Never Mind The Capslocks
Blogs are to internet publishing what punk was to popular music.
Bloggers, like pun bands, started of with an idea, and with very little technical ability, they just “had a go” and found that not only could they do it, but people were interested in what they had to say. And like punk, a lot of it was shit.
Then bands started to get signed, just like bloggers started getting syndication deals with commercial websites and newspapers. No one was more surprised than themselves.
The 80’s came and with them a more polished sound. I’m talking your Lionels, your Phils. Maybe even your Whitneys. Header artwork, proper domain names, proprietary email. And that’s where we are now.
You know what I’m thinking?
Blog Aid.
RSS Feed the World.
“Send in your fucking comments.”
June 29th, 2006 at 11:59 am
There’s already a 24-hour ‘blogathon’, or something, wherein the participants blog once an hour for 24 hours.
Or something.
June 29th, 2006 at 2:55 pm
By the way- Never Mind the Capslocks - genius.
June 29th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Were we talking about Stanley Jordan earlier? I think here’s a guy who can give him a serious run for his money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k
June 29th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
www.erikmongrain.com
June 30th, 2006 at 10:22 am
Liked the title of the post, and I kind of knew you were heading somewhere good. But you really lost me at Lionel, Phil, and Whitney. That’s enough to put anyone off! There is such a thing as overproduction and too much polish. Or maybe I missed the irony?
June 30th, 2006 at 10:40 am
Cheers *
And Ed - that’s incredible
July 1st, 2006 at 5:10 pm
I’m a little off-topic, perhaps — but irrelevant comments are considered one of a blog-commentor’s freedoms.
On the day of this post, the heads of state of Japan and America went to Graceland to pay homage to THE [sorry ’bout the cap thing] great and scandalous rock figure of the Fifties.
How long now before the Queen kneels before an alter for the Sex Pistols? [By queen, of course, I mean Queen Chelsea Clinton Windsor, wife of King Henry.]
July 1st, 2006 at 5:34 pm
IF Royalty ever tried it, I think they’d be in for a serious row. You saw what they did with teh Hall of Fame;)