Feed The Onion Goes Viral With Video (wired.com)
Submission + - More Boston Bomb Scares
Stanza writes: "I note via a livejournal entry that there was another bomb scare in Boston yesterday. However, searching around more mainstream press, there is only the video they link to, and a google search only comes up with two hits (one of which is boingboing.net, the other a satire site, also noting the lack of news on the subject).
There is some suspicion noted at the livejournal entry claiming that someone is calling favors to hide this. With such little noise in the media (it happened yesterday) it makes me wonder. Does this bother anyone else?"
There is some suspicion noted at the livejournal entry claiming that someone is calling favors to hide this. With such little noise in the media (it happened yesterday) it makes me wonder. Does this bother anyone else?"
Submission + - A way to break the major label monopoly?
Roger writes: "Who-is-roger.com is the homepage of a project intended to break the grip of major labels on the music industry and put power back in the hands of musicians. The idea is simple: use video sites like Youtube and Metacafe along with word of mouth advertising to promote the project while using online distribution channels like Myspace, iTunes, and Cafepress to sell the songs and merchandise. The videos tell a coherent storyline, with each one broken into an introductory video blog segment followed by a narrative video pertaining to the song. This keeps out all of the middlemen (managers, labels, etc.) and allows earned revenue to go toward ongoing recording and production expenses. Every penny the project makes goes to someone involved in the creative process, not to some label executive who is more concerned with the bottom line than good art.
You can find their most recent video here. The songs are available for purchase on their home website, under the heading "Songs.""
