A few links

  • Following on from my review of the Fonotone bluegrass box set, I stumbled upon this excellent collection of public-domain early blues MP3s. Artists include the likes of Ma Rainey, Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Willie McTell and many more.
  • On a similar subject, here’s the life of Charley Patton as told by R. Crumb.
  • “The nation’s largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online.” Why does this suddenly seem inevitable? The net suddenly appears very fragile… Read the rest of ‘The End Of The Internet?‘
  • Excellent collection of 3D designs by Oooms, a Dutch designer. Includes such playful objects as a portable city hideout, gold-plated staples, hats made 100% of human hair, drawers that never close and so on.

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Published:
06.02.06 / 10am
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