Tralala Hate Club
January 31, 2008
Bitching + Moaning
Unexpected post by Hugh McLeod on Gaping Void about the Parisian literary microcosm. Hugh talks about a female friend of his, a Parisian, who wrote a novel and cant succeed in having it published. Hugh wonders why she refuses to publish that book on a blog. Let’s try to answer his questions from a french perspective.
Pop Songs Illustrated
January 29, 2008
Phineas X Jones posted an article on Signal Vs Noise on his art work for a folk rocker CD cover, his first ever. Phineas goes through every steps of the realisation, from the main idea to the twicky bit of photoshop. It is quite interesting to see how the idea blossom and how internet drastically speeds up the process.
But the truth is : the result is disappointing (and I wont show it here). Too complicated and technical, too many different colors and items. We just dont see what the real point is.
In Rainbows
January 8, 2008
Radiohead2.0
Radiohead aura donc réalisé le coup musical 2.0 de l’année : leur album In Rainbows en téléchargement (sur un site à la navigabilité plus artistique que commerciale), à un prix à la discrétion des internautes, potentiellement gratuit, donc. Le verdict est sans appel : cette opération leur aura rapporté plus que les royalties de tous les autres albums réunis.
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