Wednesday, October 5, 2011

R I P Steve Jobs, Mr. Apple

Steve Jobs — the man who brought us the iPhone, the iPod and the iMac — has died. The co-founder of Apple was 56 years old. Jobs had been battling a rare form of pancreatic cancer for years. Jobs was an incredible innovator, described as the Thomas Edison of our time. He brought us the The Mac, the first computer to use a mouse, Ipod, Ipad, Iphone, and had an amazing effect on movies with his Pixar Pictures and Disney, as well as a tremendous impact on the telephone industry. Not to mention is impact on the music industry with the Mac G series of computers which are no. 1 with music and video software. All of the Rising Lion albums were recorded, mixed, and or mastered using these products. So reggae music, another horizon that he impacted.

" McNamee says that in addition to introducing us to desktop publishing and computer animated movies, Jobs should be credited with creating the first commercially successful computer.

"Any one of those would have qualified him as one of the great executives in American history," McNamee says, "the sum of which put him in a place where no one else has ever been before. To me he is of his era what Thomas Edison was to the beginning of the 20th century."

"Jobs was eventually fired in a 1985 boardroom coup led by John Sculley — the man Jobs himself had hired to be CEO of Apple. But Jobs was driven to make computers vehicles for creativity, and after he left Apple, he purchased a little-known division of Lucas film and renamed it Pixar.

In 1995, Pixar released the first animated feature to be done entirely on computers. That film, Toy Story, was a huge success, and Pixar followed it with other big hits including Monsters, Inc., The Incredibles and Finding Nemo."

"In 1998, as interim CEO of Apple, Jobs introduced the iMac and once again helped remake the computer industry. According to venture capitalist McNamee, the iMac was the first computer made to harness the creative potential of the Internet.

"The iMac reflected the transition of consumers from passive consumption of content to active creation of entertainment," McNamee says. "People could write their own blogs, make their own digital photographs and make their own movies. Apple made all the tools to make that easy and they did at a time when Microsoft just wasn't paying attention."

Three years after the iMac, Jobs announced Apple's expansion into the music industry with a breakthrough MP3 player — the iPod.

"This is not a speculative market," he said as he introduced the iPod in 2001. "It's a part of everyone's life. It's a very large target market all around the world."

The iPod was a classic Jobs product — easy to use and nice to look at. Apple sold tens of millions of iPods, and the iTunes store became the No. 1 music retailer.

Six years later, Apple released the iPhone — a device whose elegance and user friendliness blew other phone/music players out of the water.

In 2010, Apple created yet another groundbreaking device with the introduction of the iPad. With its color touch-screen, the tablet gave users the ability to surf the Web, send e-mail, watch videos and read e-books.

Book publishers weren't the only ones to embrace the new tablet. A host of magazines, newspapers and broadcast news organizations, including The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal and NPR, created iPad-specific apps that helped showcase stories — and images — in a tabloid-style layout.

And in January 2011, Apple reached a milestone by surpassing 10 billion downloads from its App Store — a sign of just how popular the company's devices have become with consumers.

"Simplifying complexity is not simple," says Susan Rockrise, a creative director who worked with Jobs. "It is the greatest, greatest gift to have someone who has Steve's capabilities as an editor and a product designer edit the crap away so that you can focus on what you want to do."

Rockrise believes Jobs touched pretty much anyone who has ever clicked a mouse, sent a photo over the Internet, published a book from a home computer or enjoyed portable music or a computer-animated movie."






Tuesday, October 4, 2011

In response to a comment by Hank Williams Jr.

Hank, your comments about the president being compared to Hitler were very disappointing. Polarization, is one thing , calling fellow Americans enemies seems to be something else. I am one of those struggling right now as a first generation independent musician, and republicans haven't been the best to us.
All of us coming together is what has made this country , and is what is needed right now. Our respective represenatives in congress and the senate need to put their partisan politics, self interests and opinions aside and do what is right for the country as a whole. Calling each other " enemies" and farther polarization is counter productive.
I did'nt happen to care alot for Bush and his administration , however , we all have to respect the office of the President of The United states of America. One Aim, One Destiny, One People, One Love.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Anna Kournikova and Dolvett Quince talk about ...

Rising Lion believes in becoming fit and healthy,and wants you to be that way also. Let's shed those uneeded pounds so that the next time you see the Lion you are ready to dance all night to the sweet sounds of reggae music. So check out The biggest loser tonight and begin the voyage to the new you.

Anna Kournikova and Dolvett Quince will be joining The Biggest Loser's veteran trainer Bob Harper as new trainers when The Biggest Loser's twelfth season premieres tonight at 8PM ET/PT.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, risinglions Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://risinglion.podomatic.com/entry/2010-10-21T05_48_59-07_00 See you there! - Lott

Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, risinglions Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://risinglion.podomatic.com/entry/2010-10-21T05_52_13-07_00 See you there! - Lott

Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, risinglions Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://risinglion.podomatic.com/entry/2010-12-22T13_30_38-08_00 See you there! - Lott

Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, risinglions Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://risinglion.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-20T13_30_05-07_00 See you there! - Lott

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, risinglions Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://risinglion.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-04T10_01_20-07_00 See you there! - James

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Rsing Lion live @ The Bit and Spur in Springdale, Utah on Friday July 8th. 9pm

Rsing Lion live @ The Bit and Spur in Springdale, Utah on Friday July 8th. 9pm Roots, Rock, Reggae returning to Zion Park. Get you some.
www.risinglion.com

The Bit and Spur
(435) 772-3498

1212 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale, UT

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Rising Lion Live in Salt Lake City on Saturday July 9 @ The WoodShed.

Rising Lion Live in Salt Lake City on Saturday July 9 @ The WoodShed. with Natural Roots along side DJ Roots Rawka 8pm Roots, Rock, Reggae coming your way.

The Woodshed
(801) 364-0805

60 E 800 S, Salt Lake City, UT

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Friday, June 24, 2011

Rising Lion starts it's 2011 Summer Tour today !

Rising Lion starts it's 2011 Summer Tour today in Martinsville, Virginia. Check the tour schedule @ www.risinglion.com or www. jambase.com to see when they will be in your area. Roots, Rock, Reggae coming your way !

http://www.risinglion.com/
http://www.jambase.com/
 

Friday, May 20, 2011

Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, risinglions Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://risinglion.podomatic.com/entry/2010-10-21T05_52_13-07_00 See you there! - James

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, risinglions Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://risinglion.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-20T13_30_05-07_00 See you there! - James

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Rising Lion Live in Knoxville, TN. tonight.

Rising Lion Live @ The Tin Roof in Knoxville, TN. tonight for The 30th. Annual Bob Marley Memorial Celebration. Doors @ 8pm Come out and celebrate the life of The Late Great Mr. Robert Nesta Marley. Roots, Rock, Reggae !

www.risinglion.com

Friday, May 6, 2011

Thoughts from Danny Dred aka Rising Lion about the first Presidential primary debate in South Carolina last night.

The Republicans and Fox news are a joke! They seem to forget that it was under their watch and policies that we got into all of this , budget deficit, wars, recession etc. The american people had better take a good and earnest look at what is transpiring in our country.


Had to turn the laptop back on. Why do I feel that South Carolina Republicans and myself , dont even live in the same country? Healthcare for everyone is wrong? If you believe in equality in opportunity, education, healthcare , then you are a socialist? Really?


How much socialism was prevalent when they annexed land from Native Americans, and Slavery was in full swing! Was there equal opportunity then, and and should we all have been judged, accepted or denied for opportunity, education, healthcare by what we truly deserved? If so, our modern times would be very different.


It is inconsistent with our constitution and beliefs to entertain such rhetoric.


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, risinglions Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://risinglion.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-20T13_30_05-07_00 See you there! - James

Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, risinglions Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://risinglion.podomatic.com/entry/2010-12-22T13_30_38-08_00 See you there! - James