I agree with Michelle Obama when she says that for the first time in her adult life she is proud of America. Perhaps it is difficult to hear and I cannot speak for the Senator’s wife about her experiences or motivations. But for me, it is not because of all the young people who have [...]
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Bonime’s Law: As Hardware Improves, Software Degrades — True in Music, TV and Movies As Well
Posted in marketing, media, music, sociology, technology, tagged CD, code, computers, computing power, creativity, downloading, hardware, hi def, high definition, illeagl, movies, mp3, music, programmer, quality, screen, software, surround sound, TV on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I developed Bonime’s Law a long time ago when personal computers had no hard drives, dual 5.25” floppy drives, 256K RAM, and a CPU that ran at 1.44Hz.
In those days the killer apps were word processors like Wordstar (later, WordPerfect from Satellite Software Incorporated), Spreadsheet/database combos like Lotus 123, and no graphics. The text based screens [...]
But Enough About Me: Googling Yourself
Posted in media, sociology, technology, tagged blog, blogging, C.H.U.D., citation, google, googling, hollywood, movie, music, producer, Web on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure you’ve all done it even though you may not like to admit it.
Maybe you do it when no one’s around. Maybe you turn out the lights and wait till the house is empty. But sooner or later, most of us, whether we admit it or not will go ahead and without any shame, [...]
C.H.U.D. AND THE CITY: Can Hollywood Show Us True Evil?
Posted in media, philosophy, sociology on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In 1983, I produced a little horror movie called C.H.U.D. The movie had not one, but two meanings. Fans will note that the posters all said that C.H.U.D. stands for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers while the plot turns on its true meaning of Contamination Hazard Urban Disposal. The first meaning was supplied by [...]
The Appeal of Evil – or Why I Got Out of The Movie Business for Ten Years
Posted in media, philosophy, sociology on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Evil in the Supermarket
So I’m in the ole A&P and there’s this guy wearing a tee shirt that says “Criminal Intent” in three inch block letters. An aisle down there is a six-year-old girl with a pink tee that says “Naughty”. Back home, on the TV, there’s one of those awful local [...]
THE MEDIA AS SOCIAL ORGANISM: Or How Big Bird and Earl Warren Put a Hole In The Ethical Ozone Layer
Posted in media, philosophy, sociology on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today, as the first generation reared under the influence of ubiquitous electronic media has taken control in the fields of journalism, television, movies, advertising and public relations, we face a moral and ethical crisis of serious and historic consequence.
The seemingly irreconcilable interests of commerce and social responsibility tend to tug the media [...]
A Boomer’s Adventures in MySpace
Posted in marketing, media, music, sociology on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When I opened my music label Cloudshine Global Music, I did what the common wisdom dictates you should do: Get on MySpace and build up a fan base. As a 50+ baby boomer, I felt a little like Dorothy must have felt at her first glimpse of color after leaving black and white Kansas. But I [...]
