Posts by TroyHoward
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
sweet ... thanks!
-
Fortunately/Unfortunately working in the publishing biz leaves me with waaay to many books to list....so I'll keep it brief.
Top 5 - in no particular order:
Any Calvin and Hobbes. I have Bill Watterson's genius lying around the house, readily available for reminding me about the pretentiousness of art, why tv sucks, why childhood is so precious and why imaginary friends rock.
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk. The only book that convinces you that going out and getting punched in the face is a good thing.
The Stand and The Talisman - Stephen King. The first "grown up" books I read when I was in 4th form.
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller. Yosarian, Milo, these guys should have statues made of them. We need more books like this - It's one i think GW Bush should read.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - A book I understand more now that I've spent time in a place like Pirsig did.
-
ah yes i too am looking for the podcast?
-
Just had a thought? What stand does APRA have in regard to dvds and the like?
Does Bond and Bond have to pay for screening Monsters Inc over and over and over again to demo a plasma telly?
-
So is APRA a worldwide outfit? Would streaming in web radio from Poland get around them? How do they police it? What if you don't pay?
-
Yeah, fair enough I guess....but the radio as well? Isn't that 'paid for' already?
-
Whangarei, circa 2001. APRA 'employees' send out letters enmass to businesses.
Short version = "You play compact disc or radio for customers. You pay money for privilege. "
Letters not answered are followed up by said APRA employees with a "Professional and Courteous" visit to business premises to collect cheque.
APRA did very well out of that little bit of extortion. To the tune of $75 per business per year. Oh and plus GST.
-
So the end of cover bands is nigh?
-
Based on these submissions, the logical next step for the RIANZ to take is to insist that a consumer is not allowed to remember the actual content of any music at all. Forget time limited DRM media on your "devices" - your brain has to be next.
Say for example that I like singing Metallica to my kids when I put them to bed at night. Or that my wife enjoys my rendition of Walk this Way by Aerosmith and Run DMC when I'm in the shower (Word Up - My rapping is dope).
Aren't I depriving those artists of income just as much as I would have if I have had "Stream Ripped" those tracks? What about all the other tunes rumbling around in my brain? I wont be able to belt out my version of Lovefool by the Cardigans when I drop the in-laws off to lawnbowls on a sunny Sunday morning.
What about cover bands? How do they get away with it? They don't pay the songwriter/composer royalties for reproducing their work for commercial gain? Podcasters can't do it, so why should they?
...I'm mean... jeez wayne.
-
Conservapedia, Godtube...jeez wayne - what's next? JesusSpace?
BTW, you know that kinda cool science/nature/boardgames/geeky toys/telescope shop Nature Discoveries? www.nature.co.nz
Paid any attention to their tagline: Helping you Explore the Wonders of Creation
A few years ago these guys used to stock a range of fauxscience religious books. Gone are the books but the creation comment is interesting.
Be interested to hear if anyone has spoken to staff in the stores about it....