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October 25, 2019

Dead Media Beat: the floppy disk

“Residual media,” an interesting term of art. https://hcommons.org/deposits/objects... “POOR BLACK SQUARES”: AFTERIMAGES OF THE FLOPPY DISK by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum University of Maryland Residual Media...

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October 24, 2019

Musica Globalista: Athanasius Kircher, “Modo Hypodorico”

*Athanasius Kircher composed music? Who knew? *It’s even pretty good!

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Cyberwarcon

*Good luck with that. It’s a convention CYBERWARCON is a one-day conference in the Washington D.C. area focused on the specter of destruction, disruption, and...

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Musica Globalista: Sitar Metal, “When Time Stands Still”

World’s First Song showcasing Tapping on Sitar • Stream/Download ‘Sitar Metal’ Album : iTunes Album : http://bit.ly/sitarmetalalbum Bandcamp Album : http://bit.ly/sitarmetalband Listen on Spotify :...

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October 21, 2019

Russian media commentators really enjoying themselves

*Oh come on, who can blame them. Be fair, what else could they say (…) “Unexpected triumph in the Middle East,” raved Mikhail Rostovsky in...

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Published on October 21, 2019 00:02

The transnational Asian meth racket

*A lotta money in this. The narcotics biz, late twenty-teens style (…) What emerges is a portrait of an organization that is truly transnational. Four...

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Published on October 21, 2019 00:02

October 18, 2019

Showtime: Nina Paley, “All Creative Work is Derivative”

*That’s pretty creative.

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Published on October 18, 2019 00:02

When even WIRED doesn’t like the disruptors any more

*Talk about tech-lash; gee whiz, this is pitiful. And to think that the 2020s are at hand. What are we gonna do for amazing hot-pink...

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Published on October 18, 2019 00:02

Dead Media Beat: Yahoo Groups

*Just because you and your pals do all the user-generated content, that doesn’t mean you get to keep your work. Quite the opposite, really. Hey...

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Published on October 18, 2019 00:02

October 17, 2019

Kalki Koechlin and Begum Kareena Kapoor Khan

*Bollywood Zindabad!

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Published on October 17, 2019 00:01

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