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The variety show had it’s heyday on television. Like the music hall before it, it’s no longer with us. If I programmed a variety show, it would get terrible ratings, would have a small but very loyal following that would write passionate and articulate articles when my show was cancelled.
I’d like to introduced today’s guest, John Cale. John will be performing a song by Leonard Cohen called “Hallelujah.”
Comments closedI’m seeing it on Wednesday. Check out Philip Glass’s Appomatox.
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It’s an Australian podcast about philosophy, the Philosopher’s Zone. I love this resurgence of public dialogue about philosophy. I’ve pointed to the Philosophy Bites podcast in the past.
I’ve wanted to put together a long response to Paul Graham’s “How to do philosophy.” It’s important to keep up the dialogue. Stay tuned for that.
Comments closedIan Roger’s of Yahoo is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it any more. He’s not going to spend any more of Yahoo’s money on Music Industry control of the user’s experience of digitial music. Roger’s piece was well timed, first Prince, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, then Oasis and Jamiroquai. The RIAA has won a lawsuit, but they’ve lost the war. This is a general truth of interaction design: inconvenience doesn’t scale. Only a small percentage of users will tolerate a high level of inconvenience and friction. The music industry has never been creative, they’ve fed on the creativity of others. Because they can’t innovate, they call their lawyers.икони
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