There’s something satisfying and elegant in a basic hamburger. Cooked ground beef in a bun. What could be easier? And yet, so much can go wrong. Lately, I’ve come to fully appreciate my deep abiding love for a good burger. On my recent trip to L.A., I landed at LAX only to find that my [...]
Lessons from The Office
In the past, I have expressed my admiration for The Office, even suggesting once that it would make a good training tool for HR departments. Here is an article from last month on a sales & management website that very seriously analyzes the program and what lessons it can offer for managing a sales force. [...]
Drunk on the sounds of Winehouse
Lately, I’ve been silent on the music front. Just taking a break. You know, this isn’t really meant to be an MP3 blog, despite the fact that’s commonly referred to as such. And despite the fact that more than a third of the posts contain MP3s. Chalk it up to a combination of availability and [...]
Out on the California highway
As I have mentioned in a couple recent posts, I was recently in Las Vegas for a convention. Afterwards, I took a trip out to California to see my family. As has been mentioned numerous times, I am from the Golden State originally. To a large extent, I still think of it as my home, [...]
Gangsta, Gangsta
There’s theft and then there’s ridiculous… (Or why does the RIAA have its head up somewhere painful…) Making the rounds last week was news that the offices of Aphilliates Music Group and Gangsta Grillz Studio were raided on January 16. Tyree Simmons (DJ Drama, pictured on bottom) and Donald Cannon (DJ Don Cannon, pictured on [...]
“Here in my car, I feel safest of all…”
The most bombastic area in all of CES is the automotive section. This is the only area of a massive exhibition with genuine booth babes — in schoolgirl uniforms or halter tops and short shorts. The cars are stuffed full of the loudest audio equipment possible and every booth is pumping out sound. I’ve long [...]
Vegas Wrap-up
Sorry for my absence, but I was out of town for nine days and I’m still catching up. Here are some thoughts on the CES conference. If you know anything about hi-def TV, you’ve heard of the formats 720p and 1080i. The grotesque simplification is that the two formats are trading off number of lines [...]
Vegas, Baby!
I’ve been off the radar for a little bit, but I’ve been busy. I’m in Las Vegas this week for CES. I’m in a swank hotel at the southern end of the Strip; my window is on the west side, so I look out into the desert. This photo was shot of the view I [...]
Round-up: Dreams with a “Z”
There’s been a real drought of movie consumption this year for The Pop View. I’d apologize, but I’m suffering more from it than you are… But what does Christmas mean but a chance to watch movies! Even bad ones. The Holiday is a piffle, a bologna sandwich of a movie. It’s one of those misfires [...]
Men in Manhattan
I was extremely fortunate that be able to spend an afternoon during the holidays hanging in Manhattan with my old pal Dave (mentioned occasionally on this blog). We wandered, we ate, we talked. Most excellent. I’m from L.A. originally; Dave is from the Bay Area, but now lives in the Valley. I’ve been on the [...]