January 13, 2009

Becauses

JP Rangaswami: There’s a big Because Effect coming along in music. Artists are going to make more money because of music rather than with music, although they will continue to make money with music. The path to that may just start here. Continue reading

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January 13, 2009

Too late. Just go ahead with it.

Barack Obama wants to wait on the DTV shift currently scheduled for 17 February. On the grounds that it’ll be a mess, this is a good idea. But nothing can make it a better idea. It’s not that the train has left the station. It’s that the new OTA (over the air) Oz is mostly… Continue reading

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January 13, 2009

All of Fame

So Jim Rice made the hall of fame after fifteen years of falling short in the voting. Here’s more from a report on WBUR. Rice was a “borderline” candidate, a sub-obvious selection. There are a lot of those. Among those I’ve cared about (and there are few), Brett Butler comes to mind. I cared about… Continue reading

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