoulda been impeached for 9/11
Famous Sex Pistols
egged-on cursing-on-air BBC interview (http://youtu.be/jRNOUz7uefA ).
Funny: black-out music is to Association "Windy"
Famous Buckley/Vidal
TV spat where Vidal calls Buckley "crypto-Nazi" & WFBJr calls
Vidal "queer" (http://youtu.be/nYymnxoQnf8 ).
Both correct
Stress relief. Once in
a while, a nice cold beer does the trick. Heineken, or whatever's handy. Yes!
Hmm. Stress
management. Life balance. Spirituality. Why does so much religion feel so
unbalanced? Or promise stress relief only after death?
Politics is in fact
rhetorical aggression in contest to see who gets 2 wield monopoly powers of
military, police, legal & penal aggression
Cold clear blue-sky
morning. Sunday is our quietest. I don't usually do much thinking of the week
ahead. Let it sort itself out.
Paul McCartney
"The Monkees Theme" (http://youtu.be/_ycnykifslc )
JK--2009. Impromptu backstage. Please release this, Sir Paul!
The Monkees
"She" (http://youtu.be/6ub4yAEElxE )
JK--I always loved Micky Dolenz' voice. High enough pitch to rise to top of any
mix.
Terry Jacks
"Seasons in the Sun" (http://youtu.be/cd_Fdly3rX8 )
JK--1974. Maudlin-pop. POV: dying guy. Fun fact: Jacks still alive,McKuen too
Talking pictures (found
photos with writing on them) (http://bit.ly/UVKTb7 )
JK--People in love/lust from days of yore
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Thrift Shop by Macklemore & Ryan
Lewis from The Heist JK--A cool party-groove hiphop