December 2009
9 posts
As Is : Flashback
Quite Very surprised when the first album to appear on Spotify this evening is Nitzer Ebb’s As Is. Never heard of them? Of course not, but this was probably the band that I followed most closely around the age of eighteen. Can’t remember why, but just listening to it again (I had only the vinyl) brings back every lyric.
Turns out they’re still in the studio and touring. Even...
“Don’t be needy, be succeedy!”
– Neil Mullarkey on using improv comedy skills in business (believe me, it’s better than it sounds).
X-Factor Series 6 Voting Data →
I don’t give a monkey’s uncle about the programme, but the voting data is rather interesting. Gives lie to Jedward’s alleged popularity.
Interestingly, if you take the average percentage vote each week, add them together over the series, and multiply by 237,000 you’ll get Simon Cowell’s annualised income; divide that by 3, and you’ll have the size of his ego....
“Passion is the feeling you get from mastering a skill, not some magical quality...”
– Cal Newport - Deeply useful insight that challenges all those career guidance books.
