Indie band Cheekface is being interviewed on Twitch by Anthony Fantano - interesting note is that once they started making money, then labels starting contacting them and wanted 50% of the take if they signed. Their point: why would we sign with a label to make LESS money than now?

twitch.tv/theneedledrop

In-office workers - and managers - are generally the worst productivity performers. I just listened to two managers talk at length about flying to meet in person and go over something 'important' in two weeks - and all I could ask is, 'Why are you waiting two weeks to do this? Why not just meet today?' Lazy. Any company entirely working in offices is falling behind, fast.

I find it fascinating that Sports Illustrated didn't die off because the print industry has dramatically decreased, the magazine died because of terrible management and taking on way too much debt.

Corporations: "Let's raise prices and claim it's just inflation!"

Also corporations: "Hmm, after we raised prices, sales dropped. Should we lower prices or just lay off employees?"

When Yogi Bear said he was 'smarter than the average bear', everyone thought it was a joke, but he spoke English to humans, wore a hat and tie, and Ranger Smith complained that 'keeping a secret from Yogi is 'like hiding Lake Michigan from a duck'.

So Yogi is smarter than the average bear, and it's not even close.

I'm building a music discovery service to help promote lesser known bands.

I have plans for MusicMachina.com that I hope will be helpful to and fans, but for now it's just listing of new music releases for your enjoyment. Please follow mastodon.social/@MusicMachina for updates and yes, there will be a way to submit your music coming in 2024, plus more.

He started his rap career by busking on the streets of Europe. Over a decade later, DubFX is still touring and making music for his fans.

musicmachina.com/article

New music today from Juuku and grandpa julie - discover some new artists and music on Music Machina:

musicmachina.com/

Patriots owner Robert Kraft and the Foundation for Combatting Anti-Semitism to air first ad during Jets-Patriots broadcast today.

is putting the game away, now up 42-24 over and QB Drake Maye is lighting it up again.

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