In this day and age of big-budget punk, Open Source Software offers a lot of object lessons in how to do things right (once again).
A new Frontline documentary examines the Administration’s shocking redefinition of Presidential power through a stunning narrative.
Are there signs of life in the moribund sitcom format?
You may notice some changes around here. They’re gradual, but happening. The most obvious right now are a few design and presentation tweaks.
But these aren’t the big changes. There’s much more interesting changes to come, beginning next week, including:
First off, I’ve invited a handful of talented, brilliant, funny writers and thinkers to begin contributing to [...]
Amazon just released the latest in a long line of DOA portable media devices, a backwards-looking e-book device. At My Eyes Glaze Over, Dan Sinker does a great job of breaking down the essential futility of closed-systems such as Kindle, and what content creators still don’t get.
The content that you can get for this allegedly [...]
Amazon just released the latest in a long line of DOA portable media devices, a backwards-looking e-book device. At My Eyes Glaze Over, Dan Sinker does a great job of breaking down the essential futility of closed-systems such as Kindle, and what content creators still don’t get.
The content that you can get for this allegedly [...]
One of the Bay Area’s most overlooked talents is Hod Hulphers, a fantastic songwriter who has kept himself low on the radar but is seriously due some attention. Hod recently released 1/2 Odar, which is available via Sap Moon Records in a “pay how you deem” fashion. I suspect they were doing this before Radiohead [...]
The most mind-blowing, eye-peeling punk rock I’ve come across in a while comes courtesy of UK’s Gallows, whose recent album Orchestra of Wolves is an absolutely brutal punch of adrenaline and gumption.
Here’s the Allmusic breakdown:
As a disenfranchised D.I.Y. punk band from the U.K., Gallows fuse rage with a disgust with their social surroundings in the [...]
Ah, the heady days of 2002. A time before Bush’s re-election. A time when political engagement was still valued in some social circles. A time before independent rock bridged the gap punk rock had worked so hard to create, by allowing hippies into the tent (see: freak folk). Good days indeed. Still, at the time, [...]
Another reason why Chris Rock (the stand-up comedian and interviewee, not so much the movie actor) is one of the sharpest and most brilliant contemporary public figures, someone with the insight and guts to cut through reams and reams of accrued cultural bullshit.
From an interview in the November 15th issue of Rolling Stone:
Music kind of [...]
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Cement Ship, Seacliff Beach, Aptos, CA, originally uploaded by The Forgotten Works.
This abandoned Cement Ship played a huge role in the iconography of my youth, though when I [...]
Is Jay-Z the new Alan Greenspan? Jiggaman signals the impending recession by flashing a wad of Euros in his new video.
Erudite scalawag Gabe Levinson (who previously brought the John and Bill Show to Chicago) is hosting a ’secret premiere’ for Bill Plympton’s (wiki) new movie, Idiots and Angels, tomorrow night, Wednesday, November 7th, in Chicago at the Music Box Theatre.
There’s a pretty fascinating trailer up on Youtube:
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A short overview of [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2007