Archive for June, 2009

The discreet charm of the Grateful Dead.

Friday, June 12th, 2009

What is a Deadhead? How do they get that way? Why, dear God, WHY? Daniel Chamberlain attempts to answer this question.

He does note that “only by avoiding actual Deadheads was I able to become a Deadhead” and that his latent Deadheadism “causes my girlfriend to worry that at a certain point of saturation, she’ll come home from work to find me reeking of patchouli oil, clad in vibrant pajama bottoms and a tank top decorated with capering bears, my dilated pupils being the only reason I haven’t yet found something to juggle.” A deeply frightening cautionary tale.

It’s not downloading, it’s games. Here’s the numbers.

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Charles Arthur from the Guardian nails music industry bollocks to a wall. The article is worth reading (the data was quite interesting to gather), but this chart shows the smoking gun:

Now, that’s journalism.