by Scott on August 15, 2007
Of course, referring to “Hollywood” movies as “Culture” is often a stretch.
I was going to link to this yesterday but never got around to it. Ken Fisher at Ars explains the consequences of AACS adoption. From Alan Wexelblat at Copyfight:
It’s not clear to me is where we go from here. In under a year we’ll have Macs and Vistas playing next-gen DVDs. All new movies will come out on those disks… Consumers will be forced to upgrade their players if they want to play the new disks and maybe have to re-buy their first-generation DVDs
This will do nothing but place another roadblock in the path of Independent/DIY Culture (not to mention independent computing). On the other hand, it might just fail/be rendered moot in the face of DRM-less Internet downloads and IPTV. Important year or so ahead.
“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
—John Gilmore
by Scott on August 14, 2007
by Scott on August 12, 2007
A collection of Warhol’s TV series from the ’80s.
Warhol produced and appeared in three cable television series during the eighties. Andy Warhols Fashion was shown on Manhattan Cable, Andy Warhols TV was shown on the the Madison Square Garden Network and Andy Warhols Fifteen Minutes was shown on MTV. Warhol died before the last episode of Andy Warhols Fifteen Minutes was finished.
- Andy Warhols Fashion (ca. 1980)
- Andy Warhols TV (ca 1981)
- Andy Warhols Fifteen Minutes (1987)
by Scott on August 12, 2007
by Scott on August 12, 2007
Martin Scorsese pays tribute to Antonioni in the Sunday New York Times.
by Scott on August 11, 2007
by Scott on August 10, 2007
by Scott on August 10, 2007
by Scott on August 10, 2007
A little late to the ball game, but Apple has rolled out some widgets that allow users to post things like their recent iTunes purchases or their iTunes “ratings” to blogs and social-network sites. Official Datastream grade: B-, for plain, but not garish, design and somewhat limited functionality/options. Feature Request: an Audioscrobbler-like plugin that 1. works and 2. grabs real-time iTunes data. Something like this or this.
by Scott on August 8, 2007
by Scott on August 7, 2007
by Scott on August 7, 2007
From the August Criterion Newsletter:
This August, Barnes & Noble is offering a special dog-days-of-summer deal for Criterion lovers as a way to stave off blockbuster fatigue: 30% off all Criterion Collection releases. The sale runs through the end of the month, both in DVD-carrying Barnes & Noble stores and online, where you can find the broadest selection.
by Scott on August 6, 2007
Splice Music is a combination social-networking/audio-remix site, where users can meet/re/mix/mashup audio in real-time, save and share the results.
