Entries from August 2009

August 20, 2009

New Music I like Aug 09

Here’s some chilled listening for those of you who do such things as relax and listen to music.  In no particular order:
1. Her Morning Elegance – Oren Lavie

Her Morning Elegance
Directed by: Oren Lavie, Yuval & Merav Nathan
Featuring: Shir Shomron
Photography: Eyal Landesman
Color: Todd Iorio at Resolution
© 2009 A Quarter Past Wonderful
“Her Morning [...]

August 20, 2009

MySpace Acquires iLike

We wrote before on the ailing health of MySpace.  It seems that this week they have taken measures to confront their loss of network share, and get back to doing what they do best (music) with the acquisition of music discovery service iLike.
According to the beeb:
‘iLike reportedly turned down an offer from rival Facebook, where [...]

August 20, 2009

What we lack in ambition…

I just finished watching Charlie Wilson’s War, and we’ll plagiarize wikipedia to tell you it is a “a 2007 biographical drama film based on the true story of Democratic Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, who conspired with “bare knuckle attitude” CIA operative Gust Avrakotos to launch Operation Cyclone, which initiated and organized the Afghan Mujahideen in [...]