10.10.09

@anything

Posted in Art, contemporary, cultblender, culture, ego, erwin fisser at 7:50 am by cultblender

Getting/becoming/being

really scared,
-what- to do, to think, to see, to do, to write, to eat, to do,
Not much good for anything,
breathethinkbreathethinkbreathethinkbreathethinkbreathethinkbreaththinkbreathethinkbreathethinkbreathethink

@anything

Decent, reasonable, mediocre+,
Above the line, outside of the f-ing box,
(What idiot came up with that one?)
At least I’m not diagnosed,

No one cares,
no one really cares,
not really,
why should they?

Anyone.

Shortness or out of
breath.

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10.05.09

Wondering about torrenting…

Posted in 1, business, companies, cultblender, economy, erwin fisser, marketing, media, music tagged copying, copyrights, downloading, mp3, music, music industry, torrents at 10:43 am by cultblender

I am sure that there is someone out there with sufficient legal knowledge who can answer this: when you buy an album (record, cd, tape Blu-Ray whatever)… what do you actually buy?

Do you buy a physical product or do you buy the right to enjoy a non-physical product (meaning: the music)? In most countries, you are allowed to make a back-up copy of a cd that you bought. In the old days, this would have meant that you would copy your vinyl album to a tape. Which was great, because that meant you could listen to it in your car. Hurray!

(il)legal copying
With modern CD’s for the majority of us, with insufficient technological knowledge, it’s been made useless (if not: virtually impossible) to make a back-up copy. Sure, you can still copy from CD to tape (if you can find a device that still plays tapes), but you cannot copy from CD to computer, other CD or mp3 player unless you apparently break some law or other. And of course, you’ll have to buy a CD that hasn’t been protected. Anyway;
If you buy a CD, is it then still illegal to download a mp3 version of that same album for your iPod or laptop? I’m guessing it is, but I can’t figure out the logic behind this.

Two’s company
There are only two reasons I can think of and both seem ridiculous.

1. you do not buy the right to enjoy the music. You only buy the right to play the carrier. Why would this be ridiculous? Well, if you have a nail and a wall you would like to drive the nail into, but you do not own a hammer… it would be illegal for you to borrow a hammer from your neighbour.

2. You are not allowed to download a mp3 version of an album you legally bought, because this would make it too easy for other people to illegally download that product as well. In this case, even though it is generally agreed that you are in fact not doing anything wrong, but your actions coud potentially make it easier for someone else to do something illegal. For which you are then punished. This would be even worse than Tom Cruise in Minority Report (which, admitted, wasn’t a bad film at all….)

The proof of the album is in the downloading
If you are still with me, I think it is safe to assume that you do not find this subject boring. The reason why these questions could be interesting is because it may be interesting to know what record companies actually do, now that the actual record has become obsolete. Artists can record, produce and distribute from the comfort of their own coffeeshop with the help of nothing more than a laptop computer and internet connection. Why do we need record companies at all? Because they provide something called ‘marketing’ to their ‘product’ ? And for that, do they deserve to get the majority of all the revenue? I think most of us will agree that the artist that made that lovely music, deserves to make a buck off it. But you just may feel differently about the guy in a suit on the top floor om some office building.

As I remember shouting along at a Biohazard concert, somewhere around 1995: “Music for you and me, not the fucking industry…“

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09.22.09

Leave me alone

Posted in 1, Art, cultblender, ego, erwin fisser tagged buying, commercialism, driving, erwin fisser, fisserman, hood, park, poem, poetry, shopping, society at 8:42 am by cultblender

Please leave me alone while I go shopping,

I don’t want to drive to church,

I want to just drive,

Your minty fresh white smile shines,

from the hood into everlasting happiness,

I wish I could park somewhere, anywhere.

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08.25.09

Posted in 1, Art, Culture & philosophy, Words on their own, advertising, business, companies, contemporary, cultblender, culture, economy, erwin fisser, marketing, media, popular culture, society, sustainability tagged cultblender, culture, economy, erwin fisser, marketing, media, more at 7:11 am by cultblender

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08.13.09

Egomarketing

Posted in 1, Art, Words on their own, contemporary, cultblender, ego, erwin fisser, freedom at 7:11 am by cultblender

As I leisurely murder,
from the bridge to nowhere,
(Yes, Ketchikan Alaska)
chewing professional gum,
I suspect I feel,
sold out,
not selling out.

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08.12.09

Best five (5) albums ever – Objective standards

Posted in 1, Art, Culture & philosophy, contemporary, cultblender, culture, erwin fisser, moderate life, music, reviews tagged aitken, belle and sebastian, best albums, best ever, britney spears, charts, coldplay, compliation album, excellent musicians, favourites, genesis, history, listmaking, music, music album, objective, ok computer, rick astley, ringo starr, rolling stone, rules, standards, stock, tigermilk, timberlake, top five, waterman at 2:50 pm by cultblender

With the rise of Facebook an old preteen habbit has again surfaced among tweens and thirty-somethings: the making and sharing of lists of (among others) favourite things; Five best actors, Five best books et cetera. Usually, these lists are nothing more than vehicles of an aspired image and in many cases it is doubtful that the listed books are actually read (Kafka and Tolstoy in the same list as Harry P.?) A lot of these lists are formed on the basis of personal taste, but they are rarely presented as such. It’s never ‘the five albums I personally like’, no it’s ‘the BEST five albums ever’. It’s possible to set some easy rules for making such a ‘best and not personal favourite’ list. I will give you that list of rules. You’re welcome. (And what that list of ’five best albums ever’ actually is… I’ll leave it up to you to bother your own circle of contacts with.)

1. A good album is diverse

Techno

A good album is like a good meal. Once in every while, you’re presented with different flavours, different textures. It’s one of the main differences between cuisine and fast food. Unfortunately, this rule means that all your Techno and Death Metal albums are out of the competition. An album that sort of sounds the same from beginning to end does not build up to anything, nor does it surprise you at any point. After one track it’s merely ‘there’. Remember: it’s not about (my) taste. It’s an objective standard.

Ringo is an excellent drummer

2. A great album is recorded by excellent musicians.
It is not possible to make a ‘top 5′ album, when the band has to drag one of it’s members along… or when a crappy producer is hired. Great music may sound like you could’ve played it yourself, but believe me: you couldn’t. This rule -surprisingly- also means that Ringo is an excellent drummer after all. Who knew?

Good, not great

3. Ending up high in the charts is not a factor, but decent sales are.
I’m guessing there will be no debate over the fact that Britney Spears has no place in a ‘Top five of best albums’ list. However, there are people that would make a case for, say ‘Tigermilk‘ by Belle and Sebastian. Sorry. A great album will by definition have more decent sales. Greatness will move -perhaps- not masses, but large quantities of people nonetheless. At the same time it can be argued that if an album is number one in a lot of charts, for a long, long time, it may be that the album is not great, but well-marketed.

4. A good album can be easy and simple, a great album -by definition- is not.

It wasn't great then...

This rule has a lot in common with the previous two. Successful producers as Stock, Aitken and Waterman (or even Justin Timberlake) make music that is as easy to the ear as a Whopper is to the tongue. sometimes you just feel slutty and you think you need it. but afterwards you feel defiled and empty. That sort of thing. You can never identify a great album at first play. You have to get used to it. A great album challenges you to hear many things you have never heard before.

5. Compilations don’t count

... and it isn't great here...

Personally I cannot think of a compilation album that I would rate ‘great’ anyway, but you never know. A compilation is exactly what it is called; compiled singles. That will never make a well-balanced album. Not even if you’re Genesis. A great album is by definition more than merely the sum of it’s songs added together. Something extra happens. Like mixing Coke with Mentos, but musical..

6. Great albums have inspired other -really good- albums

Nice styling though...

If you have a couple of really good (but not yet great) albums at home, go and find out who and what inspired those albums. Good chance you’ll end up listening to something truly great. A great album is the definitive work of a genre and a start of something (completely) new at the same time. Again, this is not an opinion, it’s an objective rule of thumb. You may like Coldplay, their albums are not great.

So there we are. Six easy rules to get you started on finally deciding what five albums are the absolutely top bestest in the entire history. Go and make your list.

(Oh, one more piece of advice. if ’OK Computer’ isn’t on your list you’re setting yourself up to be justly ridiculed by the world.)

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08.04.09

Stand clear, escort required.

Posted in 1, Art, Words on their own, contemporary, ego, erwin fisser tagged Art, contemporary, culture, erwin fisser, fisserman, online, poem, poetry, social media at 5:44 pm by cultblender

My feet are killing me,
by Revlontm,

It’s not worth it,
when you think about the number,
Of [so called] contacts,
In your friends list,

-Just pick any-

that aren’t really friends,
just dead weight,
sucking up your digital air,

Because I’m worth it,
my feet are killing me,

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07.31.09

That’s all

Posted in Art, Words on their own, cultblender, ego, erwin fisser at 9:35 am by cultblender

Don’t get all technical on me, but,

could this be love?

This is different,
so there’s no problem there,

A bit geeky,
that’s all.

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07.23.09

Modify; timeline; layer properties

Posted in 1, Art, Culture & philosophy, Words on their own, contemporary, cultblender, culture, erwin fisser, freedom, medical, philosophy, society tagged actionscript, animation, Art, charity, contemporary, cultblender, erwin fisser, fisserman, flash, heaven, silicons, society, text, tits at 10:01 am by cultblender

Always separate static content from dynamic content.
Draw a line according to which you would like to see your object move across the stage. ‘Snap to objects’ is useful here

on (release, keypress “<enter>”) {play ();

Statement must appear within handler.

Shit.
No kidding.

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Lost.fm

Posted in 1, business, contemporary, cultblender, culture, ego, erwin fisser, marketing, media, music, web 2.0 at 7:47 am by cultblender

When I started my working week, right after I went to get that first cup of dreadful machine-made coffee I did what most desk dwellers do: I cranked up the pc. Quickly (… hm… a little ‘too’ quickly?) I noticed that I did not receive any e-mail on Monday. I am not one of the most popular people in the world, but NO e-mail on a Monday, that’s strange. I also saw that Firefox had mysteriously vanished. And not just the fox… All little pieces of flair (credit: ‘Office Space’) that I had installed to make the working day a bit more bearable were gone. [Optional. Insert an: 'AAAaaaarrggghhhh' here]

A quick call to the help desk: What had I done to bring down the wrath of the über-software forces upon me? As it turned out: nothing. Had I not yet noticed the newer, sleeker design of the pc underneath my desk? (I hadn’t)The quickness of the startup process? (Come to think of it… I had) The audible crispness of a newer surround sound system that greeted me as a welcome? (Guess I was just swallowing my coffee right then.) Ergo: my hard work was finally appreciated and I was awarded with a new pc.

I felt honoured, however, was it not possible to let me know in advance so I could have saved all my beloved personal bits of shareware, my prized collection of bookmarks, my library of legally downloaded music and video?
An external hard drive was presented to me. “Please take what you must and leave what you can.” Oh joy.

Then something amazing happened. My last.fm plugin was eagerly awaiting its re-installment. It looked damn cocky as it was completely certain it would be retake it’s position on my desktop and in the workbar. I hesitated. Some weeks ago I had gotten quite hooked on it’s radio, right up until the moment where it became a feature that you had to pay for. Now all it did was suck up speed and keep track of the music I listened to and display that information on a profile page. Was that interesting enough? I decided it wasn’t. Getting someone hooked on a really great application and charging them for it is extremely unfriendly and VERY 20th century. From last.fm, I had expected more.

The Last.fm plugin remains on my computer at home. however, it’s arrogance appears to be gone. As if its desperately trying not to make that one false move. One glitch, and that thing is out of the window forever.

Interested in my musical taste? Why wouldn’t you be. Check it here: http://www.last.fm/user/Fisserman

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That’s all

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Modify; timeline; layer properties

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