Archive | August 4, 2009

Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Elton John pod

by on August 4, 2009 in Music & Popular Culture, Tournament of Rock

Results: In the Hollywood Bowl region, Blues Traveler jumped out to an early lead. However, The Ramones maintained a steady pace and pulled away to win easily. The numbers: #5 The Ramones 46%: Blues Traveler 32%; Aerosmith 8%; Skinny Puppy 7%; Heart 6%. The Ramones advance to the Great 48. Next we shift to the […]

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Buddies

by on August 4, 2009 in Scholars & Rogues

by Terry Hargrove First, I need to define a term: fishing buddy. If you fish, you need a fishing buddy. Now, a fishing buddy isn’t necessarily a friend. He might mutate into a friend if he eats enough catfish or lives near a nuclear power plant, but he doesn’t have to. If you want a […]

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Why American media has such a signal-to-noise problem, pt. 2

by on August 4, 2009 in American Culture, Education, Internet, Telecom & Social Media, Journalism, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government, Scholarship & Theory, Science & Technology

Part 2 of a series; Previously: What Bell Labs and French Intellectuals Can Tell Us About Cronkite and Couric The Signal-to-Noise Journey of American Media The 20th Century represented a Golden Age of Institutional Journalism. The Yellow Journalism wars of the late 19th Century gave way to a more responsible mode of reporting built on […]

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