Some time ago, I mentioned the release of Charles Acland’s edited collection Residual Media on University of Minnesota Press. Well, it’s getting some attention. Will Straw’s piece figures prominently in a recent Henry Jenkins blog post, and Google Alerts (is it vanity or simply keeping track of one’s own online presence? you be the judge) …
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Blast from the Past (2)
In today’s New York Times, an article on obscene recordings from the 19th century (login may be required). In researching The Audible Past, I knew these existed, but they were not easy to come by, at least in the hallowed archives of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. But now, you can own them …
Midweek Update
Allofmp3.com, R.I.P. I think I still had $5 in my account there. Why 1967 wasn’t as awesome as boomers say it was.
Michael Moore — “Sicko” (mild spoilers, if you can spoil a documentary)
In recent years, Moore has become a sort of vexed figure. Under constant attack from the right, the left doesn’t quite know what to do with him. He’s a propagandist after all, so there are some sins of omission and some naked attempts to persuade. I feel as though in recent years leftists have maybe …
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Amon Tobin
We caught Amon Tobin and Ghislain Poirer at Metropolis last night during jazz fest. Yes, tickets were $40, but we got three solid hours of DJ entertainment. I hadn’t heard Poirer before and liked his stuff a lot — more conventional than Tobin but with a good feel, as he mixed DJing with a live …
Pure as the Snow Under Bambi’s Feet
Real Estate Saga: Part I
In June of 2006, Carrie drove by a sign in our neighborhood that said “large loft for sale” (well, it probably said “A Vendre: Grande Loft” or somesuch) and had a phone number. She called the agent to inquire. It wasn’t very large by our midwestern standards. But the agent inquired — how big of …