"s. you are hilarious and wrong, as usual. "let's get serious." tell your boy mccain to do that. rather than using his time as the nominee to define himself and his policies, he whined about lack of media coverage and put out petulant ads attacking obama's "celebrity." This country is in too much shit for a "serious" politician to waste my time on frivolity like this. hush now" - Baratunde Thurston
"B, this is an incredible post. Much respect. Ever since folks pounced on Obama for "praising Reagan," we could see something was up. The ideological purity and ridiculous standard to which he is being held is unrealistic and unproductive. I worry that many on the left (who i actually care about) are so invested in the "fight" they would risk losing this important battle for the white house to continue the long term war" - Baratunde Thurston
"I feel you Anderkoo. I have mad issues with Mr. Moore. He served a helpful purpose. Will be curious to see him on tomorrow's show. I'll hold my treatise-length commentary for another time" - Baratunde Thurston
http://friendfeed.com/e/d99550... Want option to see posts by time of posting (not last comment/like). As my subscriber list has grown, I like Robert Scoble's request for "sort by time of post". I would also like search by time of day; e.g. (1) like winding the clock back to 9 am this morning. (2) posts between 9-10 am today. Then I could leave FF, come back in 5 days, and see things in the order they arrived, not backasswards. - Mitchell Tsai
I've had similar feelings about this for more than a hot-minute, too. "Network" would be more appropriate but I like "Loose Weak Tie" even better. - Do You KNOW Clarence? via Alert Thingy
I don't think sockets have ruined the word... they've just popularized the teen girl definition - Roger Benningfield
yeah clarence i remember you talking about this. it just hit me today. some cats on plaxo categories us as "friends" even though "business contact" is available as a category. i didn't even remember who some of these people were! How can you be my friend if I don't recognize your name? - Baratunde Thurston
only if you let it. when i add a contact on flickr, i don't add them as friends unless i hang with them a lot. - faboo mama
“FriendFeed experiment please participate. Please post your bookmarking rss feed. It can be from Delicious, Diggo or any boomark service that gives you an rss feed of your links.”
A place for bloggers to congregate. A virtual big tent. Yet another interface. Whatever you wanna call it. This will be the most covered DNC ever, and that's largely due to us. This group could be useful for exchanging tips, technology, logistics or just bitchin We've started with some posted links to PDF and gcal-friendly events calendars. Add stuff. Go nuts. Start discussion threads. INTERACT! - Baratunde Thurston
Yes, why yes they are, been hanging out at CC Mixter and Opscom which do "free" music (unknown bands) more than anything else lately, even though I have ITunes. - dan
i'm happy band section still work in muxtape, would be the damn bad if it was not working for us (buzzworkers) - Ben Borges
That one is an easy answer. The crazy thing is, I still see artists spew the same tired RIAA line about down sales = piracy while real innovators are creating their own marketing hype. Many, such as hiphop artists, are moving to labels such as Koch where they press the records/CD's/publish downloads online and let the artist take care of marketing and promotion. This way the artist keeps more money, so they don't have to sell 100K to 500K to break even with the label. What are you paying for anyway? A video no one will see? Payola to radio that no one listens to? When an artist knows how to create buzz, (concerts, you tube, web) they can afford to bypass the ineffective promotion provided by these labels. - Eric @ CS Techcast
protectionism is everywhere ... does it work? seems to ... at least for awhile - gregory lent
If the artist is doing their own promotion, what is the point of the record company again? - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
The point of a record company can still be a central distribution point. Some could maybe handle it themselves, but I would image distributing CDs and setting up with digital distributors is still logistical nightmare for a single artist to handle on their own. - Eric @ CS Techcast
Matthew - If the artist is able to produce and master their own music with professional quality, there's little need for the record company since you can always start your own. Many smart artists have done this because it funnel's the bulk of the CD sales into their pockets. - Jim McCusker
Eric - there are options for artists. cdbaby will set up digital distribution with dozens of companies. There is no need for a record company between the artist and fans. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
Matthew, that's pretty cool, but can they still get you stocked at Target and Best Buy? If they can then cool, but I didn't see anything on their website about that. A label like Koch can. This is why some will still want to go with a label with established ties to retail and distribution. - Eric @ CS Techcast
Eric, getting stocked at Best Buy and Target only make sense if you're undertaking a nation wide promotional campaign, and if you're doing that, you're talking about a huge investment that is way, WAY beyond the scope of the independent artist. If you want to sell a physical product to a nationwide audience, the amazon advantage program is where it is at. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
It's quickly becoming a management-based industry, with managers replacing record labels. As artists are able to control their own production, distribution, promotion, etc there becomes the need for someone to help organize and run these aspects. The manager steps in to focus on the business and mechanics, freeing the artist to be 'creative' and/or tour ... which, of course, used to be a purpose the record label served. - M. Donaldson
More simply, getting stocked at Best Buy isn't the issue. Creating the demand that merits getting stocked at Best Buy is, and if you've done that, you don't need Koch. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
Having sat on the sidelines and about to embark on my own music career, I'm both excited and scared at the serious flailing about the music industry is doing. I'm confident I can get myself out there without the help/harm of a large record label -- either as an independent or on my own. There is *so much* opportunity to get real music out there that I'm not too worried about the distractions of the RIAA... - Tracy Ruggles
Tracy, this is the best time in history to be an independent musician IMO. I've done a major label stint as well as time on assorted indies and I'm personally having more fun (and making a more consistent living at it) now that I'm on my own. The advantage nowadays goes to the most creative rather than the one with the biggest marketing budget, and that's really exciting. - M. Donaldson
Please tell me that is a rhetorical question right? - John via twhirl
The recent Bloc Party release is another example of the compromise model that will work for a portion of artists, labels, and consumers... release quality digital format at low cost (not free) ahead of leaks. Release compelling physical product shortly after including extras for top fans. - Amir Gharaat
Bryne and Eno are using the same exact model Amir refers to ... their new album was released digitally yesterday, but won't be out physically until November 30. A special edition of the CD will contain extra tracks. http://www.everythingthathappe... ... it's like the early adopters are putting a down payment on the manufacturing of the final product. - M. Donaldson
My husband is a recording artist, composer and engineer. The industry is so competetive with great talent abounding. However, talent is a dime a dozen. My advice is to do music because you love it and would rather do nothing else. - Taryn Merrick via twhirl
“Splitting a convo to bring up HOW CYBERPUNK niggy tardust (saul williams f. trent reznor) is... seriously, what does the dystropian rebellion sound like for hip-hop? There is none. Or maybe not yet?”
EXTRA CREDIT: Brothers in space. There aren't any. Point me to something that is hip-hop and/or hip-hop culture (literally) that takes place in space that is either a) not ridiculous or b) will smith ... good luck with all that. - Eric Rice
Meat Beat Manifesto came out with a new album in May: Substance D - Eric Rice
Yeah, my friends love me for my unfettered sacrilege. Plus, I think I'm the only Christian they know who's willing to risk the wrath... :-) - Lisa L. Seifert
Happy Birthday Lynne! (She works at Fast Company). - Robert Scoble
thanks to you too robert. interesting but facebook ends up being a much better place for this kind of thing than either twitter or friendfeed, given that as soon as you visit your home page there you immediately know who's birthday it is. - Lynne d Johnson
Happy birthday lady, it is still your birthday in CA!!! - Samhita
@Samhita -- given i was born at 8:46 PM ET on Aug 17 -- I say I can celebrate this for a full 24 hours until Aug 18 at 8:46 ET, so your wishes matter too. - Lynne d Johnson
OMG you have the same bday as my mom. this explains ALL of your coolness. ALL of it. - Baratunde Thurston
"agree with you here mr. brogan. in a world of infinite content, discovery is a highly valued act. curators will emerge and the tools to enable that function among your trusted network will do quite well. friendfeed does that. nice implementation here" - Baratunde Thurston
"A top Russian general said Friday that Poland's agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported." - Dave Winer via Bookmarklet
It's escalating pretty quickly -- wonder if Bush is up to this level of confrontation. - Dave Winer
thi is awesome. i love our crazy ass foreign policy. so EXCITING - Baratunde Thurston via twhirl
You give Bush way way too much credit. He's a deer caught in the headlights. He was enjoying being a lame duck, hanging out at the Olympics, drinking a few beers, getting ready to go down to the ranch in Crawford, planning his retirement with his buddies who looted the US Treasury. Too bad he has to deal with something that requires a President, not the first time in his Presidency, but this time the stakes are much bigger than just New Orleans or New York City. - Dave Winer
Baratunde, if you like excitement, this is a great time to be alive. Excitement like this hasn't happened since the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis. - Dave Winer
BTW, read my piece if you think it's partisan. I'd call in Bush I and Brent Scowcroft right now, to try to sort this one out. They are Republicans. - Dave Winer
this is really getting big. Hope it doesn't go back to the cold war era situation. - Rahul Das
I think he's "provoking" this in the sense that his administration is prepared to put a missile shield of dubious effectiveness or necessity in a place that *clearly* offends Russia. They've made their concerns known about this for over a year, but Bush steams ahead. - Chris Baskind
Bush was stupid enough to invade a country based on false evidence... - Tad Donaghe
I think Russia will pull out, get a minor slap on the wrist, and more or less get away with what they did in Georgia. Putin flexed his muscle. - David Risley
Didn't Clinton want to put the shield in Poland as well? - Tad Donaghe
Well, there goes the country of my family heritage. - Michael Forian
it is going straight on in to 2012, obama isn't going to be able to do much, the entire psychic energy of america has to get enlivened for transformation, and we are way short of that - gregory lent
a smart guy would have invited russia to join nato a few years ago, but they have more value as an enemy for some - gregory lent
@Dave - This is sort of the Cuban Missile Crises in reverse. - Victor Ryden
With Russia acting so aggressively, it's little wonder that nations such as the Czech Rep. and Poland are signing such agreements with the US. It wouldn't surprise me either if certain states come to the conclusion that nuclear weapons might be the only way to ensure that their sovereignty is respected. - Paul Grav
Paul - that probably IS the only way to ensure against invasion. - Tad Donaghe
Of course. I would't allow such thing on my door,too. Like Cuba other way around - Ryo
I'm not sure the Cuban analogy holds. The missile defense rockets aren't nuclear. Could they even do real damage? Don't they go dead if they don't hit a target and are headed for ground? Would we have been scared of a system like this? - Christopher Galtenberg
va bene che abbiamo il Governo e l'Opposizione in ferie, ma nella blogosfera leggo ti auguri per il ferragosto, pero' non mi pare che ci sia la dovuta attenzione a certe notize... - Gino Tocchetti
@gino tocchetti Se vai sul corriere però scoprirai che Gigi D'Alessio ha salvato 7 naufraghi - Ester "hoshimem" Memoli
Very frightening issue. Just hope this will get resolved in a diplomatic manner. - Thomas Frütel
Putin has the money, has the gas for Europe, has the force - we have lost all and have no hand to play. This feels like 1936. What's new is stupidity. The Missile Shield is sheer provocation as was the Georgian Adventure - we don't have a moral card to play either. I don't think we have any cards. If i was a Pole or Ukrainian I would be scared - Rob Paterson
I find it interesting that no one views this as a European problem. Where are France, Germany, and Britain? Why is this a mess *we* have to solve? Why, 60 years after WWII ended, are these countries not able to wipe their own diplomatic noses yet? - Chuck Shotton
"Push out a bayonet. If it strikes fat, push deeper. If it strikes iron, pull back for another day." V.I. Lenin, May 1922 This approach is a time proven component of the Russian psyche. They must be called out on their shit. - Jay Tannenbaum
It's not a European problem for some because they can find a way to blame Bush. If it was a president they liked in office it would be all Russian aggression and European issues. For some folks anything that can be Bush's fault is, no matter how far the stretch.As for the shield? Build it. Increasing your ability to defend yourself is never a bad idea no matter how much the bully tries to tell you it is. - Soulhuntre
On the issue itself - I don't think aggression by a nuke capable country is a continental issue. We must react. Invasion won't be a good idea and putting boots on the ground there (even with all the troops from Iraq) would be futile. The technical projection of force works against Russia because they are a infrastructure heavy society Missile defenses, carrier task groups, air recon, cruise strikes if it comes to that. These things will work if needed. - Soulhuntre
Chuck. You're right. I'm European and I'm extremely disappointed with the response from 'old europe'. Sarkozy has said very little, and Brown has said even less. - Paul Grav
McCain should stfu indeed...I'm a supporter of his for president, but he is way wrong on this one. - David Mercer
Chuck, you make a really excellent point. - Adrian Bye
I thought Sarkozy negotiated the peace plan currently being considered. - Christopher Galtenberg
A friend of mine who visited Georgia a couple of years ago says the Russians are doing just that -- rebuilding. But they think WE are imperialists.http://blog.stealthmode.com/20... - Francine Hardaway
Reads like an unfunny sequel to Dr. Strangelove. - Helen
There must be something in it for Bush if he's talking like this. He barely said anything when the Chinese were battering the Tibetans recently. - Tom Burgess
Tom, I don't think Tibet is a prospective NATO member... - Chuck Shotton
This is all I've been saying, all morning long. Now I can just send this article around, ha.
"Now great is no longer good enough. The Web is full of so much remarkable content that bloggers donât have enough time to read it all, much less link to it.
If you want links now, you need to be more than great. You need to be connected." - tinu
Damn, it looks dry, shallow, and wooden. And I'm totally gonna watch it. - felicia
+1 felicia. i saw it on bus billboard this morning in sfo, and i thought, man, i **am** old: i grew up watching the original series. and it was dry, shallow and wooden. but who are these "kids?" - .LAG
Ha, felicia, I shared it solely for your benefit. I'm going to watch the first episode at least but mostly because I need to see Michael from The Wire and that creepy (and creepily beautiful) chick from Nip/Tuck. - Jason Toney
