LONDON GUARDIAN ON "BAND COLLAPSE"

  I don't think there is a major newspaper doing better culture writing then the London Guardian. I would subscribe to the print edition if it was feasible here in San Diego, CA.   Whether they are lauding the records I released this year or breaking down guacamole for a British audience, their features are mostly hits, not misses.

  This Article, called "WHEN BANDS FALL OF CLIFFS."  Is yet another contender for "Best Long Form Article on the Music Business, if such a category exists.


  Man, you have to read that article it kills.  And this is a DIFFERENT guy then the one who wrote the article about David Lynch's influence on popular music and used Lana Del Rey and Dirty Beaches as the main examples.  Oh, here's a follow up to that, RYAN PITCHFORK  said, "Dirty Beaches Take Away Show was incredible. Alex told us he was invited to perform at David Lynch's new club here and met the man himself." about five hours ago.

    The David Lynch Guardian article was written by TIM JONZE.  The numbers on that Guardian article were 107 tweets and 500 recommends, and the Why We Fight Pitchfork think piece on Del Rey got 121/534.  Guardian had the better take, though. BROADER.


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Economies Are Cyclical

      Economies move in cycles.  That is just a fact. It's human nature that, when we are at the top or bottom of a particular cycle, people believe that the cycle itself has ceased to exist.  Human psychology will always resist being rational about something they passionately believe, and the failure to recognize the periodicity of economic markets is an essential feature of Western art & literature for at least 150 years.  An individual human being doesn't need to have an economic strategy aside from generally not selling assets when the cycle is at a low point, and not buying assets when when the cycle is at a high point.  If you don't have assets you don't even need to care, just recognize that economics is a cycle.

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Ominous Clouds (PHOTOS)

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  I am a HUGE fan of using the metaphor, "ominous clouds on the horizon."  First, it's something everyone can relate to, in terms of actually having seen it.  Second, it's very accurate in terms of stressing the need to be able to literally look ahead of you and think about issues like, "How fast are those clouds moving towards me?" and "When will the Clouds arrive here?"

  I particularly prefer "ominous clouds on the horizon" or "dark clouds on the horizon" to "sunny skies."  The obvious collolary values of sunny skies are relaxation and general laziness, whereas dark/ominous clouds on the horizon connote a watchfulness and attentiveness- IMPORTANT TRAITS TO HAVE.

PIONEERTOWN IN YUCCA VALLEY IS AMAZING

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  Pioneertown is like an indie version of Calico Ghost Town, minus the Knotts Berry Farm owned history and PLUS a little Hollywood Regency Era glamour.  I'm using Hollywood Regency Era there like non-architects use post-modernism, i.e. borrowing it.

  Even though PIONEERTOWN is old timey, I say Hollywood Regency because that era is generally considered to have reached it's height in the 1940's and 1950s, and according to the PIONEEERTOWN WIKI, Pioneertown was built in the 1940s, by a shadowy consortium of Hollywood Moguls and Stars.

  Pioneertown is an easy drive (in Winter/when it's not 110 outside) from Palm Springs area- about half an hour.  The route includes taking you through Yucca Valley itself, which is NOTABLE for it's antiques shops and a really cool used book store- SAGEBRUSH PRESS.  It's pretty much the most amazing used book store I've seen since I was studying in the Bay Area and London- and it's just in the middle...of nowhere. Inspiring testament to the power of literary culture.

  Yucca Valley also has excellent antiques shops and thrift store- though IM NOT NAMING NAMES.  Also, there are evil desert hillbillies that prowl the streets looking for LA area hipsters AND SHOOTING THEM IN THE FACE- so you might want to stay away.  I'm just saying- it's not for everyone the thriftiness and antiquing- you might just want to limit yourself to Pioneertown and skip the shopping.

  Personally though, I found a Burroughs adding machine for 20 bucks. JUST LIKE THAT.  CONVERSATION PIECE.

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