wow. i’ve been paying cab fares with credit lately. i try to avoid cabs if i can, because i prefer the subway, but i totally get the advantage of plastic
In New York, Taxi Revenue and Tips From Credit Cards Rise - NYTimes.com
I am Fred Wilson. This is my tumblog. I try to post a quote, a song, and a picture every day. Some days I actually do that. I also pull in links to some thing I do on the web to this tumblog . And I reblog the things I find on tumblr that I like. I hope you enjoy your visit.
wow. i’ve been paying cab fares with credit lately. i try to avoid cabs if i can, because i prefer the subway, but i totally get the advantage of plastic
In New York, Taxi Revenue and Tips From Credit Cards Rise - NYTimes.com
Summertime - Girls - Girls
my favorite track on the album. there are three separate parts to this song, the first is straightforward, the second is all noise, and then at 3:50 in, the quiet strumming and singing begins. this is a great song.
Lust For Life - Girls - Girls
Yancey from Kickstarter turned me on this band. They played Bowery last night but I was not there. Great 60s sound, kind of like beach boys meets Elvis Costello
i sure hope Jason is right
April Anne (John Phillips cover) - Okkervil River - Golden Opportunities Mixtape
i’ve honestly never heard the John Phillips version, it kicks off his first solo record after the Mamas and Papas broke up. this cover kicks off the wonderful golden opportunities mixtape that every okkervil fan should own.

i find this to be an incredibly optimistic photo. amazing what has happened in the past 35 years.
Can’t Seem To Make You Mine - Rumspringa - The Free EP
my daughter Jessica saw Rumspringa at Eclectic at Wesleyan a few weeks back and turned me onto them. this is just straightforward bluesy rock and roll with the obligatory guitar solo. it’s really good.
I think that we are necessarily moving toward a geek culture. The health of our society is going to rely on information technology. It’s going to rely on a familiarity with math and science and technology. Geekery in general is founded on questioning and proof via analysis of the actual world and not the world as we wish it to be. By contrast, jockdom — not sports — jock culture proceeds from a certainty you create in your mind: ‘My town is the best because the incredibly wealthy owners decided to keep the team for now.’ Or, ‘My political team is the best because it was my dad’s and they best stoke my primitive fears,’ as opposed to ‘They have the best policies for me and my family.’
Jockdom is very noble. It’s not deliberative. It’s certainly the best way to win wars. It’s the best way to motivate teams of people to fulfill a goal — not just war, but getting things done. The most important way to motivate a factory floor. But as you know, we’re not as much of a manufacturing society as we were before. China and other big industrial nations are rewarding their nerds and technicians rather than creating a culture that makes fun of them — it would be wise for us to embrace the book-smart as much as our culture has traditionally embraced the street-smart, the jock-smart. I’m not saying nerds must have their revenge; I’m just saying the time for wedgies is at an end.
Live With Me (live) - The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Yas Out
one of my all time favorite live records has been re-released in a box set. i’m trying to figure out if i really want all that plastic. they have not released the mp3s and I am not sure they will. ugh