The music “industry” gets more and more interesting every week. In a nation like Australia where the tyranny of distance has always given record companies an edge by sheer fact of their providing distribution logistics, the internet is now turning all that on its head.
A YOUNG Australian heavy-metal band that has had no airplay on mainstream radio stations has sent shockwaves through the music industry by making it into the Top 10 of the ARIA charts. [via Sydney Morning Herald]
Of course these kinds of stories never apply to artists who appeal to grown ups, but the young punks of today are the bored middle-aged people of tomorrow. Makes me glad I don’t have shares in a record company!
I know I’m a notoriously early adopter, but I’ve just switched to Google Reader as my primary feed reader. Apart from the fact that it means I can read my feeds on any internet enabled device (including my BlackBerry) the thing that really won me over is an integrated “shared items” feature. Simply by ticking a news item as shared within the reader window, goolge creates a blog-like page of all the stuff I’ve found interesting which I can share with my friends and family… and best of all, it happens behind the scenes without my having to lift a finger. The page it creates even has a feed of its own!
Here’s my shared items.
Now, admittedly there’s no commenting or any of the other fun stuff that goes with a real blog, but even so, I think this is pretty damned cool!
Yet another step forward in Google’s global domination!
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My father was a fireman for around 30 years. Throughout my childhood, one of the great perks of having a fireman for a dad was that it meant you got pretty good access to the fire station… which is pretty cool when you’re a boy.
I can say, for sure, that the old fire stations in Ipswich NEVER looked this good…
This incredible structure is in Houten, Netherlands and was designed by Samyn & Partners, a local firm – [via the cool hunter]
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