August 2009
“Other crossover artists initially dared not dream of crossing over to country....”
– GRAMMY.com
I had a anti-country bias until I discovered Johnny Cash, I’m not gonna lie. There’s still a cultural line between generally respectable country and contemp pop-country, a high-art, low-art split really, which is pretty much what Dee summarizes.
July 2009
“Unfortunately, brands played a huge role in creating this monster, as Smith...”
– BlogHer ‘09 reveals the ugly side of social media | Blog | Econsultancy
The flip side of the opportunity-for-exposure coin?
“SPIEGEL: So how do you stay informed?
Anderson: It comes to me in many ways:...”
– Chris Anderson on the Economics of ‘Free’: ‘Maybe Media Will Be a Hobby Rather than a Job’ - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
A weirdly hostile (but fascinating) interview between Wired EIC Chris Anderson and Spiegel International.
“There it is, folks. The arts are for the older and richer. THIS is the...”
– When They Don’t Notice: The Implications of Omitting the Arts from General Interests | Technology in the Arts
“2009 is not 1949. Modern consumer electronics and the Internet have ushered in a...”
– the blip.tv blog : blip.tv: the next generation
Oh, Blip! I wish you well.
“And plenty of companies these days are using the public discussion on Twitter to...”
– Twitter Lawsuit: Tenant sued by landlord for tweeting about apartment - Chicago Bar-tender
“But to even start fighting assumes you (a) know what you’re even being...”
– How it feels to be sued for $4.5m | Music | guardian.co.uk
I had to enforce DMCA takedown notices at my last job. It was the part of my job I liked the least since the notices employed the same intimidation techniques Joel has faced, which all amount to, “you’ve probably done something...
“EA should have expected the campaign to be talked about when they chose a social...”
– Social Media Marketing with Twitter: The EA Comic-Con
Naked nun sues over Facebook →
The 31-year-old woman who lives in Turin, in northern Italy, said she was devastated when the pictures that were taken in summer 2006 during a holiday in Sicily were shown to her on the social networking site.
The man who said he wanted to stop her becoming a nun has refused to remove the pictures despite the woman’s requests.
Now lawyer Anna Orecchioni has taken action and said:...
“The saddest people I’ve ever met in life are the ones who don’t care deeply...”
– Unknown (via barbedandspined) (via jeninla) (via ladimcbeth)
Ten Things You Need to Know to Live on the Streets →
1 Be prepared to be blamed for your circumstances, no matter how much they may be beyond your control.
WatchRachel Maddow:Correcting the record on race
“The worst thing about this story isn’t Amazon’s conduct; it’s...”
– How Amazon’s remote deletion of e-books from the Kindle paves the way for book-banning’s digital future. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine
Hindsight is perfect, but...
lizlet:
1. “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.” Kenneth Olson, President and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation 1977
2. “Airplanes are interesting toys but of no real military value.” Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French military strategist and future WW1 commander in 1911
3. “[Man will never reach the moon] regardless of all future scientific advances.” ...
“I get letters from people expressing their outrage that they heard the music of...”
– Henry Rollins (via ericmortensen)
“Amazon basically guaranteed that I’ll never buy a Kindle last night by bending...”
– Gizmodo
DRM is for suckers!
(via ericmortensen)
Walk a mile in my underpants » Blog Archive » Old... →
“The result of these connections would be a kind of federated tracker network...”
– Post-Pirate Bay, a Federated Tracker Network Emerges
“But even when Sotomayor is being questioned about her judicial record, the focus...”
– At Sotomayor’s hearing, the abortion protestors are the only ones telling the truth. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine
“I love those folks who helped get us in this mess, and suddenly they say, “This...”
– President Obama (via ericmortensen)
Hemo2Homo Connection: Bruno - Shawn's POZ Blog →
HEMO: So, how do you rate Bruno?
HOMO: Kinda funny, but not as gay, or as edgy, as the Republican Senate.
“The rise of social networking, studio executives say, is driving a...”
– Social Networking Making Friday The Only Day That Counts | The Wrap
Topless Robot - Bonus! Rob's Transformers 2... →
And why couldn’t an Autobot translate these symbols?
Because Bumblebee is mute and the Racist Twins are poor black robots from the slums of Cybertron who never learned how to read. It’s a sad commentary on Cybertronian society. Like The Wire, actually.
“EMI intends to save money by not selling their CD’s to independent retailers....”
– EMI To Mom & Pops: Eat Cake Bitch | Wayne’s World
“I want you to understand that what you make available without a financial...”
– Nothing in life is free
“PPPPS. I need an open-minded Venture Capitalist and access to a dildo factory....”
– Humor-Satire The Bloggess: Just my personal opinion? Unicorns shouldn’t fuck anybody.
“me: we escaped west la just in time it would seem
Megan: dude, seriously
me:...”
– life is better with a soundtrack: Fires and Blackouts in LA = THUNDERDOME
This is a completely accurate transcription.
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“[Google] is slowly but surely taking over every aspect of our lives from email...”
– Prediction: Google and Apple go to War. – The Next Web
WatchWeb Site Story. | Funniest Video of the Day
“You can’t be gay on eHarmony.”
“this is what we do on the road and in this kind of life….we decide with our...”
– amanda fucking palmer » blog
“But, then, the single greatest export on the internet—greater, even, than...”
– Paul Constant Reviews Twitter - Features - The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
“They’d much rather go after the eyeballs that Microsoft doesn’t want and the...”
– Why is Google Launching an Operating System? | The SiliconANGLE (via ethanb)
Dominic West reads Pride and Prejudice by Jane... →
The only thing I don’t like about this is that it’s not embeddable.
“Are software touchscreen keyboards good for everyone? Certainly not. But this is...”
– Daring Fireball: Mobile Phone Keyboards
“We spent so much time making it, it would be disappointing if in this Internet...”
– Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) on Dark Night of the Soul (via bronwynlewis)
I started listening to full albums again more after I purchased my first iPod, but I suspect I’m in a minority.
The truth of it is: good music will out, regardless or perhaps despite the medium.
“So if Twitter had come to us and said, “guys, enough is enough”, then we would...”
– Twitter censors Moonfruit? What does it mean for the future of Twitocracy? - Moonfruit Lounge