April 2011
35 posts
Poly Styrene, R.I.P. →
Passing of Norio Ohga, Senior Advisor and former...
Time to give the CD a proper burial.
The Kingstonians - Crime Don’t Pay
Love the...
towerofsleep:
marathonpacks:
Kenneth Goldsmith, the founder of UbuWeb, on his digital music “epiphanies” for The Wire:
I don’t know about you, but I’ve lost my object fetish. But then again, I was never the type of collector who bought records for their cool covers: the music had to be great. Still, I have 10,000 vinyls gathering dust in my hallway and as many CDs in racks on my wall. I...
How the arts brought down the province’s... →
standardgrey:
In other local news…..Can I get a Hells Yeah?
How about a “ha-ha”?
Hmmm.
towerofsleep:
“‘Underground’, in 2011, means creating an atmosphere of cultural intimacy. So the most apt comparison for where do-it-yourself music is today might be ETSY, the online market for handmade and vintage items. Not only is the economic structure similar— small entrepreneurs selling their wares at fairs or through specialist boutiques but doing most of their business online— but the...
seedy: Walter Benjamin - Illuminations: Essays and... →
c-d:
Here (OCR’d PDF)
Walter Benjamin was one of the most original cultural critics of the twentieth century. Illuminations includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and on Brecht’s Epic Theater….
Of course.
How to make huge university classes more... →
anchorsong:
jenniferanne:
lukesimcoe:
Ontario universities are scrambling to cope with a surge in large classes, trying everything from Hollywood-style podcasts to emailing students their professors’ comments about essays as MP3 files — all to make monster classes seem more up close and personal.
No longer just a problem faced by large schools like the University of Toronto, whose...
china bans time travel in tv shows & movies →
grimmertown:
megasloth:
towerofsleep:
“Producers and writers are treating serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore,” SARFT said. The issued guidelines discouraged producers and writers from using time travel, along with any elements that contain “fantasy … random compilations of mythical stories, bizarre plots, absurd techniques,” if they want...
china bans time travel in tv shows & movies →
towerofsleep:
“Producers and writers are treating serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore,” SARFT said. The issued guidelines discouraged producers and writers from using time travel, along with any elements that contain “fantasy … random compilations of mythical stories, bizarre plots, absurd techniques,” if they want their programs to stay on the...
What Japan's 9.0 Earthquake Sounded Like →
“From an underwater mike in the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific Ocean.”
Ugh.
These guys.... →
“Mixing humour with profanity, the website — shitharperdid.ca — crashed under the weight of traffic within hours of its launch Wednesday morning. By Thursday, it passed two million hits, with the average viewer spending four minutes on the site reading through news reports chronicling Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s record.”
Our very own Egyptians, or something like that. Well done,...
The truth about the documents Stephen Harper... →
lukesimcoe:
If you read one election-related story today, make it this one.
Oh, wow. I had no idea just how bad it was!
Long Shot by The Pioneers from the Explosive Rock...
King Tubby - Exalted Dub
Company whose rig caused biggest oil spill in US... →
towerofsleep:
The company said its bonuses were appropriate as a way to recognise its executives’ efforts in “significantly improving the company’s safety record” and implementing a new internal planning system.
Those efforts have “enabled the company to maintain its financial flexibility during a challenging period, while, at the same time, positioning the company for sustained growth in...
Canadian ISPs say they need the money; critics say...
“A new report shows the degree to which Internet services are marked up: a staggering 6,000 per cent and rising.”
Reminds me about learning, once upon a time in a just-pre-Internet-everywhere age, about the grey market for long distance charges: After the system is set up, it was — supposedly — hard for even the telecommunication companies to accurately set prices, particularly with respect to...
The April Fool's joke is on me
towerofsleep:
The computer at work crashed with my iPod plugged in and somehow wiped all of its contents. Two of my personal computers have died since I got this iPod, so most of the music on it wasn’t backed up anywhere else. It was about ten times as much stuff as I own in physical formats.
Fucking Drag City! How did they do it!?!
