old/new song from mystic who reports on her blog that the 'ghetto lullaby' song she wanted on 'cuts for luck and scars for freedom' cd but it never made it.
apparently she's on a european tour so wishing her the best out there.
while you're over on her myspace page - check out 'current events' which remains probably my favourite b-girl braggadacio rap since mc lyte's 'i am the lyte'.
Showing posts with label myspace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label myspace. Show all posts
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
bedroom divas
current.tv the source for viewer created content (that doesn't suck) has a great 8 minute documentary on two british singer/songwriters called 'bedroom divas'.
check it out.
i mean, that's like two commercial breaks.
bedroom divas
check it out.
i mean, that's like two commercial breaks.
bedroom divas
Thursday, March 1, 2007
put a fork in 'em
according to upi.com (by way of digg.com thank you very much) it appears that the winner of the oscar prize for the short film premiered on myspace first.
now i don't know how closely any of y'all are following this but it represents a fairly big deal - after all, if myspace users were citizens in a country they'd be the 11th largest country in the world.
and so it goes, as close as the 'old media' comes to truely understanding what is going on with all this web 2.0/online mmorpg/blogging/socialnetworking stuff - the fact of the matter is that pretty soon - when it comes to delivering stuff to eyeballs (their stock and self preening stock in trade)... well the days of that distribution model are fading fast.
i have given some thought to the whole deal and agree with the assertation that the blogging/weblogging/vlogging/p2p-ing phenom is actually as important to those of us who are 'wired' (and wireless for those of you 802ing it) as the gutenberg press was to well, gutenberg.
fact of the matter is (for anyone who knows the history of martin luther and a little thing protestants like to call the 'reformation') without the gutenberg press there would have been no Bible in the 'common tongue' and the Holy Mother Church would have still conducted the means and the ends of most theological discourse.
oops i started waxing socio/histo/philosophical on you all but the fact of the matter is that if you are of a certain age - you don't watch television. if you're in the States you can legally watch your television shows online free of charge with a bare minimum of commercial interruptions.
this means, of course, that the television networks are no longer going to be forced to straddle the line between what their advertisers want to support (leaving them vulnerable to viewer blackmail via boycotting) but can actually be content creators.
.
but so many of these 'content creators' aren't really interested in creating content. nope - they're interested in eyeballs and selling advertising. television is the filler between the commericals a teacher of mine once said and it's sadly true.
bands like icp and rappers like lupe fiasco are finding that they can build their fan base through places like mySpace and now - crown jewel so far - they can win. the little bald golden man statuette.
so, go on with your bad self. make something we all want to watch. we're dying of boredom out here as it is.
i mean why else are they trying to sell us new formats for our dvd collections? because their brains are pickled and there are no new ideas flowing out from the hollywood 'south'.
now i don't know how closely any of y'all are following this but it represents a fairly big deal - after all, if myspace users were citizens in a country they'd be the 11th largest country in the world.
and so it goes, as close as the 'old media' comes to truely understanding what is going on with all this web 2.0/online mmorpg/blogging/socialnetworking stuff - the fact of the matter is that pretty soon - when it comes to delivering stuff to eyeballs (their stock and self preening stock in trade)... well the days of that distribution model are fading fast.
i have given some thought to the whole deal and agree with the assertation that the blogging/weblogging/vlogging/p2p-ing phenom is actually as important to those of us who are 'wired' (and wireless for those of you 802ing it) as the gutenberg press was to well, gutenberg.
fact of the matter is (for anyone who knows the history of martin luther and a little thing protestants like to call the 'reformation') without the gutenberg press there would have been no Bible in the 'common tongue' and the Holy Mother Church would have still conducted the means and the ends of most theological discourse.
oops i started waxing socio/histo/philosophical on you all but the fact of the matter is that if you are of a certain age - you don't watch television. if you're in the States you can legally watch your television shows online free of charge with a bare minimum of commercial interruptions.
this means, of course, that the television networks are no longer going to be forced to straddle the line between what their advertisers want to support (leaving them vulnerable to viewer blackmail via boycotting) but can actually be content creators.
.
but so many of these 'content creators' aren't really interested in creating content. nope - they're interested in eyeballs and selling advertising. television is the filler between the commericals a teacher of mine once said and it's sadly true.
bands like icp and rappers like lupe fiasco are finding that they can build their fan base through places like mySpace and now - crown jewel so far - they can win. the little bald golden man statuette.
so, go on with your bad self. make something we all want to watch. we're dying of boredom out here as it is.
i mean why else are they trying to sell us new formats for our dvd collections? because their brains are pickled and there are no new ideas flowing out from the hollywood 'south'.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
song of the day -
the grouch - crusader for justice
i first heard of the grouch for his song with zion i which i posted a link to on my myspace blog
i was moderately impressed - more so with zion i, but at least he isn't a bling blinger. i realize the credibility to jay-z's comment to his critics re: money cash hoes but i mean, come on now. it's a little late in the day to be singing about bling.
i first heard of the grouch for his song with zion i which i posted a link to on my myspace blog
i was moderately impressed - more so with zion i, but at least he isn't a bling blinger. i realize the credibility to jay-z's comment to his critics re: money cash hoes but i mean, come on now. it's a little late in the day to be singing about bling.
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