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If you’ve noticed I’ve been relatively quiet of late, it’s been for good reason. For the past few weeks, my team and I have been working furiously on a relaunch of my public radio show.
Today, the unveiling can finally occur: please welcome Bullseye with Jesse Thorn.
Bullseye is an hour of the good stuff in popular culture. Recommendations from people in the know, in-depth interviews with creators and original comedy. No bullshit. Only things that are great.
I’m really proud of the work we’ve done to put this thing together, and I think you’ll love it. Best of all: it’s absolutely free.
You can listen to our first episode online now. It features some picks from the AV Club, an interview with three castmembers from the amazing British TV drama Downton Abbey, a conversation with the Australian comedian-writer-actor Chris Lilley about his new show Angry Boys (which just premiered on HBO), and musician Dan Deacon on the song that changed his life.
You can also grab Bullseye free (and subscribe to the free podcast) in iTunes.
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Charlie Parker laughing at Coleman Hawkins’s attempt to do playback on his own recorded improvisation
This is the coolest thing ever. In one of two known pieces of footage of Bird performing, the music is pre-recorded and the band is supposed to be pantomiming along. But he clearly thinks it’s stupid and starts to laugh until someone off-camera tells him to stop and then just look at his face. Bird was too cool for this world.
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We played the spot once, and when it finished, Jobs said, “It sucks! I hate it! It’s advertising agency ****! I thought you were going to write something like ‘Dead Poets Society!’ This is crap!”
Clow said something like, “Well, I take it you don’t want to see it again.” And Steve continued to go on a rant about how we should get the writers from “Dead Poets Society” or some “real writers” to write something.
"Behind the Scenes of Apple’s ‘Think Different’ Campaign (via implodr)
The biggest thing that bothers me about the “Cult of Jobs” is that people often seem to mistake the unfortunate, frequently counterproductive, side effects of the personality that made him great for the very cause of his greatness. Steve has long been, and always will be, one of my heroes, but I really worry that an entire generation of entrepreneurs is learning the folkloric lesson that the secret to success is to be a mercurial asshole who abuses everyone and listens to no one. There’s a reason people like Steve start successful companies: because they believe in themselves, envision their success unwaveringly, and don’t compromise. But there can be a dark side to that fanatical self belief: a disdain for the ideas of others. I think there are a lot of reasons for Steve’s late-in-life success at Apple, but I suspect one of the biggest is that he finally managed to surround himself with brilliant people (like Chiat Day’s Lee Clow) who knew how to handle him, curb his worst tendencies, and present important ideas to him in a way that he would accept.
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I’ve thought about this like Buzz has, but really, I don’t think it’s a concern. Entrepreneurs who take away these anecdotes of Steve’s sociopathic tendencies as instructive and critical to their own success are oblivious and no one will give a shit about them anyway. Watch this incredibly revealing documentary from his NeXT days in 1985 (probably the most intimate view of his process I’ve ever seen) and you’ll see a side of Steve that works well with others and weighs the ideas of others and feelings and things.
(via lonelysandwich)(via lonelysandwich)
Make Your Thing in London
So, I do this talk sometimes called “Make Your Thing,” about the process of creating independent media in the internet world. I share what I think are the essential ingredients for success (specifically my 12-Point System for Absolutely Positively 1000% Guaranteed Success), along with examples of creators, like Felicia Day and Killer Mike, who use those strategies.
I’m bringing the talk to London on November 16th. Besides me, the show will also feature an introduction from my very funny pal Josie Long (pictured above). Afterwards, there will be carousing. Tickets are cheap and it’s a very small place, so if you want to come, buy a ticket now.
Sandwich just shared this new video he made, for an amazing-sounding website called Small Demons. The site catalogs and cross-references the individual elements of books - places, people and stuff.
João Does Blog: 2011-08-30. Canadian Café Bar: Last but not least, a giveaway!
This is the Seventh and Last Part in a series. (Click here to read Part Six, or here to read them all in a row.)
This is it! A brief post to announce a print giveaway in anticipation of the exhibition. And as a thank you for all the love, support and kind comments I have received…
If you are in Los Angeles this Thursday stop by the opening of “Borders” at THIS.
I will be showing some videos and Emily Shur and Noe Montes will be showing prints.
They will also be giving away a bunch of tote bags with the image above on them (limited to 100). I would go just for that!
