http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com Yet another tedious voice whinging in the wilderness Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:26:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yay! Lissen here: You can buy it straight from the band, here, for only $3.99. http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2009/11/25/new-sloan-ep-hit-and-run/ Overprotecting intellectual property is as harmful as underprotecting it. Creativity is impossible without a rich public domain. Nothing today, likely nothing since we tamed fire, is genuinely new: Culture, like science and technology, grows by accretion, each new creator building on the works of those who came before. Overprotection stifles ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2009/11/19/444/ No, I really haven’t forgotten about this joint. I’ve just been spending more time at Facebook lately. But I don’t really wanna start a blog-type thang over there because I like the privacy of this one. I mean, my whole family is on Facebook and one of ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2009/11/18/the-century-of-the-self/ Okay, so I just got back from (finally) seeing Paranormal Activity and the only thing that was really scary was the behaviour of the audience. The theatre was filled with teens and pre-teens and I swear everyfuckingsingleone of them got up (usually they did it in pairs), ran up ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2009/11/17/443/ I got a call today from a friend of mine who told me about an upcoming event at the Revue Cinema in Toronto where he is on the board of directors… I have a lot of respect for the folks running the Revue, as they are really encouraging local ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2009/09/18/zombies-invade-roncesvalles/ I was invited to Chase The Buzz again this year. Toronto Star film critic Pete Howell takes an annual pre-festival poll of film critics, industry folks, festival programmers, bloggers, and buffs to get a feeling about which films are the most highly anticipated at the upcoming Toronto International Film ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2009/09/10/chasing-the-buzz-09/