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I'm a writer, musician, publisher, and drum instructor. I have a passion for technology, science, and the arts.
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The raging question of whether mathematics is discovered or invented is a complex question that has been thoroughly discussed for thousands years. It is quite likely that the mathematical community may never settle the issue.
In 2000, the ten top-selling albums in the U.S. sold a combined 60 million copies; in 2006, the top ten sold just 25 million. Digital sales are growing,but the new revenue sources aren't making up for the shortfall.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the 2009 U.S. Population was approximately 307 million citizens and the Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey that discovered that nearly 25% of those citizens are not online.
A list of the 10 best football films ever produced.
If Steve Jobs and company get just one more home run, their company, which is currently trailing Microsoft in market cap by merely 75 billion dollars, will be worth more than all of Microsoft, and with more growth potential than Microsoft!
Refutes the mistaken notions in Jason Calacanis' recent article "The Case Against Apple".
A list of the 10 best teen films ever produced.
TV in the '80s wasn't like it is today. There was no reality television. This was a time when you only had three channels to schedule your entertainment time around.
A review of the 6th in the series of Plastic Compilation discs of electronic music offered by Nettwerk Productions.
A glimpse into how the play of Andre Miller will fit into the plans of the Portland Trailblazers during the 2009-2010 NBA Season.
A review with comments by Bowie about his follow up album to his very successful 1995 offering OUTSIDE.
The first Skinny Puppy record since their 1996 release THE PROCESS.
The new album contains two tracks from the Matrix film series, "Mona Lisa Overdrive" (named after the William Gibson novel) from the freeway chase scene in The Matrix Reloaded...
A few years back a character actress friend of mine confessed that she found it nearly impossible to survive on her wages earned as a waitress at her local Olive Garden in Texas. I asked her to further clarify her problem.
A flood of raw information about the events in Iran minute by minute can be best learned from these sources.
The top 10 songs you should listen to if you've never heard music by The Cars.
The 11 essential music artists who should be tapped for future James Bond Themes.
Do professional athletes make too much money, or do they deserve every penny? Why?
They might not be the most slick or complicated. They are games that simply rock!
A Bond film theme often set the mood and the tone for the film to follow. See how I feel the Bond film themes should be ranked!
One man's mundane and desperate existence is another man's Technicolor.
Ultra, was a Billboard Top 5 album when it was released in 1997, and a #1 album in the U.K.
Avant Garde? Post modern? Impressionistic? These descriptions and more could be used to describe the manic and mellow polarizing psychological soundtrack to the equally mind-bending David Lynch film LOST HIGHWAY.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure follows the journey of Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan (Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves), a pair of high school students on the verge of failing out of San Dimas High School in San Dimas California.
With a history of 221 years it is for the United States of America to acknowledge it's heritage and embrace it's future by striking down one of the last social injustices left.
It is the dreaded question that always comes up eventually during any conversation with someone I've just met. "So, what exactly do you do for a living?" ...
Columbia Records has tapped Rick Rubin to solve their sales woes. Will his unorthodox methods help or harm?
A brief essay that examines the evolution and representation of the ancient trickster archetype, as defined by Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, and its role as it has evolved within modern media.
The songs of With Teeth were written by a man who is on the cusp of 40 and finds himself in transition, in life, politics, business and sound.
Recorded during their 1993 sold out world tour, Devotional was a major transition point in the career of Depeche Mode. During that time the band was arguably more successful than they had ever been before, or perhaps since.
A rare interview with Tom Shear of Assemblage 23 fame. A professional performer for over 15 year, he discusses the challenges of being a musician in this age.
These are the blogs that offer the greatest scope and depth about everything in technology. They are the blogs that the other tech professionals follow.
Rogue aka Sean Flanagan, of The Cruxshadows paces back in forth through the crowd of the tiny bar restless, but poised and confident. He critically examines the crowd. He knows who will be his strongest contingent and who will require coaxing.
In the commercials the PC and the Mac couldn't seem more different, but are they really all that different from one another?
A child of the punk movement, Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor has for the past two decades become as synonymous with electronic music as producer/innovator Brian Eno. LABYRINTH, his new release, is a patchwork puzzle of life, death, hope, and dreams.
 
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