April 27, 2008

The Gays Get Married

I'm all for the gays getting good press, but c'mon guys at the Times: we're not all rich, preppie white guys. From the cover photo to the inside photos, the article makes it seem as if all gays have perfect white teeth and beautiful apartments with expensive furnishings. Could the reporter (or his photographer) have stepped out of his social circle and found more typical 20-somethings to profile?

April 22, 2008

EMI: Call off the Lawyers!

I've been using MP3tune.com's music storage service for almost a year and am perturbed to learn that music giant EMI has sued this small company charging "willful infringement of copyright." You can read about it here and download the complaint here. According to EMI, customers shouldn't be allowed to store a copy their own, purchased digital music for their own personal use. What's next - suing the makers of blank CD-ROM and DVD disks or external hard drives? What can you do to help? Jeez - the product is called "Music Locker," as in secure and protected! It is not a P2P system, nor does it make it possible to share music torrent-like with strangers. EMI should spend its efforts to find better A&R people. Here's a suggestion: Clive Davis is available....

April 18, 2008

Gonna Fly Now!

Laughed outloud at this mash-up of the Democratic primary to date: