My Ten Fav Moments from SXSW

Categories: Culture, Events, Featured, Music

As my friends Natasha & Ashley and I make our way to our hotel room at 5am in the morning in a cab. The cab driver asks us. "Is this your first SXSW?" It wasn't but we had to ask him "What makes you a veteran at SXSW then?" He responded: "About 6 minutes after you land." Fav Moment number 7!
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Stand By Me Global Mashup

Categories: Cool Facts, Culture, Featured, Music

You know a song brings universal meaning when you have music artists singing or playing their versions of "Stand By Me" from around the world and able to synch them up to produce a great mashup.
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Hannah’s Hoedown Throwdown Dance Tutorial

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When I asked a Q&A on our Facebook Fan Page for work on "what's your fav dance move?" we actually got a couple of "Hoedown Throwdowns" we all started to wonder what the hell is that???
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#crashTED Failed at Crashing #TED

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Tonight some of the Long Beach Tweeps tried to crash the TED Block Party that blocked off blocks of downtown Long Beach.  Our numerous attempts to @kevinrose to get us in we're unheard.  Not even the man who waved in my Qik video would help us get in either!
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Indie 103.1 Got Shut Down by the Man

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It was a sad morning on Twitter when @TeddRoman tweeted: Farewell to Indie 103.1 THE GREATEST radio station I have EVER had the pleasure of working.  DJ Tedd Roman gave minute by minute tweets about Indie103.1 shutting down and "removing from the broadcast airwaves."
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Paper Planes Remix on Golden Globe Winner Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack

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Last night Slumdog Millionaire took home the best categories you could win at the Golden Globes.  Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and one of my favorites: Best Original Score.
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Zune Users Affected by Lock-Up

Categories: Cool Facts, Featured, Music, Tech

It may be New Years Eve, but according for Microsoft/Zune it's Y2k9. Zune users may have woken up to find that their Zune had froze.  It's been the water cooler talk of the morning in offices. Well, that and Viacom cutting off channels on Time Warner. Since I am in the office today, I decided to talk to two of my co-workers who were affected.
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Guitar Bike Hero

Categories: Cool Facts, Featured, Music, Viral Videos

My co-worker Eddie sent me a YouTube clip today since he knows I'm a sucker for viral videos.  This was me the whole time through the video :0 Followed by a Whaaaa??????
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Five Songs that Could Save a Life

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A couple of weeks ago I became certified to give first aid & CPR.  The day I completed my training, I surprisingly came across this article on five songs that could save a life.
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You Can Vote However You Like

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If you're having difficulty deciding on who to vote on come November 4th, well maybe this group of 7th graders singing to the tune of T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" will help you decide between McCain & Obama.
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Imeem App for G1 Phone

Categories: Music, Social Media

Apple may have gotten Pandora for an iPhone app, but looks like Google got Imeem for a G1 app.  The app is designed to seamlessly sync with your account on Imeem.  
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10 Reasons Why Jay-Z ROC-ed the Palladium

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Last night I had the pleasure of attending the re-opening of the Hollywood Palladium. Who was headlining? Mr. R-O-C himself, Jay-Z.  Here are 10 reasons why Jay-Z ROC-ed the Palladium.
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Hadron Collider Rap Song

Categories: Music, Tech

A couple of weeks ago I reported on the Hadron Collider not causing the world to be sucked into oblivion.  Well, if you had no clue what the hell I was talking about, hopefully this rap video will help.
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Honda’s Musical Road in Lancaster

Categories: Music

People usually don't visit Lancaster, CA..they drive through it! There are only 3 roads in the world that have a musical road: one is in Japan, one is in Korea, and the newest one in the US right in Lancaster. 
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iPod Nano-Chromatic

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What's the Apple rumor? What's the Apple rumor? On September 9th, Apple finally announced the rumor.  Like we haven't seen it leaked already.
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