EU Banning Violent Video Games After watching the video game "Manhunt" EU politicians agreed: Games like this must be banned. Germany the current EU president initiated the debate after several recent violent attacks in Germany committed by youths who played video games. The first example was in April 2002 when former Erfurt school pupil […]
Daylife is Epic: An Interview with Jeff Jarvis
The launch of news site Daylife almost two weeks ago was met by a flurry of feedback from thoughtful types across the web. So what happened? Bloggers alternately fawned over Daylife’s “engagingly pretty” interface and decried its lack of interactivity. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, a Daylife investor, was disappointed at the absence of commenting and RSS […]
MySplice ’06
Remember a few years back the sheer awe of discovering the "ingenious" track that somehow combined the Strokes and Christina Aguiliera? Prepare to relive that joy and amazement; these put "Stroke of Genius" to utter shame. Uber-blog Stereogum has enlisted the help of mashup maestro team9 to come up with this crib sheet of ’06 […]
Commercial Drive
In Vancouver the lively 16-block area of Commercial Drive (between Broadway and Venables) is an enormously popular district with locals, but is often overlooked by tourists. The main reason for tourists to come here is to discover the most diverse mix of people, dining, shopping, and entertainment that Vancouver has to offer; in fact Commercial […]
Taoist Beatles Propaganda, Part II
I ran into Thurston Moore, guitarist for Sonic Youth, at the book party for Up Is Up, But So Is Down: New York’s Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992, an anthology we’re both in. I told him I am beginning an anti-Beatles blog. "The Beatles are The Beatles," said Thurston, tautologically. Then he added: "There are innovators […]
History of the World – Part II
As you will remember from our previous chapter of “The Mid-Western History of the World”, just over seven thousand years ago Adam and Eve were deceived in the Garden of Eden by the theories of the evil serpent Charles Darwin and his corrupt, British sense of humour. Their indiscretions were punished by the Lord who […]