Joy Division plus
Though the box set has already sold out, Rough Trade are hosting the launch of Joy Division + –, Wednesday 8 December: Rough Trade & Rhino UK are very proud to launch the Joy Division – 7 inch singes box set with a public Q&A chaired by the NME featuring Peter Saville, Stephen Morris & […]
A Couple of Things About the Internet
Rushkoff introduces us to a party girl called Gina. She goes to a club on the Upper East Side. The place is packed with a great atmosphere, but Gina worries that the real good time is happening elsewhere. She scrolls through tweets and status updates and decides that the place to be is an identical club a few blocks away. Gina cabs to the other club – and then spends the whole night blogging and tweeting about what a good time she’s having. ‘Gina is the girl who is everywhere at once, yet – ultimately – nowhere at all.’
Max Dunbar reviews Douglas Rushkoff‘s Program or be Programmed.
Rogue Economics, Adam Smith & Twin Peaks Twenty Years On.
Cool technological innovation used on the web was developed in order to make the porn industry more profitable. Porn influenced the development of online advertising. Video technology developed in order to deliver better resolution and faster speed porn. Google, Youtube and other web innovators relied on porn-driven innovations. Familiar online ads and fast streaming videos are the hallmarks of porn. So since the 90s, the legitimate digital world has been developed in the wake of a pornography industry involving the sex traffic and slavery of women and children in the hands of globally organised criminals.
Richard Marshall reviews Loretta Napoleoni‘s Rogue Economics.