Out of all the games I’ve played, my favorites usually involve a shotgun and a host of undead.

Head here you wet sots!

The backdrop, of course, is one we know well, a story we’ve heard ad nauseum at this point. Physical sales are decreasing (~20% Y/Y). The “two hit songs for $17 at Best Buy” business is over. Digital sales are increasing (~40% Y/Y) but it’s not making up the difference. Not only is digital not making up for physical sales, as the tracks are unbundled and the model is a singles-driven iTunes business, the actual value of a unit of music continues to plummet.

That said it’s with great respect and with the belief that I’m as big a lover of music as anyone in this room I admit to you:

I don’t care.

Breaks the music industry “crises” down in succinct and useful terminology.

]]> http://discardme.com/blog/2008/11/13/japanese-psa-about-food-habits/feed/ http://discardme.com/blog/2008/11/12/book-report/ http://discardme.com/blog/2008/11/12/book-report/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:44:49 +0000 discard http://discardme.com/blog/2008/11/12/book-report/ I got the distinct feeling yesterday that I was back in school.

I was sitting at my desk, typing furiously away at what eventually turned into a ten page single spaced project proposal, and felt as if I had something due in period 7 and if I didn’t get this shit done, it would affect my grade.

I have been out of school (high school, college or otherwise) for 3 years now.

But I guess after spending 72% of my lifetime in the halls of learning, it would become a part of my deeper psyche.

I still have nightmares occasionally about high school, though.

I am at school, the first period bell has rung, I am late for class, and I can’t find my locker. Then I find my locker, but I forgot the combination. Then I say screw it, and just go to class, but then I can’t find my class. And I know that something big is happening, like a test or something important is due.

Gah!

One is a crazy left wing socialist that will tank our country with taxes and horrible leadership.

The other is a crazy right wing clone of our current anti-christ president and will tank our country by single-handedly losing wars and sinking the economy.

WTF.

Who falls for this shit?

And why do two of the most highly funded political parties IN THE WORLD have to resort to such stupid advertising?

(Both questions are rhetorical and I know the answer to both, unfortunately.)

I laughed hard enough to cry twice.

Totally going to end up in my dvd collection.

1. A balanced budget with 10% reparation to debtors and a total tax rate below 25%
2. A simple straightforward tax code with a restructured IRS
3. Voting machines that actually work without failure (simple programming, opensource)
4. FDR era investment into infrastructure and JFK era investment into schools
5. Space elevator… seriously.

Any man proclaiming doom, has doomed themselves to failure.

…

As I looked into the well lit food case at Starbucks… I pondered how the hell dessert became breakfast.