Things found and ideas about technology, business, music, culture and more from Shawn Yeager. Shortmail.ComposeWidget({ screenName: 'shawnyeager' }); Tumblr (3.0; @shawnyeager)http://shawnyeager.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4po7iLR7q1qz4spmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Made with <a href="http://www.fiftythree.com/paper/via/tumblr">Paper</a></p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/23904544709http://shawnyeager.org/post/23904544709Sun, 27 May 2012 21:28:30 -0500MadeWithPaper<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nub6r3JS1qz4spmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sons of Zevon (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at The Family Wash)</p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/23837364688http://shawnyeager.org/post/23837364688Sat, 26 May 2012 21:45:06 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4m24scpeF1qz4spmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>JBM, opening for Damien Jurado. Headliners, easily. Buy <a href="http://www.jbm-music.com/home.cfm">this album</a>.</p> <p>(Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at The Basement)</p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/23775959742http://shawnyeager.org/post/23775959742Fri, 25 May 2012 22:47:00 -0500musicnashville<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23720350116/tumblr_m4kcioCJzH1qz4spm&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Cat Power — “I Found a Reason (orig. by Lou Reed)”</strong></p> <p>Understated and captivating, as always.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.fluxblog.org/2012/05/what-comes-is-better-than-what-came-before">Fluxblog</a>)</p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/23720350116http://shawnyeager.org/post/23720350116Fri, 25 May 2012 00:28:00 -0500audiomusic<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lFUIeDjo2dA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Wonderfully strange.</p> <p><a href="http://noted.makenosound.com/post/23536368593/quinton-sung-has-put-together-and-8-bit-version-of" class="tumblr_blog">makenosound</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Quinton Sung has put together and 8-bit version of the whole of Radiohead’s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFUIeDjo2dA&feature=relmfu">Kid A</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxLnu4PhQNQ&feature=player_embedded">OK Computer</a>.</p></blockquote>http://shawnyeager.org/post/23552722682http://shawnyeager.org/post/23552722682Tue, 22 May 2012 13:05:17 -0500musicretro<a href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/02/the-5-minute-speech-which-got-judge-napolitano-fired-from-fox-news.html">The 5-Minute Speech Which Got Judge Napolitano Fired from Fox News</a>: <p>What if enough was finally enough?</p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/23485062092http://shawnyeager.org/post/23485062092Mon, 21 May 2012 11:40:53 -0500politicspolicyamericafree speech“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”<br/><br/> - <em>Howard Thurman</em>http://shawnyeager.org/post/23483110681http://shawnyeager.org/post/23483110681Mon, 21 May 2012 10:54:49 -0500quoteinspirationwisdom“An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences is being inserted into the latest defense authorization bill […] The amendment would ‘strike the current ban on domestic dissemination’ of propaganda material produced by the State Department and the Pentagon, according to the summary of the law at the House Rules Committee’s official website.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mhastings/congressmen-seek-to-lift-propaganda-ban">Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban</a></p> <p>Pardon me while I go build my bunker. On the other hand, why pay for what major media outlets already do for them at a fraction of the cost?</p></em>http://shawnyeager.org/post/23333997421http://shawnyeager.org/post/23333997421Fri, 18 May 2012 23:48:00 -0500americapolicy1984<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3kfzw9QSe1qz4spmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Jessica Lea Mayfield</strong> – May 1, Nashville</p> <p>(Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at High Watt)</p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/22466599963http://shawnyeager.org/post/22466599963Sat, 05 May 2012 15:09:00 -0500photomusic<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/22031254334/tumblr_m386cwdY1m1qz4spm&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Beck — I Only Have Eyes for You (Cover)</strong></p> <p>Absolutely brilliant.</p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/22031254334http://shawnyeager.org/post/22031254334Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:10:08 -0500musicaudio<p><iframe width="400" height="80" src="http://rd.io/i/QFA9K3FEiA" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/22028852747http://shawnyeager.org/post/22028852747Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:26:00 -0500music“Whether a country is actually free is determined not by how well-rewarded its convention-affirming media elites are and how ignored its passive citizens are but by how it treats its dissidents, those posing authentic challenges to what the government does.”<br/><br/> - <em>Glen Greenwald, <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/04/21/e_2/singleton/">Surveillance State evils</a></em>http://shawnyeager.org/post/21569053883http://shawnyeager.org/post/21569053883Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:55:50 -0500privacysecurityamericapolicy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhg0qJni71qz8089o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shawnyeager.org/post/21438471525http://shawnyeager.org/post/21438471525Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:55:38 -0500wellnesshealthculturebigpharma<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NKDXuCE7LeQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era</strong> (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKDXuCE7LeQ">ncaavideos2</a>)</p> <p>If, like me, you draw in music like you breath air, or if you ever doubted the significance and power of music, you owe it to yourself to watch this video.</p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/20885458599http://shawnyeager.org/post/20885458599Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:21:00 -0500videomusiclife<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m26miyGZQF1qz4spmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shawnyeager.org/post/20739769439http://shawnyeager.org/post/20739769439Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:30:00 -0500torontophoto<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m21cgzqFzw1qz4spmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Made with <a href="http://paper.fiftythree.com">Paper</a></p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/20563527737http://shawnyeager.org/post/20563527737Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:05:23 -0500MadeWithPaper“Corporations, long identified as our principal economic actors, are now also our principal political actors. The result is a combined economic and political system—the operating system upon which our society runs—of great power and voraciousness, pursuing its own economic interests without serious concern for the values of fairness, justice, or sustainability that democratic government might have provided.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://rdd.me/dinhz5tv">America the Possible</a>, an unsettling but worthwhile read, to be sure.</em>http://shawnyeager.org/post/19370582501http://shawnyeager.org/post/19370582501Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:17:00 -0500americapolicyeconomyfuture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0dphzPq3P1r4x6r1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shawnyeager.org/post/18835074927http://shawnyeager.org/post/18835074927Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:08:00 -0600<object width="400" height="375"> <param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2004/Blank/DanGilbert_2004-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DanGilbert-2004.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=384&vh=288&ap=0&ti=97&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy;year=2004;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=how_the_mind_works;event=TED2004;tag=brain;tag=choice;tag=culture;tag=evolution;tag=happiness;tag=psychology;tag=science;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="375" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2004/Blank/DanGilbert_2004-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DanGilbert-2004.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=384&vh=288&ap=0&ti=97&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy;year=2004;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=how_the_mind_works;event=TED2004;tag=brain;tag=choice;tag=culture;tag=evolution;tag=happiness;tag=psychology;tag=science;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p>I’m such a fan of Dan Gilbert’s work. His insight and enthusiasm shine through as he presents his research on natural and “synthetic” happiness.</p>http://shawnyeager.org/post/18798503404http://shawnyeager.org/post/18798503404Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:46:45 -0600happinessvideo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m02mi2wtnU1qarn5to1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m02mi2wtnU1qarn5to2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://magnolius.tumblr.com/post/18395636252/melting-men-installation-by-nele-azevedo" class="tumblr_blog">magnolius</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>‘melting men’</strong> installation by <a href="http://neleazevedo.fotopages.com/?entry=967993"><strong>Nele Azevedo </strong></a></p> <p>Brazilian Artist Nele Azevado carved 1,000 figures out of ice on the steps of Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt Square. It was made to raise awareness about the rising sea-levels due to to melting ice.</p> <div></div></blockquote>http://shawnyeager.org/post/18398700651http://shawnyeager.org/post/18398700651Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:22:23 -0600art