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Joe Jackson - One More Time

The Cult’s She Sells Sanctuary is making the rounds this morning, so I thought I’d chime in with another old one.

Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp was one of my big albums growing up. I have to confess that I only come back to it now because the song’s being featured in a TV ad (Taco Bell?). Oh well. Still a great song and a great album.

I made the jump from 20+ years of employment to being an entrepreneur 5 months ago. This is the thing that has struck me the most: making decisions. There’s nobody else, so you have to make them. In larger organizations decisions go unmade. People are always waiting on something else: a meeting, input from another department.

Great post: What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

Be Good Tanyas - When Doves Cry (Prince)

My Friday cover song. The wonderful Be Good Tanyas take on a Prince tune.

Kevin Drew - Age of Consent (New Order)

I’m a sucker for a New Order cover and this one from Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew is good.

bijan:

Age of Consent - Kevin Drew

I was sitting in the lobby of the Standard in NYC the other day and the original New Order version of this song came on. One of my favorites.

A great line from Paul Graham’s Apple’s Mistake. The quote was pulled from DF.

A nice write-up on The Rural Alberta Advantage in today’s Globe & Mail. Good to see them getting some attention here on their home turf.

Frightened Rabbit - Heads Roll Off

It’s always a good time for some Frightened Rabbit. Two guitars, no bass … and still that big, full sound.

From The Big Picture’s On the Shoreline:

Australian dare-devils Ben Morrison-Jack (right) and James Weight (left) are seen on their way to claiming a world first by kite-surfing across the notoriously stormy waters of Bass Strait from Tasmania to mainland Australia on September 9, 2009. The close friends braved giant swells on their 12-hour journey across the 259 km (161 mi) stretch of treacherous water before swimming the final kilometer to Apollo Bay.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Carries On

Great song. Stick with it if you’re not familiar with the band. Always better in the context of the full album.

Did everybody but me see these guys at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC last night? Fred, Bijan, Joanne, Whitney, Mo, who else? Feel like the only person besides me who wasn’t there was David Noel … and he was busy seeing Mumford & Sons in Berlin. Live music is one of the biggest things I miss not living in a big city.

Marco.org - Is Palm’s Comeback Losing Steam?

The National - Lit Up

I have to reblog anybody that says “When in doubt, listen to The National.”

david-noel:

When in doubt, listen to The National. Auto-reblog.

The National - Lit Up (posted by pile)

1. The Avett Brothers (60) 
2. Mumford & Sons (24) 
3. The Decemberists (12) 
4. Xx, The (3) 
5. The Rural Alberta Advantage (1) 

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

A buddy of mine owns a local GM dealership, Hemphill Pontiac Buick Chevrolet GMC, in Summerside, PEI. They sponsored the Zamboni at a local hockey rink and gave it this great paint job … and called it the Zamaro.

Mumford & Sons - White Blank Page

One more from this amazing album. I love the rage in the middle of the song.

Another good quote from the McCarthy interview