remember back before the internet when bands said they'd never put out CD'S and being punk meant being anti-corporate technology like computers ? (without the internet nobody saw they were any good for anything).
green anarchy seemed like a great idea. computers were ridiculously expensive one that couldn't even do what my bottom of the range Dell
can cost 5 times as much in real terms. they would never be accessible to the masses at that price.
cd's cost far more than vinyl, couldn't be copied to CD, were critizied for often not using the full 79 minutes of space.
then the internet arrived it seemed far too expensive for most people first but gradually by the end of the nineties it was something getting cheaper towards the point where i could afford or at least in the meantime look at it in the library.
it smashed a lot of peoples phobias about technology including my own. here was something developed and run by multinationals that was empowering and becoming difficult to do without who would have thought it !
now everyone just excepts using software made by the biggest companies in the world as being a mild inconvience.
i am wondering does anyone know know anybody born after the 70's who is anti- computer or CD ? i.e. people who grew up with technology.
there are still a few older people (30-40) who are anti CD but most of its ranks have long since folded.
does 'fuck technology' still exist ?
vinyl was long considered the punkest format but i propose a new one -
CD-roms.
consider this:
- they cost about 1.50 euros.
- a 70 minute one can be duplicated in about ten minutes.
- they are much cheaper to mail than any vinyl format (this is the big problem for vinyl)
- they can be put in small plastic sleeves making them even cheaper (like bus pass things) instead of boxes.
take that vinyl!
i bought six CD roms full up with music from brasil for $20 ppd with said plastic covers, inserts and printed CD's. tapes are almost obsolete there because CD-ROMS are so cheap.
i heard someone in finland say he could make 5 CDroms with packaging for the cost one 7".
green anarchy seemed like a great idea. computers were ridiculously expensive one that couldn't even do what my bottom of the range Dell
can cost 5 times as much in real terms. they would never be accessible to the masses at that price.
cd's cost far more than vinyl, couldn't be copied to CD, were critizied for often not using the full 79 minutes of space.
then the internet arrived it seemed far too expensive for most people first but gradually by the end of the nineties it was something getting cheaper towards the point where i could afford or at least in the meantime look at it in the library.
it smashed a lot of peoples phobias about technology including my own. here was something developed and run by multinationals that was empowering and becoming difficult to do without who would have thought it !
now everyone just excepts using software made by the biggest companies in the world as being a mild inconvience.
i am wondering does anyone know know anybody born after the 70's who is anti- computer or CD ? i.e. people who grew up with technology.
there are still a few older people (30-40) who are anti CD but most of its ranks have long since folded.
does 'fuck technology' still exist ?
vinyl was long considered the punkest format but i propose a new one -
CD-roms.
consider this:
- they cost about 1.50 euros.
- a 70 minute one can be duplicated in about ten minutes.
- they are much cheaper to mail than any vinyl format (this is the big problem for vinyl)
- they can be put in small plastic sleeves making them even cheaper (like bus pass things) instead of boxes.
take that vinyl!
i bought six CD roms full up with music from brasil for $20 ppd with said plastic covers, inserts and printed CD's. tapes are almost obsolete there because CD-ROMS are so cheap.
i heard someone in finland say he could make 5 CDroms with packaging for the cost one 7".
) but they all still play, scuffs can be fixed up and debris can always be removed pretty well with white vinegar and distilled water. 
