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Modern popular culture topics in the Journal workplace sphere, such as corporate history, workplace advice, healthy office habits, and more.
The Post Grunge Bands We Actually Grew Up With
There is a polite version of the late 90s and early 2000s rock story. In that version the serious people finished with Nirvana and Soundgarden, smirked at everything that came after, and moved on to whatever indie record made them feel selective. That story leaves out the music that actually lived in the truck, the shop radio, the night shift, and the first apartment with a cheap stereo. Staind and Puddle of Mudd belong to that second story. So do a handful of their neighbors. Call it post grunge if you need a filing cabinet. Just do not pretend the filing cabinet was empty.
By Overdrive Recordsabout a month ago in Journal
Metallica Black Album
If you grew up with a tape deck in the dash and a boom box that could rattle the windows, you already know what happened in August 1991. Metallica did not just drop an album. They changed the address of heavy music. They took a sound that lived in clubs, tape trading circles, and late night college radio and parked it in the driveway of every kid who had never set foot in a pit. That record is Metallica , the self titled one everyone still calls the Black Album. Thirty five years later it is still the record Gen X reaches for when they want to prove a point about what metal can be when it is written like a hit and mixed like a weapon.
By Overdrive Recordsabout a month ago in Journal
When the Mountains Lost Two of Their Voices
There are losses that belong to a family, losses that belong to a town, and then there are losses that seem to reach across an entire world. This week has brought me two of those losses. First came Dolly Parton, whose death on August 25 broke my heart in a way I had trouble putting into words. Then, yesterday, came the news that Wendell Berry had died at his home in Kentucky at the age of ninety-two. I sat with that news this morning and felt something I had already been carrying grow heavier. The Appalachian Mountains had lost two voices that had spoken to generations of us, and for me, those voices had been part of my life since childhood.
By Tim Carmichael2 months ago in Journal
When You Can't See The Wood For The Trees
We often have problems with things and spend so much time and effort trying to find the solution. We cannot see things that when we see them look so simple. Usually in a work situation you can ask for help from a work colleague and as soon as they come to help you with the problem you see the answer that has maybe been staring you in the face.
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 2 months ago in Journal
Power, Vision, and Disruption: The Most Influential People in the World in 2026
The year 2026 stands as a profound inflection point in global history. As the dust settles on the rapid technological explosions of the early 2020s and the world navigates heavily realigned geopolitical dynamics, a new era of influence has emerged. To understand who shapes the world today is to understand the forces driving it: the maturation of artificial intelligence, the next giant leaps in space exploration, the shifting tides of global leadership, and a cultural renaissance that blurs the lines between digital and physical realms.
By Michael Mitch2 months ago in Journal
On the Good Foot
When I was twenty-five, I landed a job waiting tables at the Word of Mouth Cafe on Broad Street in Augusta. They called me Monday of Masters Week, would I please come work there? I had walked on a shift at Friday’s the previous Friday (the Masters schedule didn’t please me), so I needed the work and graciously accepted. Whew!
By Harper Lewis 3 months ago in Journal
I Tested 5 “Passive Income” Ideas
After trying to make money online with $0, I kept seeing one phrase everywhere: “Passive income.” So, what is passive income anyway? Most people think that passive income is getting money without having to do anything. That's not it. That's a gift or winning a lottery. Passive income is getting paid over and over for something you've already done or created, without having to redo that thing.
By Timothy A Rowland3 months ago in Journal
Work Is Toxic
Introduction Before I go any further, for the last ten years I have worked in a very supportive work environment and almost every day I enjoy switching on my computer and actually doing stuff and delivering things that solve problems and work.
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 3 months ago in Journal
