Monthly Archives: January 2008

Hollywood, D.C.: A Once in a Lifetime Kinda Day

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 31 January 2008
It’s a chilly morning in LA — would be very hard to get out of bed if I weren’t already lightheaded pondering the exhilirating hours and days of work and hobby ahead. With the help of rising-star political reporter Jeremy Oberstein, my team at LAist is prepared to whoop everybody’s ass at full coverage of [...]
Posted in Los Angeles, election, video, what it is | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

What the Zeitgeist Are You Thinking, Hype Machine?

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 30 January 2008
Oh yes, it’s prime time to prove to record labels and profit-worthy artists that your free Web site aspires to legitimacy. But COME ON, HypeM — especially in light of the Qtrax hilarity — how can you do something so dumb? What kind of “zeitgeist” looks like this? A painful-to-the-eye layout of 50 records + a [...]
Posted in internet, what it is | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

No Reflection: Looking Out the Window

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 29 January 2008
I’ve been actively blogging here for 2.5 years — and intermittently since 1999, when I first launched WOOZradio. Why don’t I bother to self-promote or even make cards/stickers to increase traffic and the minimal revenue flow that could help me break even on the $15 a month or so I spend to keep Live365 running [...]
Posted in Los Angeles, internet, what it is | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment