Slog - Comments on Arts in America http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35 Beck: Too slack to create his own album artwork. --Apple's iPod and iTunes face another challenger: now RealNetworks and SanDisk are teaming up to release a portable music player that more closely links with RealNetworks' Rhapsody online music service. --Dave Chappelle is moving back to Yellow Springs, Ohio. Chappelle recently spurned a $50 million offer to continue his Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central. (That sound you hear is Chappelle's agent weeping.) Dave's now back on the standup circuit. --Beck drops the Nigel Godrich-produced The Information Oct. 3. What makes this album distinctive is the bonus DVD containing homemade videos... Copyright 2007 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:41:50 -0800 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:55:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Kat I have a kind of random African American Lit question:

Are there any good books out there dealing with the African American experience during the Great Depression?

]]> Kat http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465503 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465503 Arts Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:15:02 -0800 Comment by Dougsf “blank package with one of four collectible sticker sheets specially designed by artists handpicked by Beck.” This allows Beck fans the chance to design a personalized CD cover—..."

Cool! I hope one of the collectable stickers looks like a erupting volcano and that gold sticker-on letters will be included!

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465506 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465506 Arts Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:17:42 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I think it's a commentary on how fashion chooses women who are starving. Beck obviously is ahead of the curve. Just think of the Lyrics to "Loser":

No antitode.
I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me.

It's obviously a pre-echo of the desperate starving Spanish models and their wish to die, due to the harm they're causing young girls.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465512 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465512 Arts Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:24:22 -0800 Comment by Gitai I don't think anything is going to get hardcore downloaders to buy CDs. It's just such a pain in the ass to actually go to a store, buy a CD, bring it home, rip it, and play it. After that, the CD itself is just taking up room. Then, that nifty CD cover you made is just sitting there collecting dust.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465596 Arts Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:14:55 -0800 Comment by The CHZA I love Beck. Beck is cool. Cool enough to not care if he gets money or not - you know, one of those artist types. I support Beck by digging him. Just not into my pockets. I could spend the money on food instead. Beck would want me to eat.

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465683 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465683 Arts Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:56:21 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie I'd like to see a survey on how many people actually buy music in stores these days, as opposed to downloading it. I still mostly go to record shops for my music, but then I'm pushing 40 and I've got a little disposable income.

Has anyone seen any numbers on this? Just curious.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465733 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/arts_in_america_35#c465733 Arts Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:55:42 -0800