Archive for April, 2008
Are mix tape sites on solid legal ground?
April 1st, 2008CNET - “As my colleagues Rafe Needleman and Josh Lowensohn have noted, Muxtape appears to be a legal time bomb, merely awaiting the wrath of the Recording Industry Association of America, while Mixwit seems to exist on firmer legal footing. But are those impressions accurate? I decided to check in with some legal scholars to [...]
ilist
April 1st, 2008ilist - “ili.st are lists, twitter style.”
From Art School to the Hall of Fame
April 1st, 2008Rolling Stone - “To celebrate their excellent new album Accelerate, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and Peter Buck look back on their nearly three decades as one of America’s great modern rock bands.”
A Chat with NYC’s Coolest Culinary Librarian
April 1st, 2008IgoUgo - “Who boasts the best menu in New York? Our vote goes to Rebecca Federman, keeper of the New York Public Library’s culinary collection. The passionate bibliographer—and writer of Cooked Books—talks to IgoUgo about her fascinating job and favorite tables.” (via)
William Vollmann Turns In Uncharacteristically Slim Children’s Book
April 1st, 2008Best April Fool’s day post so far, from Edward Champion’s Return of the Return of the Reluctant - “The book, entitled Shooting Guns at the Gnus, is also illustrated by Vollmann. Vollmann hoped that the book would encourage young children to start firing guns early, so that they could get a sense of “what it [...]