I wish the authors of these Boomer disavowals would just replace his “There were” and ‘they’s with an honest ‘I’.
[T]here were gentle people, awash in new ideas, fresh attitudes, boundless energy and free love. There were also grimy, seedy, drug-addled loners and drifters who used the spirit of the Summer of Love as an excuse [...]
I love myPod but if this is what it takes, I’ll wait to upgrade, thank you very much.
Scholars and Rogues offers more useful rationalizations. For frustrated consumers:
[W]hen you sign up for an iPhone, you’re not just getting a phone from Apple–you’re locking yourself into a two-year exclusive contract with AT&T, the sole carrier of [...]
Reuters reports that Apple is now the U.S.’s third largest music retailer, with 10% market share (behind only Wal-Mart and Best Buy).
NPD said the iTunes digital music store had benefited from sales of Apple’s iPod digital music player during the holiday season. The vast majority of digital songs and albums bought on iTunes will [...]
Music and Game Design
Synthopia: Brian Eno and Will Wright on Generative Systems in Music and Game Design
Sims designer Wright (r.) enlists Eno to collaborate on his new game Spore. Here, Wright and Eno discuss their creative processes.
Contemporary Art
The New Criterion: Why the Art World is a Disaster
Sight and Sound: Art on the Cutting Edge?
Roger [...]
“Administrative costs” might be the worst rationale the RIAA has to seek $1B in reimbursements from major Internet radio providers like Pandora. Are administrative costs the legal fees incurred while chasing down (away) music consumers?
The Internet is a revolutionary distribution tool because of its low distribution costs. Beyond the bandwidth, what administrative costs [...]
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