Thanks to solipsistic NATION we have a new Live recording of The Orb at AB Brussels.  Check out the site, and the live show can be downloaded here.

The really cool thing about the concert list is it highlights the full touring group (not the Alex and Thomas Fehlmann tour).  Live drum. Live singer. Interesting a mainly ambient take on Little Fluffy Clouds is included here.. except when the group decides to take advantage of the live drums. A must have for any fan.

Have fun.

Tags: Live Show, solipsistic NATION, The Orb

Click on the picture for the high res version.

Original found here.

Tags: Astronomy, Cool, Picture

One of very few politicians – if only – in Washington addressing what the U.S. is facing economically. Listen and take heed…

Tags: Economic Crisis, Liberty, Ron Paul

And here we have another demo from the “Arrangements For Sex, Vol 2″.

Up this time is ‘I love you’… a song that seems to float in the background, with an almost hypnotizing bassline, that draws enough attention to the music bu not distract the listener from any other activities they may be involved with.

Here you go.  You can download the demo for the song here: I love you (Demo) <– click there

Tags: Arrangements for Sex, Demo

I found this to be very cool, and a good reminder for anyone looking to succeed at anything in life.

From Tim Tebow:

Dream – don’t let anyone tell you that you cannot accomplish your dream
Act – take action with passion, fully engage yourself
Finish Strong – make a committment and follow through

But we should finish it off with a warning from an American Great, the Father of the Federal Government, and the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton:

“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.”

Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Success, Tim Tebow

Funny as hell and in no way is it safe for work.

Also, just bit of person history… my father told me the “Bull” story that is mentioned in this clip back in 1987. Ah, memories.

Tags: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos, Where the Wild Things Are

This bit of news is interesting – UBS Bank could collapse if talks with the US over tax fraud fall through.

“The actions of UBS in the United States are very problematic. Not just because they are punishable but also because they threaten all of the bank’s activities,” Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told Le Matin Dimanche newspaper.

“The Swiss economy and the job market would suffer on a major scale if UBS fails as a result of its licence being revoked in the United States,” she said.

It sounds like the U.S. is considering pulling the ability of UBS to act as a bank within the United States due to tax fraud / tax evasion, which would trigger the bank collapse and not due to current bank solvency issues.

I find it hard to believe U.S. regulators would allow such a thing to happen, instead opting for the fine route…

Tags: UBS

We Hate Math

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Really? You think?

From Bloomberg:

Roubini said more than half of the 5.7 percent expansion reported yesterday by the government was related to a replenishing of inventories and that consumption depended on monetary and fiscal stimulus. As these forces ebb, growth will slow to just 1.5 percent in the second half of 2010, he said.

“The headline number will look large and big, but actually when you dissect it, it’s very dismal and poor,” Roubini told Bloomberg Television in an interview at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. “I think we are in trouble.”

Roubini said while the world’s largest economy won’t relapse into recession, unemployment will rise from the current 10 percent, posing social and political challenges.

All on needs to do is look past the headlines, do a little personal research, in order to come to the conclusion that the economic recovery is not a recovery at all.

Tags: Business, Economy, Nouriel Roubini