November 2008
32 posts
Twitter top 10: who should I follow if I'm... →
A response to a challenge set by Problogger writter Darren Rowse on his Twitter tips blog. (I tweet here, BTW).
It’s from my other blog where I write proper articles, reviews, etc. Essentially things that require a bit more thought than pictures of cats.
“The U.S. Olympic Committee has an expansive right akin to a trademark over the...”
– From “The Public Domain” - a new book on the “global fight for free speech, open access, and a humane and sane policy on patents, trademarks and copyrights”.
Listening to Radio 4 comedy sketch about the...
Quite funny in the gentle, quaint way The Now Show often is. But learned a good fact: apparently, there are 3 types of people on these pirate ships:
Ex-fishermen, who act as the brains of the outfit.
Ex-militiamen, who of course act as the brawn.
Techies, who operate the GPS equipment and presumably do clever hacking stuff against the computers of the pirates’ victims.
I’ve...
The Beatles remixed by Soulwax - “Eleanor...
“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
– C.S. Lewis
(via meganmalice)
Ask the music biz! →
At the tail end of a piece about the death (or otherwise) of music TV on the Sentric Music blog, Mr Pursehouse says:
In a blog post in the not too distant future I’m going to pose some questions to some real life A&R people and maybe a couple of other industry professionals to give you guys a look into the murky minds of the music industry. So this is your chance to ask that question that...
Just a thought I had
If you get any gift vouchers for Christmas this year, spend them quickly. With Woolworths on the brink of bankruptcy here in the UK, and Macy’s with (apparently) $9.8 billion debt in the US, who’s to say that the store will still be around by the time you decide to spend your vouchers? Companies in liquidation aren’t really likely to honour vouchers. So get out and SHOP!
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“Year end layoffs are a fact of life in the music industry, but expect Christmas...”
– Fun times ahead according to Hypebot
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-23) →
The Smashing Pumpkins
Audio Bullys
Fleet Foxes
Cage the Elephant
Edwyn Collins
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“When I was in China over the past few weeks I saw that the Chinese market LOVES...”
– Tech blogger Robert Scoble in “Why I love the US auto industry”
Audio Bullys - “We Don’t Care”
...
“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
– Good ol’ Albert Camus
(via travors)
Why is BBC News showing me the opening ceremony of...
I’m not one to baulk every time something vaguely frivolous makes the news agenda - I was fascinated by Sachsgate - but really, surely there is something more interesting/important/entertaining going on in the world than a bloody big fireworks display for rich ex-pats in the UAE?
BBC…public service broadcaster…not give undue prominence to commercial enterprises…*ahem*.
What do they all have in common?
Sachsgate, the John Sargeant thing and even, more seriously, the BNP members list leak.
They’ve all been enabled, catalysed and spread by the Internet. We’ve reached a tipping point in the democratisation of media and communication power. Be it through complaining, voting or publishing.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-16) →
Morrissey
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Shinichi Osawa
BBC 6 Music
Neil Young
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Someone's writing "Twitter for Dummies" →
A proper offline guide to Twitter made out of dead trees could help it achieve mainstream popularity. But, in the words of Strutting, it could instead “probably choke on its own webcock”.
(NB. webcock = “term used to describe online-marketing, web-strategy, killer-startup cheerleaders”.)
That's what happens when you DJ at too many... →
:-)
Sparks - Lighten Up, Morrissey
I love Mozza. But...
Jonathan shouldn't be surprised that even today of... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-2) →
Eels
Rick James
Fleet Foxes
Stevie Wonder
M.I.A.
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Many thanks!
Cheers to Riaz for sorting me out with a beta invitation to new music streaming service Spotify. Music fan and web geek that I am, I’ve been after one for a while so it’s much appreciated :-)
Check out his always-great Tumblr tumblelog Keraunophobics Anonymous. We UK Tumblrs need to stick together…
