I just got back from a visit to my dad in the UK. Because he is essentially bedridden, he watches a lot of TV, so I saw a great deal more of it than I usually do. The big news in Britain on Monday was the trial of Dhiren Barot, accused of being a top… Continue reading News and Fiction
Category: media
Making Headlines
I check up on the world hourly or so, via Google News. It’s the first page that comes up when I open my web browser, and I’ve set it to show headlines for the World, US, Business, Sci/Tech, Health, India, and Italia (I’ve just eliminated Entertainment as a category because I’m sick of Madonna, Paris,… Continue reading Making Headlines
A Good Way to Finance Entertainment?
The television industry is in trouble. For decades, broadcast television networks have made their money by buying content (shows) that people want to watch, and placing advertising within it so that the audience couldn’t help watching the ads – let’s face it, you don’t get up for a beer or bathroom break at EVERY commercial.… Continue reading A Good Way to Finance Entertainment?
The Science Fiction List
An Internet meme I’ve been meaning to get to for a bit: “Below is a Science Fiction Book Club list most significant SF novels between 1953-2006. The meme part of this works like so: Bold the ones you have read, strike through the ones you read and hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put… Continue reading The Science Fiction List
Note to the Entertainment Industry: Piracy is Good for You
Not an original proposition, I know. But is it an excuse, a rationalization – or a fact? I can offer some evidence from my own experience: I used to download music from the Usenet, my favorite newsgroups being those which offered soundtracks and musicals. Contributors to those groups vie with each other to post the… Continue reading Note to the Entertainment Industry: Piracy is Good for You