Quote of the day : In San Francisco

"It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the next world."

- Oscar Wilde

Indeed, San Francisco is a delightful city. I would not know about the next world.

Song of the day : Aerosmith to tour ! With Steven Tyler ! YESSS !!

The day after I asked "Will Aerosmith ever reunite ?", Aerosmith announced a European Tour for next summer, with Steven Tyler ! Yay !

AeroForceOne sent out an e-mail titled "Aerosmith picks lead singer for 2010 tour" that included a link to a funny video with ST saying "I just auditioned and I got the gig" !

Again, my song of the day is an Aerosmith song.

Aerosmith - Baby (Steven ?), please don't go

Quote of the day : Travelling to San Francisco

"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."

- Mark Twain

Song of the day : Will they ever play together again ?

Can Aerosmith be Aerosmith without Steven Tyler ? Will the ex-Toxic Twins make peace and reunite ?

Aerosmith - Love in an elevator

Quote of the day : Steve was right, and Ken was wrong

"There is no need for any individual to have a computer in their home."

- Ken Olson, President, Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), 1977

1977 was the year the Apple ][ and the Commodore PET were introduced.

Song of the day : Another great cover of a Pixies' song

Blogging about Placebo's "Where is my mind" cover, reminded me of another cover of a Pixies' song, by David Bowie.

I honestly think that the cover is far better than the original.

Today's song of the day is :

David Bowie - Cactus

Quote of the day : Elton John about Jesus, tolerance

"I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East - you're as good as dead."

- Elton John, Feb. 2010

Song of the day : A cool cover

A fabulous cover by Placebo of a Pixies' song :

Placebo - Where is my mind

What is encouraging and amazing with Placebo - apart from their talent - is that they got help from a major artist when their career started, and now, they are helping other artists. Placebo are touring with several bands at the moment. One of those bands is an Australian band called Expatriate. Placebo's frontman,  Brian Molko, took over the residency on XFM in December 2009, and presented Expatriate as one of his favorite bands.

Placebo were greatly helped by David Bowie who invited them to join him on a tour, as an opening act. David Bowie recorded a song with them ("Without you, I'm nothing"), played on various shows with them (look on YouTube for a cover of T-Rex' "20th century boy" featuring David Bowie), and even invited them to play at his 50th birthday gig at Madison Square Garden. Rumor has it that Placebo had not even recorded their first LP when Bowie contacted them.

BTW, Placebo's new drummer, Steve Forrest, is the best ! I love the way he enhanced Placebo's older songs, playing a bit harder and a bit faster than their previous drummer, Steve Hewitt. And, what's even better, he is really cute, and looks so happy to be there !

Quote of the day : "Reality tour" release (more)

"You think that being a famous rock star married to a super-model would be one the greatest things in the world ? It is."

- David Bowie, Late night with Conan O'Brien

Song of the day : "David Bowie : A Reality Tour (audio)" was released last week

... and to celebrate, my song of the day is one of my favorite Bowie songs. It is very hard to choose just one song from this unbelievably prolific artist's discography, but I picked this one :

David Bowie - Ashes to ashes

I was lucky enough to attend one of the Reality Tour concerts. This tour will probably be Bowie's last tour. The concert was one of the best concerts I ever attended, if not THE best (and I've been to many concerts).

As innovative as ever - remember BowieNet, the Bowie bonds, and the release of an album online in 1999 ? -, Bowie toured with an incredibly large video screen behind the band on stage, that had never been seen before.

It is odd to see rock musicians get old or retire. Up to very recently, the end of a rock band would only occur as the result of a huge fight, or the death of a band member, or substance abuse, or all of the above.

Quote of the day : What is it called ? An epiphany ?

"Writing code with zero vulnerabilities is not possible."

- David Ladd, Principal Security Program Manager, Microsoft, Feb. 2010

Song of the day : And the winner is... not Bon Jovi...!

Grammy Awards, 2010. Again, Bon Jovi lost.

I'm not that big a fan, but it never ceases to amaze me to see that a band can sell out 100 stadiums in 10 minutes, and still not be valued by critics and peers.

So, here's to you, Bon Jovi, my song of the day is :

Bon Jovi - We weren't born to follow

Quote of the day : More about Michael Dell, Steve Jobs, Apple

"It's only us and Dell making money [among computermakers]. They're making money because they're Wal-Mart, we're making money because we're innovating."

- Steve Jobs, 2002