iBrain

4 reasons I know Apple uses small bits of human brain to make their iPhones:

1. The application called Shazam: hold your phone up to a song and it tells you the name of the artist, album, song, etc. That's the part of the human brain that recognizes songs.

2. There is now an app. that scans your thumbprint in order to act as a lie detector, love meter, mood scanner, and even tells you if you have a criminal record. They must have used a piece of Ms. Cleo's brain for this.

3. Games like labyrinth, skateboarding, car racing, and others are controlled by simply moving your iPhone in the proper direction. This must be controlled by the section of the brain called "motioney equilibrus". It's real. Look it up. (don't)

4. A little thing called Vlingo takes the voice recognition of most phones and bitch slaps it. Hard. With this little piece of magic you can tell your phone to map directions, call contacts, do an internet seach, or update a new Facebook or Twitter status. For example, you could say: "Internet search-motioney equilibrus", or "twitter-blogging about twitter". I actually just did that one. I can prove it. Follow my tweets: jetosco. For this, Apple must have used the human bit of brain that controls...wait for it...hold...hold...release: bitch slapping. One point-Me!

Justice 2.0

Arrested Development:
Greatest sitcom to not be given it's fair shot? For real...only 3 seasons?!?! Have you ever met anyone that has seen that show and didn't love it? At least there's a movie in the works right.
Mad Men is good too.

Irish Wish

May there always be work for your hands to do, may your purse always hold a coin or two, may the sun always shine on your windowpane, may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain, may the hand of a friend always be near you, may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you,

and may you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows your dead.

p.s. see that movie...it's good.

Cabbage? For real?!?!

I was wondering about this:

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

You're Welcome

Two things to check out:
1. http://www.musicmovesforward.com/: a good blog if you're interested in music and the business/industry of music.
2. If you are a combo iphone and twitter user, download the free app called TwitterTrend.

Don't front.

I just got to thinking about the shortage in great frontmen over the last decade. Forget great...how about just good. Is Chris Martin the only captivating frontman left these days? Are there any great frontwomen? Kind of sad huh? Is it just because people don't go to concerts as much anymore so there's no demand for great frontpeople? Is it because Chris Martin is just so damn good that everyone else fails in comparison? Perhaps it's simply because there are less and less bands, and more and more solo acts. What's the deal?

So many questions. So few answers. Help.

p.s. I'm talking about bands that have hit their stride in the last ten years. Don't try to throw out Mick Jagger or The Boss.