Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Query for DT's Brother
A post from Tatum on our boxing forum:
What isn't he telling us?
I don't fuck anything that has a tail.
Not anymore, at least.
What isn't he telling us?
Monday, May 29, 2006
books : careful with that spellcheck eugene
checking titles today I came across this description from a seller:
"In prestine condition!"
<-_->
"In prestine condition!"
<-_->
Sunday, May 28, 2006
more iPod
from the Guardian.
Some good points, some bad ones.
I think he undersells the technofetish appeal of the iPod's design, for one.
Far from being "much the same as that of a dozen rivals" it's light years better than anything else on the market, in terms of look and feel and interface(always an Apple forte).
Play around with the mp3 display at Best Buy or wherever and the iPod's almost unfair design advantage becomes clear...comparing an iPod to an offering from Creative is like comparing a Ferrari with a Yugo. They both play music, but the similarites end there.
The iPod is just an outgrowth of the way the internet has changed music, albeit mutated to serve Apple. Usenet and more recently bittorrent have opened up the availability of genres and artists outside the conception of the major lables to anyone who cares to search them out. Combine easy digital availability with savvy review sites like Pitchfork et al and you have a consumer in large part liberated from the whims of record executives and mainstream marketing.
That sea change informs some of Apple's iPod culture.
They prefer their own proprietary format, and they make getting music off your iPod a pain in the ass, which is counerintuitive to say the least....but they have to mollify the dinosauric record lables to some extent. I see them walking a line between giving their customers what they want while maintaning plausible deniability with their record company content providers.
Some good points, some bad ones.
I think he undersells the technofetish appeal of the iPod's design, for one.
Far from being "much the same as that of a dozen rivals" it's light years better than anything else on the market, in terms of look and feel and interface(always an Apple forte).
Play around with the mp3 display at Best Buy or wherever and the iPod's almost unfair design advantage becomes clear...comparing an iPod to an offering from Creative is like comparing a Ferrari with a Yugo. They both play music, but the similarites end there.
The iPod is just an outgrowth of the way the internet has changed music, albeit mutated to serve Apple. Usenet and more recently bittorrent have opened up the availability of genres and artists outside the conception of the major lables to anyone who cares to search them out. Combine easy digital availability with savvy review sites like Pitchfork et al and you have a consumer in large part liberated from the whims of record executives and mainstream marketing.
That sea change informs some of Apple's iPod culture.
They prefer their own proprietary format, and they make getting music off your iPod a pain in the ass, which is counerintuitive to say the least....but they have to mollify the dinosauric record lables to some extent. I see them walking a line between giving their customers what they want while maintaning plausible deniability with their record company content providers.
more on drunks
Suggested names for my bro-in-law's proposed 80's cover band:
The Queefs
Queefs of Doom
Team La-queef-ah (are you sensing a theme yet?)
Mike Funk and the Atonal Motherfuckers
None of which measure up to his old free jazz trio Fatal Tank Rampage...but it's still a work in progress.
Suggestions welcome.
/edit
HOLY SHIT
idle googling turned up my fave gig poster from back in the day:
that was the show where they deconstructed Frankenstein by the Edgar Winter Group.
*swoon*
The Queefs
Queefs of Doom
Team La-queef-ah (are you sensing a theme yet?)
Mike Funk and the Atonal Motherfuckers
None of which measure up to his old free jazz trio Fatal Tank Rampage...but it's still a work in progress.
Suggestions welcome.
/edit
HOLY SHIT
idle googling turned up my fave gig poster from back in the day:
that was the show where they deconstructed Frankenstein by the Edgar Winter Group.
*swoon*
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