a little music please

Thank goodness, folks are finally getting into how cool Pandora is. Created by musician wonks, Pandora is an internet radio station that learns what kinda music you like. Here's a little sample of Pandora at work.

I recently downloaded a little music, so I put together a playlist of mp3 files via amazon. I checked out their new service offering drm free mp3 downloads and it was easy, and yes Virginia, you really did get drm free mp3 files, which were easy to upload to your iPod if you wanted to you. Anyway, here's some music for you.

Christmas Videos

Our post from last year on Christmas movies and tv specials can be found here. Let's not forget, Christmas Comes but Once a Year or a bunch of other Christmas cartoons. Just check out the top 10 picks Christmas list. And by all means, a very Merry Christmas and our best wishes for you and your friends and family.

New Stuff to Watch

Got a few new episodes of The Office to check out. Not sure if I have a favorite yet. All good. In the music section, we added a few Terry Garland videos and should also have a new Everlast music video for you later today (Here it is). For movies - check out John Carpenter's The Thing or a delightfully bizarre film, Coffee and Cigarettes. Got more on the way too. Busy busy busy.

NOTLD Released 40 Years Ago

On December 5, 1968 - The Night of The Living Dead was released in theaters. The Night of The Living Dead was the work of director George Romero, Duane Jones who starred as Ben, Judith O'Dea as Barbra, Keith Wayne as Tom, and Karl Hardman as Harry Cooper. The low budget classic did pretty well in the theaters and remains a terrific film 40 years later. You can watch the Zombie classic, Night of the Living Dead for free, or better still - we offer a high quality DVD iso download for just $10. Easy as pie to make your own DVD.

Enjoy a brewski today - 75 years ago, on December 5, 1933 Prohibition ended. Wow, it is hard to think of a time when it was illegal to have a beer or a glass of wine or, oh my - a vodka tonic, a cosmo or a a little Sambuca in your expresso. But I think it really happened. And it ended 75 years ago today. To honor this event - here's a few links related to the subject of alcohol. Beer, Wine, Alcohol, drunk, drinking, moonshine, or moon shine. Staff picks - Aunt Bea's Medicine Man - the episode where Aunt Bea gets tiddly, a little lit, tipsy, etc etc. Also - Granny's Spring Tonic, where Granny makes her first spring batch of hooch from the still at the cement pond. Plus - Drinking & Eating PSA, too weird to explain... and the Terry Garland song, The Bible and Jim Beam. Cheers, prohibition ended today 75 years ago - December 5, 1933.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We would like to wish each and every one of you a Happy Thanksgiving. We hope that you take some time out from the celebration to reflect on all your countless blessings. Think about the big stuff, and the little things. Be thankful. And you will find happiness comes with gratitude.

LikeTelevision has lots of fun stuff to watch with a Thanksgiving theme. Check out a few holiday classics with Granny and Jed. Turkey Day is really funny. For more must see LikeTelevision, watch this wonderful Tex Avery cartoon, Jerky Turkey. If you want more, just search for Thanksgiving.

Skydiving 2.0 & Terry Garland

You might remember from last year, when I jumped out of a plane and went skydiving for the first time. Well, the place where I jumped gives you the chance to get 50% off your next jump if you get another dive ticket the day you jump. BUT - you have to use it within a year. Well, I had about 10 days left until my jump ticket was null and void, so of course - I had to jump again. Here you go - Skydiving, version 2.0. In case you were wondering - I got another 50% off deal, so I have a little less than a year to jump again. ver. 3.0.

Tomorrow, Terry Garland will be swinging by the studio on Sunday morning to do a quick video shoot before heading down the road again. You might remember Terry from last year, or oh my - from 10 years ago too. We'll post the new stuff as soon as we can.

Free The Air Waves - We Won!

In August we discussed an opportunity for the "people" - it looked like a ton of bandwidth was going to be freed up with the change to digital tv broadcasts. And a group led by google asked if the government would allow this bandwidth to be used by the public. Kind of like open source bandwidth.
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Anyway - the issue was voted on November 4th, 2008 - and guess what people, we won! WOW! I can't believe this happened, because this bandwidth has the potential to offer amazing services to the masses. One day, I could imagine a world with free, super high bandwidth wi-fi, everywhere. Just stick your uplink into a USB on your laptop. Ding. Check out google founder Larry Page's comments on the google blog.