We’re in the process of building a home for Fixture Records on the internet. Elran of Touchbasic (and Indyish) was kind enough to host us and set us up with professional-looking email addresses. The site is up at fixture-records.com so check it out and let us know what you think! The next step is putting [...]
The latest craze at Casa Pearson is the internet-based TV-show “Quarterlife.” I’m not sure I understand what it is, how it works, and whether I think it’s good.
On the surface, QL is a TV-show about 20-something artsy-types living in California, figuring out “who they are.” The main character is a blogger/aspiring writer/unconventionally beautiful and incredibly [...]
I just got back from Gilberto Gil’s second event here in Montreal, a kind of curated discussion between the Brazilian Culture Minister and Tropicalismo musical innovator and rebel Gil, the Digital Policy Coordinator Claudio Prado (sweetly anarchic and kind), and four academics and activists implicated in digital media.
Gilberto Gil, and Brazil as a whole, [...]
I am currently blogging, live from my bedroom. I just refrained from using a lot of exclamation points, but the deal is, I haven’t had the internet since July, when I moved here, out of lack of money and time to get it connected. I’m going to go straight up and say it, I’m impressed [...]
We promised more coverage…careful what you wish for people. “Field Notes” from the Team, a.k.a Tessa and her crew.
On Thursday, David Byrne spoke at the Future of Music Summit with his touring manager (who answered some questions at the end). Byrnes had prepared a Powerpoint presentation with piecharts and graphs that were mostly useful visual [...]