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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Andre Fischer Joins IPR
We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Andre Fischer to IPR in the role of Director of Music Industries. In this role, Andre will be responsible for cultivating strategic partnerships and promoting outreach efforts to develop statewide, national and … Continue reading
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P.O.S. Drops New Album on February 3, 2009, Plays First Avenue Mainroom Saturday
Nobody in music mixes wit and spleen with so much considered abandon. Stefon “Stef” Alexander, AKA P.O.S., has long been adept at writing lyrics between everyday life’s cracks–a line here, a line there– wherever (including coffee shops, which he’s not … Continue reading
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Lessig! Lessig! Lessig! Three: Obama Deploys Exalted Webhead Search Party
Walking the walk behind much of his talk, Lessig drops a remix of a remix of his “Change Congress” remix at Web 2.0 Summit 2008. For a few days last week, trawling for media-related change revelations made me feel like … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, General Media, Multimedia, Politics
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Lessig! Lessig! Lessig! Halftime Show III (Final Act): Taiga! Taiga! Taiga!
Super-thick, beautifully printed gatefold jacket, double, 220 – gram, Czech virgin vinyl, jazz reimagined for electronics–all for around 20 bucks. No wonder I’m in like. While the smoking ban has pretty much snuffed our live experimentica scene, Minneapolis suffers … Continue reading
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Lessig! Lessig! Lessig! Half-time Show II: How I Spent My Halloween Vacation
White Iron Lake relaxes between mysterious moments. Hearing a massive wolf chorus on the half-baked holiday immediately following my birthday didn’t faze me in the least. Like most Devil’s Night babies, I love deep, raw sounds, and White Iron … Continue reading
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Exploring Virtual Worlds (Lich King Chronicles I): Preparations for Northrend
Thirteen hours after Wrath of the Lich King hit store shelves worldwide, World of Warcraft celebrated its first “evel 80. ” Well, almost. With his hand-picked, number crunching crew, French player “Athene,” the self-described “best Paladin in the world,” exploited … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Multimedia
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Exploitation, Censorship, Paying Extra for Endings, and WoW; a Week in Gaming News
Exploitations R Us At Activision Blizzard’s latest earnings call, CEO Bobby Kotick claimed the company dumped the Ghostbusters game and industry legend Tim Schafer’s next title, Brutal Legend, because they couldn’t be “exploited every year on every platform with clear … Continue reading
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Lessig Half-Time Show: Young Minneapolis Media Contender Loses Multiple Organs
Minnesota’s collective bulb dims a bit in the wake of the MnIndy staff-trimming orgy. “We are streamlining operations with a more centralized editorial system to support the entire news network as it grows,” Center for Independent Media president and CEO … Continue reading
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Lessig! Lessig! Lessig! Pt. II: Why Lessig? Why, Look!
Exploring the confluence of policy, technology, and art at Google’s New York office, Lessig keeps the long tail in a ferocious headlock just long enough to explain why it’s too narrow. Just for fun, let’s blaze through the back story … Continue reading
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Violent Videogames Linked to Aggressive Behavior and the Potential Aftermath
Give a kid a videogame, what happens next? A recent, and apparently reputable, study has “confirmed” that violent videogames cause aggressive behavior among America’s youth. Given that this topic has been beaten to a bloody Jared Leto in Fight … Continue reading
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