Archive for March, 2007
Monday, March 12th, 2007
music and comedy: eric idle and peter oundjian
Eric Idle’s, of Monty Python fame, cousin is Peter Oundjian, the conductor of the Toronto Symphony. Elizabeth Renzetti of the Globe and Mail talks to them about how to mix classical music with comedy.
Success took them in different directions, and music brought them back together when Oundjian was guest-conducting the philharmonic in L.A., where Idle [...]
No Comments » - Posted in culture, writing by Marty Finestone
Monday, March 12th, 2007
debating microcredit
A smart editorial discussion over at WorldChanging on the subject of the debated benefits of microlending:
An interesting debate about the efficacy of microfinance has been going on lately, pitting development experts and economists against one another as they seek to understand the impact of microfinance on economic growth and well-being.
The whole thing started with an [...]
No Comments » - Posted in business, thinking by Marty Finestone
Monday, March 12th, 2007
vegetarians demanding meat-free eateries?
Is this the begining of insanity bubbling up through the streets? Someone has asked Helena Echlin of Chow.com whether vegetarians have the right to ask for a meat free eating environment.
Dear Helena,
A big group of friends and I were trying to figure out a bar to go to. The obvious choice was Zeitgeist, a [...]
No Comments » - Posted in culture, food by Marty Finestone
Sunday, March 11th, 2007
nhl takes the hardline
The National Hockey League has handed a hard punishment to Chris Simon of the New York Islanders for taking his stick to the face of Ryan Hollweg of the New York Rangers. Simon will be suspended for at least 25 games: 15 for the rest of the seaon, the post season if the Islanders actually [...]
No Comments » - Posted in sport by Marty Finestone
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
jim pranks dwight - deleted scene
Here is a great deleted scene from the “Conflict Resolution” episode from season 2 of The Office. Don’t remember the episode? It was the one where Michael assumed (read took over) the conflict resolution duties from HR and he - of course - makes things much worse.
No Comments » - Posted in laugh laugh, tv, video by Marty Finestone
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
lettuce keep it safe
Nope, what we have here is not a real head of iceberg lettuce, but a safe. The manufacturers promise a realistic looking piece of plastic lettuce with a pop-openable compartment to store your valuables. Once safe inside, the safe should go in the crisper so it is all stealthy and such.
via swissmiss
No Comments » - Posted in food, product by Marty Finestone
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
‘catch me if you can’ con-man now working on tech fraud
Frank Abagnale Jr., who’s life story was featured in the movie Catch Me If You Can, is now working to catch today’s breed of tech-based fraudsters.
Indeed, Abagnale — who today runs a highly successful security consulting firm out of Tulsa, Okla. — works hard to keep up with today’s computerized and Internet-based fraud. But instead [...]
No Comments » - Posted in business, person, tech(ish) by Marty Finestone
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
alvin and the chipmunks - the movie?
It is true, Fox 2000 is making a hybrid CG/live action Alvin and the Chipmunks movie with Jason Lee as Dave Seville. Expect this movie to hit theaters in December of 07. I suppose this means that lessons were not learned after Garfield the Movie. At least there is not going to be a Chip [...]
No Comments » - Posted in movie, this can't be by Marty Finestone
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
jean baurdrillad has passed away
I just learned that Jean-Michelle Baudrillard has passed away on March 6 in Paris at the age of 77. Baudrillard was a brilliant cultural theorist and critic. He understood the power of the media, image and culture, i.e. post-modernism, is ways that few others could. His notions of simulation and the simulacra were groundbreaking [...]
No Comments » - Posted in news, person by Marty Finestone
Friday, March 9th, 2007
sugar ray robinson’s impact on business and sports
Kenneth Shropshire knows sports. He is director of Wharton’s Sports Business Initiative, president of the Sports Lawyers Association, a former executive with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, and a football player during his undergraduate days at Stanford. He has written The Business of Sports; In Black and White: Race and Sports in America, and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in business, person by Marty Finestone
Friday, March 9th, 2007
20 years of joshua tree
U2’s perfect album the Joshua Tree came out 20 years ago today.
No Comments » - Posted in music by Marty Finestone
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
what is something that you cannot live without?
Hey,
I’m curious, what is something (not the thing, just something) that you could not live without as a kid? What about today?
Me, when I was a kid, I supposed I could not live without my Nintendo (the classic NES system). Today, I would say it is my music collection. Hah! Take that desert island people, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in sound off by Marty Finestone
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
rowan atkinson and the invisible man
Rowan Atkinson is Mr. Bean, Blackadder amongst other favourites. He has also put on live shows featuring non-character based comedy. In this clip, he demonstrates his physical comedy skills, which Bean fans are aware of, with an amusing charade of a man on the subway being tormented by an invisible man. Enjoy the laugh!
No Comments » - Posted in laugh laugh, video by Marty Finestone
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
top 50 regional/local commercials
The Phat Phree (whatever that is) has compiled a top 50 list of the regional/local commercials from the U.S. These are for products, services and the like that are on a regional or local scale. The budgets are lower and so are the standards.
20. Purnell’s Old Folks Sausage
9. Wet Pets
No Comments » - Posted in media, product, video by Marty Finestone
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
forrest gump 2?
It appears that Paramount Pictures is digging up an old script for a sequel to Forrest Gump. No word yet on whether Tom Hanks would come back. I don’t think people would buy the movie without him.
via cinema blend
No Comments » - Posted in movie by Marty Finestone
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
new iron & wine album details
Billboard has the details of Iron & Wine’s forthcoming album.
After recording an EP and touring with Calexico, as well as taking time off to rear his infant daughter, Iron & Wine principal Sam Beam has wrapped his next studio album, “The Shepherd’s Dog.” The 12-track set is due in late September via Sub Pop and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in music by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
japan’s corporate spending is on the up and up
After years of economic struggle, recession and setbacks, Japan’s economy seems to be recuperating. Bloomberg reports that in the fourth quarter, Japan’s major companies increased their spending and thus continue to drive growth.
Investment surged 16.8 percent in the three months ended Dec. 31, the Ministry of Finance said in a quarterly survey of companies [...]
No Comments » - Posted in business, news by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
h&m is going organic
Thanks to Inhabitat for the tip that H&M is releasing a line of organic cotton pieces in all of their markets writing now, i.e. March 2007. Note to us guys, we’re being shut out as the clothes are for women, teens, children and babies.
No Comments » - Posted in fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, green by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
gq wants to impeach dick cheney
Wil Hylton has a thrilling article in GQ positing the idea that the Vice-President of the U.S.A. Dick Cheney should be impeached. Unfortunately there is not a single page view of the article, so you have to view the article page by page for 8 pages. It is, nonetheless worth your time as the article [...]
No Comments » - Posted in find, news, thinking by Marty Finestone
Monday, March 5th, 2007
bono’s naacp acceptance speech
On Friday March 2, 2007, Bono was honoured by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) with its Chairman’s Award at the NAACP Image Awards for his work raising awareness and funds to help the AIDS pandemic in Africa. His acceptance speech has made it on to youtube. Depending on where your [...]
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