Archive for August, 2010
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By Adam Leipzig
Since I launched this blog, the most frequently asked question is whether I am irrational to make it a weekly. Haven’t I been paying attention to instant newsfeeds, tweets and pings?
Well, it’s precisely because I h
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Guest Column by Garner Simmons
Tomorrow the Weinsteins and Dimension Films will release Piranha 3D, the latest attempt to cash in on Hollywood’s newest preoccupation. But horror films’ death grip on the human imagination aside, the real question is: Is 3D the next logical extension of the cinematic experience or merely another fad?
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By Adam Leipzig
The narrative this weekend at the movies was Sandbox Redux: boys vs. girls, Sly vs. Julia The Expendables vs. Eat, Pray, Love. As in kindergarten, the outcome was the same. Most of our cultural offerings, and the narratives surrounding them, are expected and mundane. So it was a rare joy to sit on the concrete floor of Ti
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3 Things Not Mentioned in the Net-Neutrality Coverage
1. The Google-Verizon proposal excludes wireless internet. Wireless isn’t just the future – it’s the present. There are 1 billion wired internet users in the world today, and 4 billion people with mobile devices. There will be 6 billion mobile devices by 2015. Most mobile device
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By Adam Leipzig
Unemployment’s at 9.5%. 133,000 people lost their jobs last month. Has there ever been a time more in need of songs to channel our collective anxiety and call us to action? Has there ever been a time when music has been less about what people are going through?
Our last Great Depression gave us singers like Woody Gut
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By Adam Leipzig
The most illegally-downloaded movie for the past two weeks was not Inception, nor was it an early copy of The Expendables. Instead, it was Sex and the City 2, according to TorrentFreak. Which leads to some puzzling questions. Are BitTorrent users still geeky young men, just poorly-informed geeky young men, men who see Sex in
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