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Oh wow….
Over the weekend the New York Times published the eulogy from Mona Simpson for her brother Steve Jobs. It is tremendously moving, and I think nicely rounds out the gradient of Jobs as a figure who was...
View ArticleAnd I Return…Again
My first rock concert. October 31, 1995 I had front row seats to R.E.M. at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim. We had lined up super early for tickets nearly a year prior, and this date was rescheduled to...
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2011: the year that was
This was an odd year. One of those transitional years along the likes that I haven’t had since the year I met Amy, started Grad School and got engaged (2002 that was). It began like this. WBR Parking...
View Article2012 Goals
I hate the phrase “resolutions” because it implies the need for resolve to do things. Plus I hate what other people like. There, I said it. First, how did I do on 2011? Get back into tennis. I haven’t...
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R.E.M. – R.I.P. – Some final thoughts
Bertis Downs, Mike Mills Note: this was published in the last ever R.E.M. Fanclub Newsletter. I wrote it after I went down to Athens, GA for their final (I hate that word) release party for Part...
View ArticleA Note About a Train Trestle
Eleven years ago when I was 21 years old and a student at UC San Diego, I was running an R.E.M. fan site (Murmurs.com). Some friends in Athens one day posted that the city had started dismantling the...
View ArticleSXSW Post Mortem
SXSW is over. I completed 90% of the 10 day mission I was supposed to undertake in Austin, my last day cut short by a health situation back at home. I have never stayed for music before, nor had I ever...
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The World Loses Good People
In the last few weeks the world has lost a few good people and a dog. Rest in peace Bill Doss and John Walsh. Bill I only knew through his wife and the town of Athens. And his music. John was a family...
View ArticleSort of moved to ethankaplan.com
As a part of being on svbtle.com, I’ve moved my blogging to ethankaplan.com I may carry on here on other subjects soon.
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