Links for 09-10-2007
Writing tips and tricks, music reviews, the music industry, Craig Venter, Arthur C. Clarke …
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1 – Album review: Ow – Moon Tan
“Moon Tan is a post-modern musical fairy tale – a certain Freudian darkness lurking beneath a seemingly innocent exterior. Listen and learn.”
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2 – Album review: Underworld – Oblivion With Bells
“Oblivion With Bells sees them doing what they’ve always done best – reflecting the world that dance music culture exists within, rather than that culture itself.”
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3 – Album review: H.I.M. – Venus Doom
“OK, their material really isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, me included – but who cares? Plainly not Valo and his gang – they’re making music they love, and doing a damn fine job of it, thank you very much.”
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4 – Writing blunders
“6 – Waking-up scenes: Please limit them to one per novel. And books that begin with someone waking up, well, I no longer just put them down–I hurl them and try for distance.”
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5 – A Method for Collaboration (on short fiction)
“What I’m about to describe is only one way to collaborate, and it assumes that the writers will be participating on an equal basis and are in the collaboration to learn and produce a really good story rather than for other ends.”
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6 – Radiohead generation believes music is free
“With both new and established acts now capable of making money without the backing of a big company, McGee says record labels are being left out of the loop.” Well, duh.
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7 – Sneaky White Hats Pull Surveillance Cam Switcheroo
“… they can redirect what video file is played back by an AXIS 2100 surveillance camera, a common industrial security camera that boasts a web interface, allowing guards to monitor a building from anywhere in the world.” Cheeky.
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8 – Remembering Sputnik: Sir Arthur C. Clarke
“We had already retired to our hotel rooms … by the time the news broke. I was awakened by reporters seeking an authoritative comment on the Soviet achievement. Our theories and speculations had suddenly become reality!”
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9 – Craig Venter: cracking the code to life
“When Craig Venter announced that he was going to unravel the human genome, it sparked one of the most bitterly contested races in the history of science. Here, in an extract from his new memoir, he describes the acrimonious sprint to the finish.”
