Here is the playlist from the June 29, 2016, Taste the Floor radio show – some of the top B songs on my iTunes stream (some had to be left off, due to swear words). The Who: Baba O’Riley INXS: Baby Don’t Cry Cheap Trick: Baby Loves to Rock Echo & the Bunnymen: Baby Rain Echo &...
Surprising Brexit Vote But …
posted by Tony
Not so surprising, when one thinks about it. National sovereignty and identity are important and globalization is not working and won’t ever work for the people. That’s what everyone can take out of the Brexit vote. I’ve been following the WSJ coverage and I was pretty sure...
The Queen is Dead Turns 30
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On June 16, 1986, in Great Britain and June 23, 1986, The Smiths influential album, “The Queen is Dead,” was released. On the Taste the Floor radio show this week, we checked out the songs on the album as well as some of the b-sides from the singles released from the album. The...
Trump’s 289 Electoral College Votes
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I’ve been talking about this a bit on Facebook and also trying to find the routes by which Donald Trump wins the presidency. Admittedly, it is a tough climb. I talked a little bit about it: “70% OF THE WHITE GUY VOTE” NEEDED? NOT REALLY. It really is holding Romney’s states and...
More iTunes Top ‘A’ Songs
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It was fun last week so I tried it again. Here are some of the songs I played today: Pixies: Tony’s Theme Heart: All I Want to Do is Make Love to You Echo & the Bunnymen: All I Want Duran Duran: All She Wants Is The Dandy Warholds: All the Money or the Simple Life Honey The Velvet...
Most Played ‘A’ Songs
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This week on the Taste the Floor show, I played a selection of my most played songs on the iTunes player beginning with the letter A. Here are some of the songs I played this week: Pixies: Tony’s Theme Paul Westerberg: AAA Tribe: Abort Blondie: Accidents Never Happen Azure Ray: Across the...
5 Years at Patch.com
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Today marks my fifth anniversary with Patch.com. Two and half of those years were working on the Concord site alone; another two and half years working on 11 to 15 sites. I can’t believe all that has been accomplished in that time: First and second place finishes for Best Website in NH,...
A Basic Income: Time to Study
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A really riveting and thoughtful piece this morning on the Saturday essay in the WSJ: A Guaranteed Income for Every American. This is definitely worth more study. Here’s the basic concept from Murray. First: A UBI will do the good things I claim only if it replaces all other transfer...
Tequila Time Management
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Stephen Covey didn’t have a category for banana orange tequila smoothies in his time management matrix. I will file under “urgent” or “values clarification.” LOL 🙂
Thinking of Summer through Songs
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Here are the songs I played this week: Pixies: Tony’s Theme Echo & the Bunnymen: Heads Will Roll (Summer Version) Echo & the Bunnymen: Silver (Tidal Wave Version) Bananarama: Cruel Summer The Psychedelic Furs: Heartbreak Beat The Psychedelic Furs: Yes I Do (Merry-go-round) New...