Nikola Tesla's brilliance too much for clueless VCs

Anyone who knows me well knows I've long been a huge fan of inventor Nikola Tesla. Tesla has grown in popularity in recent years thanks to Tesla Motors, recent efforts to build memorials in his name and smart techies who are inspired by his many disparate breakthroughs. 

With that in mind, this video is hilarious on so many levels. Tesla died a broken man, but he's got to be spinning in his grave at the thought of jumping through the ridiculous hoops facing modern-day inventors and creators.  

1977: Looking back at the year punk broke big

It's been 30 years since punk first broke big, and the good folks at "Sound Opinions" have celebrated that anniversary with a fine two-part podcast. 

Gret Kot and Jim DeRogatis offer their own expertise in the punk genre but these two episodes click because of guest authors Simon Reynolds and Ira Robbins, both of whom were front and center as the genre exploded on both sides of the pond. 

Part One loops in Reynolds, author of a number of excellent music books, to help describe the birth and legacy of English punk. Trouser Press founder Robbins guests on Part Two and explains that the New York scene actually caught fire a few years before and in fact influenced the more flamboyant adn politically potent U.K. scene. 

If you thought your boss was bad ...

... you'll want to listen to this funny Motorsport Magazine podcast in which Deputy Editor Gordon Cruickshank bravely bares "family secrets" in describing the incompetence, arrogance and nastiness at the hands of the magazine's longtime owners. 

Cruickshank has since escaped the shackles of his cranky old boss, Wesley J Tee, and now works for progressive and tolerable bosses. He unleashes a lot of pent-up venom in the first segment of this podcast but it's in a fun way. 

Anyone who's ever worked in the business of journalism will find themselves smiling, and sometimes nodding in agreement.