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One of my favorite authors in my younger years was John Fante:
Boing Boing: Salon on LA proto-beat author John Fante:
“Friday, March 10, 2006
Salon on LA proto-beat author John Fante
Allen Barra wrote a great piece about one of my favorite authors, John Fante. A movie based on his novel, Ask the Dust, opens today in theaters.
Fante — the name rhymes with Dante, which must have afforded no end of amusement to someone whose best-known character constantly proclaimed a desire to be ‘the world’s greatest writer’ — is one of the true bad boys of 20th centu”
(Via http://www.boingboing.net.)
On this day six years ago the technology heavy NASDAQ Composite index peaked at 5048.62 (intra-day peak 5132.52), more than double its value just a year before. I had just started at my new dotcom job. 10 months later I decided never to leave journalism again. And now it’s time for Web 2.0 – or is it dotcom 2.0? I do get confused some times… Maybe is it time to pick up on the 80’s and my failed career as a punk musician? I still have my guitar, any one out there who wants to be in a band and change their life?
If you want to go down memory lane: Wikipedia on dotcom or Investopedia, the biggest market crashes in history. And something about the band (in Danish) Boghandle. Argh, this website does contain some disinformation. The band was formed in 1985 - not at the end of the 80’s. And the first album did not lead to a support gig for the Pixies. We played with the Pixies in Copenhagen a year before the debut on vinyl. June 1989. In fact my last concert with the band. But the fuzz pedal on the cover of the second album (produced by Jack Endino) was mine. And I still have it!
Download mp3 …disclaimer: Damage to your ears will be on your own responsibility. It wasn’t exactly new age music….
From the Mondofunza archives I bring you this vintage interview with the late moviedirector Russ Meyer. Famous for his movies with bigbreasted women. I think I made this interview in 1996, though I’m not quite sure about the year. But it doesn’t really matter, because Russ Meyer is in great shape in spite of his age. Listen and enjoy – and oh yes, this podcast does contain dirty words and obscene talking, sorry about that.
Download podcast, mp3, 2.4 mb, duration 21.14
NPR has an interesting new blog called Mixed Signals
Filter Tech Companies in Bed with the Bad Guys:
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Boingboing.net, one of the most popular blogs on the Internet, blocked in repressive regimes by American technology…”
(Via NPR Blogs: Mixed Signals.)
Update on the post muslim-madonna.
The international women’s lib day is almost over. Here is something to think about in the days ahead:
Watch the video (Quicktime) of Deeyah and read about the threats against her in the Norwegian paper VG
En af de digitale pionerer i den del af cyberspace (joh, det kaldte man det dengang i starten af 1990′erne) – Christian Schade, slår til igen med en digitalpolitisk tænketank i form af bloggen Digitalsyndikatet.:
“Digitalsyndikatet
Monday, February 06, 2006
Dansk digitalpolitik
Hvor er politikerne og den generelle debat henne i forhold til den digitale udvilking? – Siden dotcom-boblen brast har onlinemedier og andre digitale fænomener været som støvsuget fra den politiske dagsorden.
I myndighedsregi er digitalisering først og fremmest for administrationens, ikke for borgernes eller virksomhedernes skyld. Det drejer sig om rationaliseringer eller centralisering. Hvor er debatten og holdningerne om EDB i skolen, digitale folkeafstemninger, en politik for infrastrukturen og meget andet egentlig blevet af?
Det er som om man bare har lænet sig tilbage i stolen og lader markedet udvikle de nødvendige elementer til det digitale samfund, uden at stille krav, komme med ønsker, opstille visioner eller gøde jorden for særlige udviklingsretninger. Når bølgerne går højest, ser man IT-politik som en aflægger af den almindelige erhvervsudviklings- og beskæftigelsespolitik.”
Læs resten af Christians første indlæg.
Og nåh ja, ham der Henrik Føhns er også inviteret til at ytre sig hos Digitalsyndikatet…
Nyhedsbrevet Dansk Presse nr. 09-2006 skriver:
Politiets censur var ulovlig:
“Da politiet i sidste uge gik til internetudbyderen bag avisen Arbejderens hjemmeside for at få fjernet en del af indholdet, var det ulovligt.
Det udtaler ekspert i medieret. Politiet har sendt et brev til udbyderen, hvor det fremgår, at firmaet risikerede at blive straffet, hvis ikke en appel fra foreningen Oprør på Arbejderens hjemmeside blev fjernet.
Læs hele artiklen hos DDF.
Interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner from the Austrian artgroup monochrom.
The monochrom group are the funniest artists I have met for a long time.
In their own words monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group of basket weaving enthusiasts and theory do-it-yourselfers having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is the super-affirmation of the globalization trap. Monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993.
The music in the podcast is Let’s network it out: Official theme song of the Austrian contribution to the Biennial Sao Paulo 2002. By monochrom and Georg Paul Thomann. You can find more information about G. P. Thomann and the song on monochrom’s Thomann site.
Please download the mp3, 13,9 mb, duration 20:37. Johannes and I would like to make our excuses to English native speakers. This is not pretty - ABER ES IST GREAT FUN 
Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Japan: OhmyNews investment:
“OhmyNews reports that it has secured a U.S. $11 million investment from Softbank, a Tokyo-based technology and Internet investment firm, to expand its international presence with the launch of a Japanese edition later this year. The funds will also be used to develop OhmyNews’ video journalism arm, writes Annie Koh from Seoul.”
(Via globalvoicesonline.org.)
