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The Godfather has long been one of my very favorite films. The March issue of Vanity Fair has an article that details how the film was made and many of the obstacles the producers and Coppola faced trying to make the movie. Can you imagine if Ernest Borgnine really ended up playing the role of Don Corleone or if Frank Sinatra had successfully halted the film’s development?
Chuck Klosterman has reviewed the long awaited Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy. Klosterman likens the act of reviewing the album, which took over a decade to produce to reviewing a unicorn.
Here is a great interview with Tricky in which be discusses what it means to be a Brit.
The fawning letter I quickly wrote Thomas Frank after reading “Blessed Are the Persecuted: How Joe the Plumber Fits the GOP Narrative,” an opinion piece he wrote for today’s Wall Street Journal.
Dear Thomas,
Just a quick note to say that you hit the nail on the head in your opinion piece. My friends and I often discuss how the right is bound by—far more than any unifying political idea—the notion of being under seige (by blacks, by gays, by Mexicans, by feminists, by intellectual elitists, and so on and so on); they truly envision themselves as the victims of an ever encroaching culture created by those who seek to undermine, and perhaps even destroy, the American way of life itself. In such a brief article you manage to prove both the futility and idiocy of this way of thinking—plus, I love the idea that the need for such victimization to manifest itself in a tangible way results in things like the “B” hoax. Anyway, just dropping a line to applaud your summation of the truly frightening approach to the world that has, unfortunately, come to define the outlook of the Republican party.
Thanks,
Kali Holloway
Muxtape was a short-lived website that enabled users to share mix-tapes of 12 songs or less in a streamable fashion. The site was simple, easy to use and blew up almost overnight with success. As one might predict, the site’s creator was forced to shut down for copyright infringement. The truly odd part of the story is that users couldn’t download the music; this site was simply a way to turn people onto tracks they didn’t own. So in short it was great for everyone. Music was getting exposure and albums were being purchased as a result.
Oddly enough, several major record labels understood the talents of the site’s creator and wanted to usurp his knowledge. While it is still posted on the site, its worth checking out in his own words the story of what happened and where muxtape is going. It’s truly pathetic that the major labels stand by their posture of holding onto an antiquated way of doing business and fail to embrace the work of enthusiastic music lovers who offer free publicity.
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