Quit Your Grinnin’ and Drop Your Linen Edition
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You can talk about genres, artists, albums, or even songs, but sometimes what keeps us coming back to music is the discovery of the transcendent musical moment. For me, “the moment” is the part of the song that fully and utterly engages me; the reason that I keep coming back to it.
I’m not necessarily talking about hooks here, because the purpose of a hook is the draw you into a song. I’m really talking more about traps: the part of a song that that keeps you there.
The is the second in a series. The first one had 25, this one has 24. (Broken into two parts due to a Flash / Firefox / Windows bug. Yay!)
Every single moment I’ve listed below kills me single every time I hear it.
Oh, and this isn’t in any kind of order, despite the numbering.
NOTE: Because of a godsdammed bug between Flash and Firefox for Windows, I’ve had to break this up into two parts in order for the players to work for those with that particular configuration. Stupid internets.
I Walked Around and Yelled A Lot Edition
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In A World Edition
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From various sources today comes the news that legendary TV & Film writer Aaron Sorkin is going to write a film about the rise of Facebook. What makes this so interesting is that Sorkin has been hating on the internet since the West Wing days, so this choice seems, well, counter-intuitive.
At first blush, Oliver Stone’s film about George W. Bush seems like it will be more sympathetic to the subject than any film that Aaron Sorkin is going to write about the internet.
But as it turns out, that’s wrong. At least according to this sneak preview of the film, which will be called Yourbook.
Inevitable Destruction Edition
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There was an interesting article in the AP yesterday about Battlestar Galactica, and post-finale projects that the producers are planning that will be set in the Galaticaverse.
The point of the article was this: BSG has never had huge numbers, and they are continuing to shrink, so why bother with spinoffs?
Most of the answers in the article had to do with the inadequacy of measuring numbers in this day and age, and how the numbers initially reported by Nielsen don’t reflect the true popularity of the show.
Which may be true, but if show, it’s true for every TV show, not just Battlestar. So what makes Battlestar different from, say, Eureka, which has much higher ratings, but no movies or spinoffs planned?
I’ve got a theory: in a Long Tail universe, it isn’t about the fan quantity as much as it is about the Fan Quality.
It Will Shock You How Much It Never Happened Edition
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This Is Joe Public Speaking! Edition
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What mother doesn't want to see this headline for her son?
There goes all our fun.
Or really dumb. If she keeps up like she's doing now, she's going to incite violence. Lovely.
"The Republican ticket is working hard this week to make Barack Obama's tenuous connection to graying, '60s revolutionary Bill Ayers a major campaign issue. But the Palins' connection to anti-American extremism is much more central to their political biographies."
Before long, the headline will read "LA Times Tests Running Newspaper Without Reporters, Columnists, or Anyone To Answer Phones"
Could they buy mine? I'd like to get some more stuff, please.
Wow. Is it April 1 already?
This is either a new Errol Morris short, or an excellent imitation of one.
Story includes a new revelation about Winky Palin's preferred reading material -- Starbucks cups.
Unrelated to the current economic crisis, of course.
"There's the standard erosion plus incredible time-shifting as increased DVR penetration goes up." That and the increasingly fragmented viewer as too much stuff demands our attention. Plus football. And baseball. Oh, and there's this election thing happening.
Welcome back, SNL.
Yeah, but is this economic downturn or typical Gawker?
Ah, there it is. Enjoy. Comment. The usual.
Apparently there's a site out there called The Daily Beast and it's in live beta. After being put on hold for two years.
2009, but will there be an e-edition?
The long sordid history of the RIAA's war on consumers (and new business models).
What are you doing here?
Some of these findings are obviously very very important.
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