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Bob Lefsetz’s Mother Wants An iPhone
In which Bob Lefsetz tells of his attempt to teach his mother how to use her newfangled Apple gizmos.
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“Insanely Great”: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
The worlds of technology and popular culture lost a true visionary yesterday with the death of Steve Jobs at age 56 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. We remember the man’s countless contributions to
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Steve Jobs, The Winningest Loser
At the announcement of his death, it was important to recount the "failures" of Steve Jobs
Read More »Bob Lefsetz Thinks Graphs Are Sexy!
Our new column, where we dissect the latest rantings from the crazy, fucked-up world of America's creepiest music and technology blogger/gadfly
Read More »Fixing a Hole: The Beatles’ Imaginary Post-1970 Albums, Part 12
Part 12: Flaming Pie (1997) This is where we officially get into the Beatles’ modern era. By this point, the Fabs are a band which fully admits to being less cutting edge than they
Read More »Bootleg City: Who’s Bad?
Yesterday morning I decided to take a leisurely bike ride along Whiskey River, the main waterway that runs through Bootleg City. (Technically, the river is one-tenth moonshine due to a leak from Matthew Boles’s
Read More »The iPad, Digital Comics, and the Lost Generation
Depending on who you listen to and/or read, the dawning of the digital age of mainstream comics is either the new lifeline the comic industry needs to survive — as three million iPad owners
Read More »Numberscruncher: Who Needs the Radio?
When I was a kid, I had to listen to whatever the DJ picked. One of the odder decade-end lists was Nielsen’s list of the most-played singles on radio between 2000 and 2009. It’s
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