Take it away, Mr Dunphy.
Thanks Aaron Murphy
And the gnarliest.
[Miles] Davis was a man of few words. When he did speak, his words often had a similar effect to a hand grenade being lobbed into the room. In 1987, he was invited to a White House dinner by Ronald Reagan. Few of the guests appeared to know who he was. During dinner, Nancy Reagan turned to him and asked what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. Straight-faced, Davis replied: “Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done except fuck the president?”
Miles Davis: His Wardrobe, His Wit, His Way With A Basketball…(Guardian Music Blog)
Thanks MK
Developed over the last year, the AlphaSphere is a digital audio prototype device covered in tactile programmable pads: a plaything for DJs, composers of electronica, (small children, cats) or whatever you’re having yourself.
Some young technohipsters will now fill you in on the details.
Shipping September 2012, and if you have £1000 handy, you can pre-order here.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJoo7Tgjr8U
“Or two cassette tapes for just $21.95!”
Get your ‘punk’ on with this awesome compilation from the early 1990s.
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Yes? No?
A potted guide to the fiscal compact thing.
Thanks Mark Breen at BrandArmy.ie
Seriously.
Come on.
Allied Irish Banks will have to increase pay for hundreds of workers because senior executives received nearly €4m in secret bonuses allegedly designed to prevent them from abandoning the State-owned institution.
A human resources bank official told [a] tribunal that the secret bonuses, which included £426,000 paid to 24 senior managers at [AIB’s Northern ireland unit] First Trust in Northern Ireland, were “retention payments”.
...The payments were made last year and the recipients were warned not to tell anybody they’d received the cash.
We don’t usually do this but.
David Knowles writes:
Can you help us out! My wife’s bike got nicked from our home [Grosvenor Square, Rathmines, Dublin] sometime early this morning. It’s a Pashley Princess.
It is about three years old and was a surprise birthday present after she saw one but thought it was too expensive. I just got a bike myself yesterday so we could cycle together over the summer.
Anyone?
S writes:
Waterford hurley maker Frank Murphy has begun producing specialised shot-serving hurleys for pubs – to make it easier for staff to serve shots en masse across the bar. Taking Kilkenny stags to a whole new level.