July 21, 2004
She Bangs the Drums
Posted by nerdling | July 21, 2004 03:00 PM
I'm beginning to think I should have gone for my MA at Duke, as I originally intended. All incoming freshmen this fall will recieve a 20GB iPod from the university to be used for backing up and storing school (and other) files. The students even get to keep the iPods when the term is up, or if they leave the school.
Apple has finally inked a deal with European indies guaranteeing iTunes access to independent music from across the pond.
Part Two of Prefix's interview with Sam Beam of Iron & Wine.
The evil empire is condensing: the EU has approved the merger of Sony/BMG in Europe, turning the Big Five into the Big Four.
Occasionally Pitchfork deigns to cover news people outside of the P-fork Universe are interested in. Today they bring news that Wire, punk outfit extraordinaire, are releasing a DVD of their endlessly bootlegged 1979 concert for German television with remastered sound. It doesn't come out until October, but Pitchfork came through with a supplier that promises the DVD will be in stock "very soon."
I heard about the experiment a few months ago from Jim, but this might be interesting to some of you: a film based on the 1971 Standford prison experiment is in production, documenting the entire process in its frightening glory.
Lawyer and copyright defender Lawrence Lessig is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at this year's Consumer Electronics Association Industry Forum. Hopefully he will be able to talk some sense into paranoid bigwigs who fear that the internet is stealing away the profits from innovation.
