the ROCKS GLASS
the ROCKS GLASS is one of those fancy-schmancy tumblr sites curated by Kansas City-based Jeremy Fuksa.
Jeremy is a self-professed creative generalist, which is kind of a bullshit way of saying "jack-of-all-trades" yet he continues to call himself that regardless of how it sounds. Jeremy is the Presentation Director at Barkley, where he uses his generalism to push the agency's internal brand out of the stratosphere.
Jeremy speaks about doing great creative work, is Immediate Past President of the Art+Copy Club of Kansas City and expresses himself with a mélange of other stuff.
The author wishes to acknowledge that there are bare wires laying about. Please take care not to trip on them.
Let it be known that the ROCKS GLASS faithfully stalks the following:
I know what I’ll be drinking all summer.
Alright, my friends. Now is the time I need you to come together and get me voted onto the @cogaoke stage. Apparently you can vote once a day for the next 11 days. So, please. Stuff that ballot box so that SXSWi infamy becomes mine!
About my song:
I know what you’re thinking.
“Why would a 6’6”, 275 pound pile of dude want to get up and sing the song that gave us one of the 90’s cutest and daintiest pop princesses?”
The answer takes us back to George’s Stables in Stillwater, OK.
“The Stables” is a cowboy bar that sits across the street from one of Stillwater’s most famous establishments, Eskimo Joe’s. Whereas Eskimo Joe’s is a magnet for the college drinking crowd, The Stables is prime territory for the locals. However, it was one Saturday night in 1997 that a group of us crossed the street and walked into the saloon doors that held my karaoke destiny.
My girlfriend at the time got up to sing “(Stay) I Missed You” by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories. One verse in, she got stage fright and thrust the microphone into the first hand she could find. That hand happened to be mine. Fueled by $3.00 beer pitchers and invincibility I figured, “what the hell” and hopped up and did my best Lisa Loeb impression.
When the song was over, I expected to get the shit kicked out of me by a group of Bubbas. At the very least I thought I’d be laughed out of the bar, but instead there was a huge ovation. After that, we became regulars at The Stables and people would ask me to sing this song. The DJ (that I went on to replace after he quit) always had a joke that if there were any blind guys in the audience, they needed to know the person on stage was a guy.
My karaoke days are one of the best memories that I have of my college experience. Every time I hear this song I’m taken back. Vote for me so you can see what all the fuss was about so many years ago.
Hydrating in preparation for Episode 6. (via 3rdmartini)
We’re getting ready to record Episode 6 of the YET TO BE NAMED PODCAST. Our special guest tonight is Piper from the Lazy Eye Theatre blog. We’re going to talk Oscars.
We’d like to know what you think about the Oscars this year. Give us a call: (816) 200-7219
Cogaoke 2010 Example Video - Stay (I Missed You) f/ 1997 on Vimeo
Apologies for the awful, awful audio. That’s what leaving a video tape in your garage for ten years will do to your semi-precious memories.
I know what you’re thinking.
“Why would a 6’6”, 275 pound pile of dude want to get up and sing the song that gave us one of the 90’s cutest and daintiest pop princesses?”
The answer takes us back to George’s Stables in Stillwater, OK.
“The Stables” is a cowboy bar that sits across the street from one of Stillwater’s most famous establishments, Eskimo Joe’s. Whereas Eskimo Joe’s is a magnet for the college drinking crowd, The Stables is prime territory for the locals. However, it was one Saturday night in 1997 that a group of us crossed the street and walked into the saloon doors that held my karaoke destiny.
My girlfriend at the time got up to sing “(Stay) I Missed You” by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories. One verse in, she got stage fright and thrust the microphone into the first hand she could find. That hand happened to be mine. Fueled by $3.00 beer pitchers and invincibility I figured, “what the hell” and hopped up and did my best Lisa Loeb impression.
When the song was over, I expected to get the shit kicked out of me by a group of Bubbas. At the very least I thought I’d be laughed out of the bar, but instead there was a huge ovation. After that, we became regulars at The Stables and people would ask me to sing this song. The DJ (that I went on to replace after he quit) always had a joke that if there were any blind guys in the audience, they needed to know the person on stage was a guy.
My karaoke days are one of the best memories that I have of my college experience. Every time I hear this song I’m taken back. Vote for me so you can see what all the fuss was about so many years ago.
A new piece of “Das Cöbra” music, composed for a special project.
This talk by Jamie Oliver brought tears to my eyes a couple of different times.
After the things I’ve been through with my heart health, and finding out that my 2 year-old son already has genetically high cholesterol, I can’t stress enough how important it is that we reverse the trend of poor diet everywhere, not just in schools and restaurants.
Take a moment to watch this presentation. It will make you rethink what you’re putting into your mouth.
Two things.
- This is an AMAZING new way to make financial transactions.
- @lonelysandwich and @jasonpermenter are bad asses.
Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd
If you were wondering, THIS is what my internal soundtrack is like pretty much all damn day.
Mind Boners (via 3rdmartini)
Now here’s a developer who knows how to surprise and delight his fans.
Sure, it’s as easy as a Twitter search these days to find a fan of your brand, but it takes EFFORT to follow up on what you find out.
The developer for LESS.app did just that last night. Bravo. You’ve got an even bigger fan now.
For those of you who dabble in web dorkery, you would do well to check out his application and the LESS technology in general.
It’s an accompaniment to CSS that really has the potential to completely change the way I think about and work with CSS code.
Have you ever wanted to use variables for common values that you use in CSS? LESS will allow you to do it. Want to nest definitions into an easier to understand hierarchy? LESS comes to the rescue. How about writing functions in CSS that affect subsequent entities? Yep. LESS.
Of course, all of this does not work natively on the server. You have to compile your LESS code into a valid CSS document. That’s where LESS.app comes in.
Check it out. It’s pretty damn slick.
Here’s a taste test of this current variety of douche juice. How’s that for a mental picture?
Pure gold.
Just saw a shot of Ed Hardy beer during a news package on strong beer sales in Kansas.
Ed. Fucking. Hardy.
BEER.
This is yet more proof that we are losing the world to the douchebag uprising.
I guess if you can’t beat ‘em… Wait, we must beat ‘em. Do YOU want a Situation/Snooki presidential ticket in 2012?
Don’t answer that.
Everytime I sit down, I’ve had this sneaking suspicion. Glad to know it wasn’t just me.
iPhone Home Screen: February 2010 edition (via 3rdmartini)
My last home screen update is here: www.flickr.com/photos/3rdmartini/3989454249/
As you can see, not a whole lot has changed, mostly just prioritization.
I’ve traded up NetNewsWire for Reeder. Reeder is the absolute fastest Google Reader client I’ve found for the iPhone. Bar none.
WriteRoom is a great little addition. I use it on my desktop and it makes a great minimalist writing companion on the iPhone.
Go NOW and get Dragon Dictation. You can thank me later.
