Post-Essay-Writing Linkdump
My brain just decided to turn itself off, so, even though the essay itself is not finished, here's a brief post-essay-writing linkdump.
- I note the apparent age structure of BloggerCon, and a thoughtful reply. Still, the chances of my forking over $500 would have increased if there was a seminar entitled something like "How the Kids Are Using Blogging As An Unintentionally Self-Imposed Cock Block".
- Kelefa Sanneh: “It was starting to seem clear that Outkast was the greatest hip-hop group of all time — more versatile than Run-DMC, more unpredictable than Public Enemy, more resilient than N.W.A., more consistent than the Wu-Tang Clan.” Oh, come on, it's hard not to be more consistent than the Wu-Tang Clan.
- Jeff Howe: “Maybe Prince can afford to cast his label aside and go directly to the fans. But he did so only after becoming a household name. The vast majority of musicians will never find an audience large enough to let them quit their day jobs without a staff of marketing and promotions people who know how to book a tour, make a video and get their CDs into stores”.
- Myself, three hours ago: “It is refreshing, however, to see an article in which the word "slut" retains its original pejoritive sense rather than being embraced or re-appropriated to serve a political (or sexual) agenda.” I'm just terribly pleased with the way that sentence looks.
