The Archives
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politics, technology
Net Neutrality For The Masses
Net neutrality is more than confusing tech-speak. It’s a battle for the only vestige of free media.
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analysis, media, publishing, technology
The Book of Jobs That People Won’t Read
Steve Jobs’ declaration that nobody reads anymore is on one level correct, and on another, absolutely bonkers.
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analysis, internet, music, politics, recap, technology
Four Tedious Online Arguments To Abandon in 2008
French poet French Valery famously said, “everything changes but the avant-garde.” The same could be said of the recurring pet arguments online.
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analysis, internet, music, technology
Can’t Tie a Bow Around A Pile Of…
Let the story of Microsoft’s doomed Plays For Sure be a cautionary tale to those who support DRM.
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analysis, publishing, technology
Yellow Journalism 2.0
Why we should fear the Gawker-ization of news media.
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DIY, independent culture, internet, technology
Ten Things Punk Could Learn From The Open-Source Movement
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).
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howto, internet, music, technology
Unsigned and indie bands: Please improve your web presence. Here’s how.
In the various music-related roles that I have encompassed over the past few years (musician, bandleader, freelance writer, publicist, show promoter and blogger) I have spent a fair amount of time browsing band websites and reached a critical mass navigating band sites that are ugly, anti-functional, slow-loading and profoundly frustrating to the people they are […]
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analysis, internet, publishing, technology
Lies, Damned Lies and Uncontectualized Generalizations about ‘Youth Habits’
Mark Glaser at PBS’ generally-excellent media blog Mediashift breaks down the two major camps in the debate over the print-to-digital transition. He makes the distinction of older readers who still prefer the tactile appeal of print (among other factors) and younger readers who prefer the networked, get-it-anywhere-for-free qualities of Internet content. He’s not wrong about […]
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By Paul M Davis
A throwback to a time when punk rock could conceivably change the world — or at least provide the soundtrack to a grimy, bacchanalian all-night party — the all-woman five-piece Mika Miko is unapologetically punk rock.
By Matt Gajewski
A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar. It is Line Dancing Night, and they are wearing Stetson hats. Fiction by Matt Gajewski.
Emily Gould, the New York Times, and blogging the Uber Ich
By Cat Sieh
Punks vs. jocks in a Bellingham nightclub
By Kira Wisniewski
You’ve seen his work; you just might not know it. An interview with iconic artist Jesse LeDoux, best known for his work with Sub Pop and The Shins.
By Laura Pearson
The indie literati offers tips on this summer’s best reading
We lived in northern Kenya, in the semi-arid scrublands, with acacia plains and rocky hills and a brown river that disappeared and reappeared capriciously. None of us had even seen a jungle, much less fantasized achieving dominion over one.
By Paul M Davis
The Bush Administration must be tried for war crimes for its policies of torture and disregard of habeus corpus
