Author: phoneboy

Sitting silently just east of Toronto’s Pearson airport is the derelict Regal Constellation Hotel. Built in 1962, this somewhat bizarre example of modernist architecture was geared toward conferences and trade shows, but due to corporate rearrangement, SARS, and a host of other unfortunate events, it has sat vacant for the past few years. This past…

Taken with picplz at Starbucks concourse A in SeaTac, WA.

Taken with picplz in Gig Harbor Peninsula, WA.

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Ventura is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to issue an injunction ordering officials to stop…

Taken with picplz in Gig Harbor Peninsula, WA.

Taken with picplz at Starbucks in Gig Harbor Peninsula, WA.

Taken with picplz in Gig Harbor Peninsula, WA.

I remember radio. Back when there were real DJs who played real music. They answered the phone. They interacted with their audience. They most certainly weren’t constrained by a playlist.And then Clear Channel–and companies of their ilk–took over all of the radio stations. All of their stations are automated with limited play lists. The logical…