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It’s obviously still Monday, but I’m jumping the gun because I’m afraid I’ll forget to put the page up tonight at midnight. So without further ado, our own Grey Tuesday.

evan :: Feb.23.2004 :: Notices :: 4 Comments »

In response to all the hullabaloo and kerfluffle surrounding The Grey Album, Downhill Battle is calling for an act of civil disobedience. Next Tuesday, 2/24/04, is going to be Grey Tuesday: as many people as are willing are going to post the mp3s of The Grey Album on their website for 24 hours, in defiance of the wishes of EMI, who control The Beatles’ catalog of audio recordings. For what it’s worth, I’ve decided to participate.

I am persuaded by this effort partly because I think it’s ridiculous for EMI to exercise the full spread of its authority under copyright law to stomp on a mixtape that only pressed 3,000 copies and wouldn’t damage the value of their holdings in the slightest, so fuck them. Much more dastardly, however, is the fact that they have that authority in the first place.
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evan :: Feb.19.2004 :: Notions :: 7 Comments »

If one is founding a company or starting a brand or somesuch, one has to have a trademarkable name. I can respect that. Here’s what not to do, though: take a word out of the dictionary and just misspell it.

The good folks at Axium have obviously spent a lot of money on their shiny website. Too bad no one cares, because they can’t even spell axiom! It’s not snazzy, or jazzy, or even hi-tech. It’s a 4th grade mistake at best and it makes them look like a bunch of ignorant yokels.

I’m sure there are other MizSpelt^™ brands out there, but this particular one seems to have legs. I know we’re having trouble getting kids to read at grade level, but if this is what we have to show for our efforts, maybe we should just give up and get rid of compulsory education altogether.

(none of this is meant to suggest that I don’t enjoy creative misspellings as much as the next guy, though)

evan :: Feb.12.2004 :: NetBits :: 1 Comment »