by isaokato | Aug 30, 2010 | Post
I am reading books on management and leadership. In summary, leadership is about showing others where to go, and management is about showing how to do it. To paraphrase Stephen Covey, if a company is a group of traders/explorers moving through a jungle, a worker is...
by isaokato | Aug 23, 2010 | Post
I have been on a hiatus from blogging for the past three months. There are (sort-of valid) excuses. Changed my job. Changed where I live. Changed my philosophical belief. (More about this in the future posts) But the biggest reasons are my laziness and fear. When...
by isaokato | Jun 13, 2010 | Post
ZZ Top is a rare band for the following achievements: They attract a huge audience playing songs undistinguishable from one another. They went techno during the 80s yet the fans still love them. AC/DC is known for No.1, and Kiss for No.2. But do we know a band that...
by isaokato | Jun 6, 2010 | Post
Despite having one of the biggest groups of cult followers in the history of rock, the Ramones lacked the commercial success to match their fame. Or the band members thought so. Probably that’s why they agreed to sell out by joining a soundtrack of…a B-class horror...
by isaokato | May 30, 2010 | Post
Session bands are common, but none seemed as unbalanced as Contraband. A versatile drummer at the height of his career (Bobby Blotzer from Ratt), a bassist in an all-chick metal band (Share Pederson from Vixen), a guitar-god (Michael Schenker), a former partner of...
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