Every time I go to China, despite stereotypes, misconceptions and communism, I see great advantages to the culture there, especially in big cities like Shanghai and Beijing. But I didn’t realise how important the arts really were until reading this article form Asia Times: www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JL02Ad01.html Warning, if your american, this may likely offend you, because […]
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For years now, I’ve been racking my brain as to why the media seems to have no interest in even attempting to explain what is really going on in the music industry rather than spread PR driven hype from major corporations… This quote really says it all: “That’s what’s wrong with newspapers. Writing articles so
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Many who know me know I have no problem taking risks, and strongly stating my opinions and beliefs. In fact, right now i’m taking one of the biggest risks I ever have with a new venture that I’ll be blogging about in detail soon… That’s mainly because I feel that if you have to live
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Ever wonder what happens to your electronic devices when your done with them, and they no longer work, and it costs too much to fix them? Well, I did, and was excited that someone finally did a documentary about it to expose the secret life of dead electronics! Michael Zhao is a graduate from the
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I’ve always been intrigued with the concept of having personal feelings for a machine. I’m not sure what sci fi experience started it, probably Star Wars, back when my parents took me with them to see it in 1977 in the theatre (yeah, that’s right, I’m kinda old). Then again with Blade Runner. I became
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Bob Lefsetz has a lot of important truths to share about the future of music, and this sums it up in a nutshell: “This whole business is top-heavy. And these lumbering giants are trying to maintain their power, however ignorantly. The key today is leaving some money on the table. Be willing to give the
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Today in Vancouver, the front page of the newspapers was a proposed copyright bill in Canada. ‘Is your iPod breaking the law?” Once again, the government in it’s ignorance has caved to corporate industry, having no real idea what is going on with the future of copyright or music. The paper article quotes: “Rather than
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It never ceases to amaze me exactly how low the importance of children is in our society in terms of the priorities of things in our culture, country, political system etc. Lately, this painful reminder came during a meeting with our local government adoption agency, who handle children with possible developmental issues that we are
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