Monthly Archives: June 2007

And What Kind of Dog Are We Today?

And what about those tests that were popular on some web sites that were to find out “what kind of dog are you?”
Were these tests there simply for entertainment value? To hold a pair of eyeballs on a computer monitor to stare at endless google ads? Possibly, from the taker’s point of view [...]

A Busker’s Song

Apple Inc has an ad that features Paul McCartney skipping and singing and playing down the lane. This is traditional street entertainment: a busker’s song, Maybe even harkening back to the Music Halls of the late 19th century.
Now this is a real challenge to a composer: Paul McCartney has got Composer’s Balls of [...]