Bumper Sticker Wisdom

September 24th, 2009 | 13,227 views | 2 Comments » |
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There is a surprising amount of wisdom to be gleaned from bumper stickers (you know, those rectangular stickers people like to plaster all over their cars :-) ). Most bumper stickers are meant to support this or the other politician, so they’re not that memorable.

But occasionally, I stumble on a particularly humorous or profound bumper sticker. So, a while ago I decided to start writing down the cool bumper sticker slogans I stumble upon.
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DragonForce Concert!

September 24th, 2009 | 5,719 views | 1 Comment » |

Pictures from the DragonForce Concert I went to in San Francisco.
DragonForce In Concert In San Francisco
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I’m Amazing – Feross VS. Kanye West

September 6th, 2009 | 14,935 views | 16 Comments » |

I’ve long believed that modern hip-hop and R&B suffers from too much post-production. Average singers can wail away in front of the microphone yet sound amazing on the radio, after the post-production techs have fixed all the mistakes. This is why all the music on the radio sounds so similar — it’s all pitch-perfect.

Today, I discovered just how little talent it requires to make a modern pop song.

MacBook Pro + Built-in Mic + GarageBand + AutoTune + 1 hour =

“Amazing” by FerossFeross Aboukhadijeh VS. “Amazing” by Kanye WestKanye West

Go ahead and click PLAY above to give my cover song a listen.
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