101 Woes : Who is Andy Rooney?

#21 It has come to my attention that the youth demographic from 30 and younger, may not know Andy Rooney.  Well this is Andy Rooney?  This clip is classic.  It shows us what Andy thinks of Postmodern Art, he is so rightly funny.
So sad that great critics are no longer known!
Woe Baby!

101 Woes

23. Cool Stores Don't Always Make It:

In 2009 I wrote - Check out Uberbot a cool toy store in Orlando! I highly recommend it.  

Update: Uberbot was closed.  That's really sad,  a great store full of cool toys did not make it.

Owners of Uberbot Orlando your store is missed!

----Woe Baby!----

101 Woes, (Musical Reviews)

Woe #24: The Musical Led Wall Between the United States and Canada.

 

There seems to be a wall between Canada and the United States- musically speaking.   There are so many great bands that no one here in the United States has heard of.   Of course, there are some notable bands (e.g. Crash Test Dummies, Neil Young, Alanis Morissette ).

Last night at the Deli I was discussing music with a customer. He happened to be one of the Tour Bus Drivers for a variety of bands.

He asked me if I had heard of  the band Silverstein.

I replied, doesn't ring a bell.

He said they were Canadian.

 Canada is our most accessible neighbor, but their music seems to be trapped behind a led wall.  The led wall keeps music from coming over State Side and is not heard.  We can hear the static, but the notes are not coherent.
Is this a conspiracy?
Why is this?

 Flash Back - 1999 to a show in Portland Oregon at the Aladen Theatre, and the band the Tragically Hip;  the Canadian Flock was the majority of the Concert Goers, all wore their favorite Hockey Jersey, from their home town province.  I was not wearing a hockey jersey so they asked,  "What province are you from?"
It was a great show, but sadly not many Staters were there.  

101 Woes

101 Things that go wah, wah, wah: 

22.  Google's Homogenized You Search Results

I think, Google thinks they know me.  Or does Google want to know me?  I am glad that Google wants to be the advanced search engine in the cybernetic wilderness.  They want to help me find a path from a multitude of answers, some good some not.  But sometimes Google goes too far, and they interfere with my ability to find contrary viewpoints. And yes, I know that one can take the cookies off your cookie cashes but that is another thing I fail to remember to do, at least daily do.
 Life is full of likes and dislikes; and not everything is catered to my own mental map.   Google's search results are attempting to put people in little boxes where everyone appears to think the same way, drive the same cars, and live in the same little box.
Am I paranoid, or do they want to reduce me to a code in a machine.  For example, when I wrote my mother a haiku about my buddy Sid Raccoon and Berry Beetle; I saw adds to the side that offered ways to exterminate bugs and ways to get a Raccoon off of your property.   I am thankful that Google wants to be so helpful, but I want to be more than a consumed XY cordinate on an XY Graph.
Note: I am not woeing all the time but this is my Andy Rooney thoughts on the world.