Conventional wisdom is that the visual entertainment media are nowhere near as stupid as their brethren in the music industry.  They’ve seen the Net coming. They’re not going to make the same mistakes the record labels did. Then there’s that old saw that content is king.  This is a fiction spread by the makers of […]

I was reading "Relix" and found out that Mudcrutch had a new EP.  I immediately fired up my computer and started searching Rapidshare.  I needed to steal this yet-to-be-released live recording.  I needed to hear the 15 minute take of "Crystal River". But it didn’t come up immediately.  So I decided to do a little […]

Does anybody want a Palm Pilot?  How about a Zip drive? Technology moves fast.  Declaring obsolescent yesterday’s uber-desirable product.  The key is to ride the wave, get in at the right time, delivering what the public wants, and then get out. But the music industry doesn’t seem to get this.  It believes there’s going to […]

He’s gonna die. That’s what I thought after reading the following article: ‘Hormone imbalance’ raises question of cancer Apple cultists never believed Steve Jobs was ill.  They bought the rationalization for his non-appearance at Macworld.  Apple didn’t own the conference.  The timing of the show didn’t always fit the company’s product cycle.  Apple was pulling […]