Daily Archives: January 5, 2007

A new one: The Skagit Valley Herald

Posted on January 5, 2007 | 1 Comment

I got a media inquiry today from a reporter at the Skagit Valley Herald in Mt. Vernon, WA. One thing I love about working in communications is talking to reporters from all kinds of publications. Since my Loyalist j-school days, I’ve got a real soft-spot for local community journalism.

Today, the Herald reports in its top story that Bald Eagles have returned to the Mt. Vernon area in record numbers. "The snowy headed raptor with white tails have returned in
dramatically higher numbers this year to the Skagit River, where they
feast annually on the rotting carcasses of spawned out chum salmon."

For all my PR buddies: Have you heard from a reporter at an unusual or far-flung media outlet lately?

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Friday Random Ten

Posted on January 5, 2007 | Leave a comment

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As seen first on Robot Johnny, here are 10 random tracks from my iTunes party shuffle for early on the first Friday afternoon of 2007:

  1. I Could Give You More by 54-40
  2. Margaret Vs. Pauline by Neko Case
  3. Where did you Sleep Last Night by Nirvana
  4. Smackwater Jack by Carole King
  5. Something’s Wrong by The Jesus and Mary Chain
  6. 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm) by Radiohead
  7. I Was Wrong by Sloan
  8. California Waiting by Kings of Leon
  9. Wishful Thinking by Wilco
  10. Love you Madly by Cake

I’ve been playing around with Last.fm this week. It seems pretty cool. I’m still teaching it what I like and haven’t looked at the personalised radio streams yet. The charts are cool. I may slap a couple of them up here. Yesterday, I plugged the Snap Preview Anywhere widget into Flackadelic. Pretty slick eh? Most importantly widgets don’t require the use my meager (pathetic really) coding skills.

Alrighty, back to music. I’m working on my annual year-end “best of” playlist. I’ve got a bunch of songs added, but am looking for suggestions. What is (are) your song(s) of the year? I’m pretty fond of America by Razorlight right now. So far my Cream o’ 2006 list has 113 tracks on it. More tracks to be added this weekend. Here is the work in progress: Download cream_o_2006_jan5.pdf.
bestofbootie2006_cd_1Finally, Bootie SF (home of my favourite mashups) has released their Best of Bootie 2006 complilation. It is full of wonderful mashups like Biggie vs. the Chili Peppers in Goin’ back to Dani. Download and enjoy!

Photo credit: untitled uploaded by stpiduko

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