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Hoping with MOG ending and Beats beginning there will be someone who does a new survey of Spotify, Rdio, etc. and publishes a review. Here's an early one for Beats - http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/1/20/5319322/beats-music-vs-spotify-dr-dre-streaming "When you first open Beats Music, it asks if you identify as a..."

Have a great day!

That was fun... MOG to close in April as subscribers offered (small) incentive to move to Beats Music http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/21/mog-subscribers-offered-incentives-before-service-closes/?ncid=rss_truncated

180g

"I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." - Douglas Adams

Well, more importantly we should remember the 3 B2B Sales Lessons from Martin Luther King! http://info.prosalesstaff.com/blog/bid/156260/3-B2B-Sales-Lessons-We-Can-All-Learn-from-Martin-Luther-King

This I think was the five year anniversary (it's not labeled), nearly 35 years ago. I swear you'd not recognize him if not for the familiar lines. His humor improved greatly and regional dialect decreased dramatically over time. So if you hate his voice now, you may reaallly want to stay away from this.

And the other find this morning...

How do you multi-like a post?

Picked up The Other Side of Jimmy Smith at a record store this morning. I kid you not the bearded hipster at the register after staring at the album for a bit said "For a second I thought this was Jimmy Smits. You know from TV?"

Listening to Nirvana with a Two-Year-Old http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/01/nirvana-for-two-year-olds.html

On the above note...

Sounds like blast (both shows).

At "Wine Spectator" at CIA in Napa for a much delayed holiday work lunch. Cheese, chicken & tators, and a few bottles. Quite nice. 2010 Saintsburg Pinot Noir 2010 Provenance Cab 2011 Merry Edwards Russian River Pinot Noir

Is there a reason for the happiness?

Some vinyl tonight...

For the tin foil hat wearers out there - The WhiteHat Aviator Web Browser https://www.whitehatsec.com/aviator/

^ Didn't know the Fantasy Records connection. ___________________ RIP John Dobson. You helped me build a telescope and your followers were always great to see at 9th and Irving. Plus that whole revolutionizing amateur astronomy thing. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/John-Dobson-1915ndash2014-240456881.html http://www.sidewalkastronomers.us/id32.html

Another inexpensive phono pre, this time from Emotiva - http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/processors/products/xps-1-phono-stage

Have a happy, happy birthday!

GM aims for 'hip' (for the kidz)

This could be end up being a nice solution for some. http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/94817/Sony-USB_Hi-Res_DAC_System-DA_Converter_or_Processor