Posts Tagged ‘artist’

The 2009 Grammy Awards

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

This week, I found a trunk filled with the scrolls of Zebiniki, an expelled student of Nostradamus. Apparently, he had some information about the 2009 Grammy Awards, but his penmanship was simply terrible. Luckily, we have all of it at Mahalo:

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Amazon.com: Print Through Us…Or Else

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Authors are now publishing their own books without a publisher. And some artists are releasing free audiobooks online, making money just like Radiohead or shareware software authors: via that old standby, The Tip Jar. You, the consumer, pay what you think is fair. The artist keeps every cent (or the vast majority of it) without the usual tangled mess of shady characters each taking ‘their cut’.Pretty good for everyone around, eh?Well … it has been so far. But over the last week, Amazon.com announced something rather startling. All Print-On-Demand authors are now required to have their books printed through Amazon exclusively — or they will no longer enjoy a Buy Now button on Amazon.com.

Mark Jeffrey: Amazon.com: Print Through Us…Or Else – Media on The Huffington Post

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Show #15: Autumn

Friday, September 14th, 2007

A bit of news, status on projects, an essay on autumn, and some excellent music. Enjoy!

Music Credits:

  • Intro: Cruisin’ Around Second Life (MoShang/Brad Reason) from the Asian Variation album
  • Under the Essay: Lord May’s Set by Shira Kammen from the Wild Wood album (Magnatune)
  • Remember the Name (MoShang/Fort Minor) from the Asian Variations album
  • Shetland Set by Shira Kammen from the Wild Wood Album (Magnatune)

In the show, I say Sheila, instead of Shira Kammen. My apologies to the artist. I am a worm.

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Ginley vs. The Art Show

Monday, January 15th, 2007

The always-insightful, ever-cutting Bridget Ginley takes us behind the scenes into the bureaucratic world of trying to enter a local art show in her blog:

“I was met by a ‘ city worker ‘ who was much more into debating the decent – ness of the FREE TIMES with the angry artist type who was in front of me to enter. After suffering through both their worthless and unintelligent opinions, the angry artist left and I had to deal with Capt Doofus-I-WoRK-FOR-PARKS-&-RECREATION jackass…..

HE explains what to fill out, I already have in his blathering, he seems SHOCKED I would do this without him telling me to…then he brings out the Lables for the art, which again, are filled out in my waiting for them to shut up and proceed while bitching about a weekly Porn advertisement with some articles…again, I have filled out information without being told to and he just kinda gets…pissed…then he all in all nearly loses it when I offer my entry form, pulled off the internet..

‘WHERE DID YOU GET THIS ?!? HOW DID YOU GET THIS ? I DID NOT GIVE THIS FORM TO YOU !!! WHERE IS THIS FROM?’

i offer it pulled it off the National Arts Program website, i get :

‘ WHOSE website ? THEY HAVE ONE ? ALL OF THIS INFO IS WRONG….’ but then he looks it over and notices there is just oneJUST ONE thing different…….and flipps AGAIN…..

the website tells you that the items you enter do not have to be for sale…so I have not priced my items thinking I have that option….EL WRONGO – he freaks out, his white guy afro a tizzy;

‘ THESE HAVE TO BE FOR SALE !!! THIS IS A FOR PROFIT GALLERY AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME BREAD HERE TO COVER WHAT WE ARE DOING… ‘

(read more: erie.effusion.)

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