Surfing the New York Times before departing on a trip (don’t expect too many updates until my return on June 7), this article on blogs mentioned my 2nd cousin Eric Alterman, who appears to have his own blog on MSNBC (kind of ironic because he styles himself a figure of the official counterculture yet his writings are surrounded by constant flashing ads that remind us that one can never escape the corporate voice in American media). I haven’t seen Eric for at least 10 years but thanks to his blog I’m learning some things about him. He seems to be an expert on contemporary music (our side of the family typically concentrates on the Bach to Bartok/Stravinsky period, which requires a lot less effort to maintain because you don’t run the risk of some punk laughing at you for having BeeGees albums; classical music nerds today listen to the same stuff that I listened to in the 1970s). I’ve never heard of most of the people mentioned in Eric’s blog, though the implication is that they’re somehow important, which can make it tough to read for someone as ignorant as myself. Still it is worthwhile because he finds fun links such as this BBC story.
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Phil,
I’m not surprised that combining Business with Counter-culture runs in your family. I think the opportunities here with the Internet are untapped, and Blogs can take this further. As we were
talking the other day, there was no Counter-culture in the days of Picnic and other movies. The only choice we had was
family fare. Now today we have so many more choices, and this means high profitability for those who take advantage of this. The secret
is to use the technology to offer more Counter-culture, giving options to the people. I
haven’t told you about my experience with the Women of the Amazon (.com) yet, but a write-up is HERE. Basically they will chat with you
in your E-mail. Now Amazon should consider updating past E-mail and Lists, and give Blogs to all. This way everyone can help build the Counter-culture and it will be very profitable for us.
Keep thinking more about this. I think we may have stumbled upon something great. I wonder if audio Blogs can offer streaming music all day and night with subversive favorites, from the Beatles to all
the other choices, like Punk.