Archive for October, 2009

McSweeneys, E-Readers and Cultural Elitism

Posted 09 October 2009 | By | Categories: Arts Biz, Culture | No Comments

Last night I attended an author event in San Francisco where Nick Hornby was interviewed by Dave Eggers.  Towards the end of the evening, an audience member asked Hornby’s opinion of E-readers.  A palpable shudder went through the crowd; you could feel the room waiting and rooting for the bash to come.  Hornby went one better, bringing [...]

How To Fill Your iPod or iPhone With Random Albums

Posted 05 October 2009 | By | Categories: Music - Current, Technology | 3 Comments

I’m a music obsessive with over 200GBs of MP3s in my iTunes library.  I use a 16GB iPhone and had been loading it principally with my ‘New’ finds and stuck with a few ‘No Deletes,’ leading to a selection of music that rarely suited my moods and provided very few safe old favorites.  All too [...]