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David Byrne - How to be a musician in a digital world

December 24th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Last week, David Byrne interviewed Thom Yorke of Radiohead for Wired, about their battle with record companies and their ultimate decision to produce and distribute their own music. This was punctuated a few months ago by releasing their latest album, In Rainbows, through their own site, and allowed fans to name their own price […]

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Tags: Art Life · Big Business · Economics · Marketing · Music & Sounds · Technology

The Czech Dream, The hoax superstore of the Czech Republic

September 9th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

In the late ’80s, Czechoslovakia became a democratic state, and in 1993 peacefully separated into two countries - the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With democracy came capitalism and advertising, and with capitalism and advertising came The Hypermarket. Hypermarkets are the world’s superstores, selling shoes and spinach, pipe wrenches and pumpkins, all you would […]

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Tags: Big Business · Cinema · Czech Republic · Documentary · Installation Art · Marketing · Performance Art