Not much here today. Something to do with the three-for-one beer deal last night, perhaps.
- Notes From the Underground explains
what the ailing record industry can learn from a successful subway musician.
According to what he sees, $5 is what people will pay for a CD from a musician they’ve never heard before. That sounds about right to me. I’ll generally go to $7.99 in the bargain bin, even. More than that, and I have to be able to hear more than a 30-second clip of the music before I’ll decide to plunk down my dollars. [accordionguy] - Over at Boing Boing, Cory has a modest proposal for non-evil social services. Meanwhile, jr’s into Anti-Social Networking. I dunno. I think I like jr’s idea better, but maybe that’s just because Cory doesn’t read me. [boing boing]
- Pixar to End Talks with Disney! Woo! The bugz are finally free of the bondage of the mouse! [jr]
- Minnesotans grin and bear cold spell, as yesterday’s high only got to 8 below. We’ve been fresh out of Fahrenheits for a while. Even the heavily salted puddles in my garage froze yesterday. [press-patch]