The Frustration Of Gatekeeping Around Modern Cassette Culture
Thanks to the rise of the cassette in the 21st century, indie and unsigned performers have an alternative to online streaming… if the existing culture doesn’t scare them away.
Tag: war
I am shocked to discover mobile phone manufacturing happening in this bar
Kurt Eichenwald takes a look at Samsung/Apple for Vanity Fair, and the… interesting strategy that Samsung has used time and time again in regards to patents and competitive pressure: According to various court records and people who have worked with Samsung, ignoring competitors’ patents is not uncommon for the Korean company. And once it’s caught it launches into the same sort of tactics used in the Apple case: countersue, delay, lose, delay, appeal, and then, when defeat is approaching, settle. “They never met a patent they didn’t think they might like to use, no matter who it belongs to,” says
As Daffy Duck Would Ask, Does This Mean War?
It’s always interesting to wake up and find that you’re at war. The Archduke Ferdinand seems to have been this innocent tweet from a listener: The Guardian vs The Stage Edinburgh Fringe podcasts. The Stage’s wins hands down I’m afraid. @benmorrisillo The Guardian team had their reply ready: “This means podcast war! We won’t go down without a fight!” To which of course the only playground reply is “my Dad’s bigger than your Dad.” Which The Stage promptly did in their Chit-Chat column… Tabard’s completely unbiased view is that The Stage’s podcast is at least a million zillion gazillion times
