September 2009
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Independent Music Manifesto →
So, if things are so great for the indies, does that mean loads of people are making loads of money? Not at all. But the false notion there is that any musicians were before! We haven’t moved from an age of riches in music to an age of poverty in music. We’ve moved from an age of massive debt and no creative control in music to an age of solvency and creative autonomy. It really is win/win.
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“I find this sound quality [of MP3s] stuff both fascinating and ridiculous. It’s...”
– Jonny Greenwood in an interview with Sasha Frere-Jones
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“If there was an airline that flew more passengers than anyone else, but lost...”
– Jason Fried in “The Bar for Success in Our Industry is Too Low”
'Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter →
Reading Rainbow comes to the end of its 26-year run on Friday; it has won more than two-dozen Emmys, and is the third longest-running children’s show in PBS history — outlasted only by Sesame Street and Mister Rogers.
My first two reactions, in order, when I saw this story:
Holy crap, I can’t believe they canceled this show!
Wait, they were still making new episodes of Reading...