Category: Musicology

  • When it comes to thinking, bigger really is better

    Michael Port, author of a number of bestselling sales-guru business books, has now come out with a pocket volume called The Think Big Manifesto: Think You Can’t Change Your Life (and the World?) Think Again. I like the arresting graphic design of the book (a publicist sent me an advance copy) but was somewhat wary…

  • The perfect pink margarita

    *as promised via twitter:* Serves 6: 7 limes 1 blood orange 4 mandarin oranges (medium sized) 1 pink grapefruit 8 fl.oz. Patron reposado 6 fl.oz. Cointreau (or Patron Citronge or any decent triple sec) rock salt table salt 3 ice trays of cubes 1. Put six cocktail glasses in the freezer to chill. 2. Reserve…

  • Building my sxsw schedule

  • Invincibility overrated

    Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman My review rating: 4 of 5 starsSomething Jonathan Lethem might have cooked up after watching all three seasons of the Venture Brothers while perusing the Watchmen graphic novel. I enjoyed it! View all my reviews.

  • unbook, that's the word I was looking for

    Dave Gray articulates clearly some ideas I’ve been wrestling with about writing, publishing, bookmaking, the web, and social collaboration: The unbook View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: books book)

  • evangeline

    evangeline Originally uploaded by xian she is the queen of make-believe my new electric uke (hollowbody tenor ukulele with pickup)