Friday, December 4 2009
Reconsidering the Revival of Cassette Tape Culture
At best, the cassette revival is merely a vacuous fad of no genuine value; but at worst, it's a confused, regressive cultural misstep more dangerous than most would care to admit.
Monday, September 14 2009
Music Scrobbling as a Panopticism of Taste
Among social networking sites, it's only Last.fm, only scrobbling -- which, once activated, operates entirely on its own, as an unconscious background function -- that channels the essence of Foucault's social panopticism.
Monday, May 18 2009
Whither MySpace?
Like good nightclub promoters, MySpace sought out the ladies, then created an experience that everyone enjoyed. But is the party coming to an end?




































