Mon 23 May 2011
Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Posted by anaglyph under Australiana, In The News, Web Politics, Words
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As much as I’m disparaging of journalists, I do encounter, very occasionally, some smart ones. Annabel Crabb, from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is such a writer. You may remember my very long post about modern artistic endeavour The King is Dead! Long Live the King! in which I discussed how we’ve come to value art (in a monetary sense) and speculated on its true worth. I did speak briefly about the status quo of journalism in that post, but mostly concerned myself with my own field of music.
It’s encouraging for me to see Annabel asking, in her article Finding a coin for the journalistic juke box, some of the same questions I did. When you propose an heretical idea, it’s nice to know that you’re not actually mad.
Good article, btw, you are mad Rev, I thought you realised this…
The King
Yes, well, there’s madness and there’s madness.
Yes, good article. Lots of food for thought. I really can’t make up my mind where I sit.
I think that our minds will be made up for us. We all need to find new ways to survive.
I saw yesterday an article about the release of a Sydney-based film called The Tunnel. On the release date the producers made it legally available to torrent for free.
IMDB has officially refused to list The Tunnel as a result.
Just as Rupert has stuck his head in the sand, so is the movie business. The change is coming folks.