Foolish Sage | April 29, 2009
Just passing on to you a recommendation for one of my few “must-read-every-day” blogs: Seth Godin’s Blog.
Seth describes himself as “a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change.” He has authored a number of bestselling books, including All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World and his latest Permission Marketing [...]
Foolish Sage | April 29, 2009
Had a nice discussion last night on FriendFeed about my favorite band, The Mountain Goats. I decided to experiment with the new embedding feature offered by the beta release of FriendFeed to bring that conversation over to my blog. Let’s see how this works out, as my social web networks collide. Will it be the [...]
Foolish Sage | April 28, 2009
For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? (1 Corinthians 9:9)
This post (from theGoogleCache blog) sets out a case against blocking ads on websites, particularly those whose content you value or find useful or [...]
Foolish Sage | April 20, 2009
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A few months ago my friend singer/songwriter John Darnielle, leader of the Mountain Goats, challenged me on Facebook to a meme where you had to name the ten songs you couldn’t bear to be without, and explain why. Here’s my list (with links to the songs, where possible, from my blip.fm playlist):
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Foolish Sage | April 16, 2009
….but now you have. If you like artists like Tom Petty, Springsteen, Dylan, Neil Young, The Byrds and early R.E.M., you will like this music. I am not steering you wrong here.
Bill Mallonee/Vigilantes of Love Bio Quotes:
Athens, Ga.
Americana/Folk-Rock/Rock/Folk
-Review Quotes-
Bill Mallonee: #65 in Paste Magazine’s “100 Greatest Living Songwriter’s” Poll
“The poetry and intelligence of Bill Mallonee’s [...]
Foolish Sage | April 14, 2009
“Don’t judge a book by its cover” goes the old saw. Last week three cynical judges and a huge audience at auditions for the UK’s Britain’s Got Talent TV series got a variation on that dictum: don’t judge talent by the body it comes in. Better: Don’t assume that personal worth and physical beauty are [...]
Foolish Sage | April 12, 2009
A popular series of commercials for a consumer credit company used the running gag of a group of barbarians invading everyday, modern situations, symbolizing what can happen to people when they don’t have sufficient capital to do the things they want to do. Just as the horde is about to begin their slaughter and pillage, [...]
Foolish Sage | April 12, 2009
On this Resurrection Day (Easter, to those who prefer gods with long ears made out of chocolate), I want to welcome the resurrection of one of my favorite blogs: Sibboleth by my dear friend, Fuller Seminary professor J. R. Daniel Kirk. He is just back online after a Lenten Internet fast.
Daniel is one of the [...]
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Mark Traphagen (aka Foolish Sage) is a lover of dark beers and darker music, of things that are but are not as they seem, of contexts taken out of context to become new contexts, of resurrections and that which is already (but not yet). Mark lives in Durham, NC, with his wife and pet Macbook Pro. He has two married daughters and six grandchildren, and currently freelances as an Internet marketer.
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