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Lucas, Seb and AlfLucas, Seb and AlfLucas, Seb and Alf 04/15/2004 03:52 AM Jon
Udell on musiclogging. Jon
Udell has been watching the recent going-ons
around closing the loop in musiclog
ging, and seems as enthusiastic about both the specifics and the
general vision as I am. I'm not much of an audiophile, to be honest, and there are lots of other people who will get more deeply into music-blogging and playlist-sharing than I'm likely to. But the process at work here is deeply fascinating to me, and generalizes to other realms. Every kind of digital experience can thrive in the virtuous cycle of the blogosphere: use it, capture part of it, link to it, write about it, search for it, read about it, aggregate it, rinse, lather, repeat. Udell quotes a post in which Jefferson Provost (correctly, in my
view) observes that since "consolidation has turned music radio into a
steaming pile of crap", word
-of-mouth recommendation is pretty much all that serious listeners
have got left to find the good stuff. I wholeheartedly
agree. Looking forward to seeing what happens when Lucas, Seb and Alf get together. This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Lucas, Seb and AlfGrok Headline matches for Lucas, Seb and AlfGeorge Lucas Does Dystopia, TooGeorge Lucas Does Dystopia, Too 09/15/2004 05:32 AM The Star Wars director's first film, THX 1138, is no masterpiece. But it shows glimpses of the storytelling skill and imagination that became evident in his later movies. Jason Silverman reviews the re-released film. Josh Lucas for hireJosh Lucas for hire 01/24/2004 02:51 PM Josh Lucas (who shares a birthday with me) is looking for a new job. George Lucas Speaks on Trilogy ChangesGeorge Lucas Speaks on Trilogy Changes 09/17/2004 11:52 AM Lucas On Charlie Rose TonightLucas On Charlie Rose Tonight 09/09/2004 08:33 PM Lucas is on PBS' Charlie Rose tonight. Check local listings on PBS ... this should be a pretty good interview since it isn't really so canned and mainstream - something very different than he normally has to do. Send us a summary if you catch it or we will after the MNF premiere tonight, too! Thanks to Darth Indy for the alert. Lucas Gonze and Webjay in the NY Times!Lucas Gonze and Webjay in the NY Times! 07/08/2004 12:27 AM Congrats Lucas..... Here it is..... Multimedia Scrapbooks, to Create and Share Webjay, developed by Lucas Gonze, a programmer who lives in Brooklyn, has already built a following among music lovers. They have used it to assemble sets of legally available music links from all over the Web, then play the whole list with one click, using Windows Media Player, RealOne, Winamp or QuickTime. Now some people are creating video shows using Webjay and streaming Web video. Nobody is doing this with more panache than Brett Singer, a New York theater publicist. Mr. Singer's shows include a music video show, collections of campaign videos and a variety program called Webjay TV. A collage of news, music, comedy and found video, Webjay TV includes video clips like Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" interviewing Howard Dean, a lesson on how to play Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on guitar and George Lucas discussing the "Star Wars" character Jar Jar Binks. "For me, Webjay has taken the place of little online games like minigolf or solitaire," said Mr. Singer, who started making playlists as a hobby, using home videos of his young son. "Webjay has become more of an obsession. It's a way for me to be creative with minimal effort." Mr. Singer said he took particular pleasure in making mashups, playlists that mix videos, photos and music in a multimedia scramble. In a playlist called The Politics of Dancing, a BBC News video about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Iraq prison abuse scandal is accompanied by the song "We Will Rock You" by Queen. In another playlist, Mr. Singer somewhat more artfully sets to music a shot from a live traffic cam at the Cross Bronx Expressway; a hypnotic tune called "Cars for Christ" from a band of the same name plays as commuters find their way home. Mr. Singer also produces a daily news program on Webjay that uses videos from a variety of sources. Recently, the news program stitched together a BBC News tribute to Ray Charles, a Gallup Poll report on how much Americans remember about D-Day, and highlights from the N.B.A. finals, playing alongside Kobe Bryant's mug shot. Webjay's creator, Mr. Gonze, is among those who think technologies like his may someday stir up the conventional television industry. Mr. Gonze, who spends his summers in Canada without a TV, said that recently, as an alternative to network news, he had watched Mr. Singer's Webjay compilation. "It was embryonic and crude, but also mind-blowing," he said. Andrew Nachison, director of the Media Center at the American Press Institute, said that Webjay video playlists were "a fabulous example of remix society." "It's an outgrowth of hip-hop and DJ culture," he added. "People aren't just remixing music, they're remixing the news." Webjay news mixes can be politically charged. "Brett's a New Yorker," Mr. Gonze said, referring to Mr. Singer. "He's a liberal. He's into show business. He's definitely not playing to the mainstream. NBC has to appeal to the great swath of viewers across America. Brett doesn't." Webjay may eventually face a backlash from record labels and TV networks, but Mr. Gonze maintains that the site is legal because it assembles the Web addresses of media files, but never stores or transmits the actual files themselves. Michael R. Graham, an intellectual property attorney and a partner with the law firm Marshall, Gerstein & Borun in Chicago, said that although Webjay itself "appears to be legal," users should be careful. "There are a gazillion legal questions," he said. "It's a classic example of how technology has leapt over our ability to trace rights and what might be infringed, and in what ways." If anyone who holds the rights to an audio or video clip objects to Webjay carrying a link to it, the site offers a tool, called Tattlematic, for removing links. "I believe in peace through politeness," Mr. Gonze said. "If somebody doesn't want us to link to their stuff, we won't link to their stuff. They don't have to sue. They just have to ask." Mr. Nachison said television news organizations could benefit from technologies like Webjay, because they are making news video easier to find on the Web. "The audience for television news on the major networks has been declining for years," he said. "These mashups are bringing the news to a new audience. That's not just a good thing for the media business. That's a good thing for society." Steve O'Brien, executive publisher of the Gallup Poll, said he did not mind that Gallup's videos are being used in Webjay's news reports, as long as Webjay doesn't charge subscription fees for the videos or sell advertising on the site. He said he would prefer that people visit Gallup's own site (gallup.com) to watch the videos. "But at least Webjay is meeting one of our goals, which is getting our information in front of people," he said. He added that Webjay may soon provide a benefit for Gallup. "We're thinking about putting ads in our videos," he says. "Our advertisers will be happy to get the extra viewers." [via pho list - Jim Coffman] George Lucas To Attend Celebration IIIGeorge Lucas To Attend Celebration III 04/05/2005 10:04 PM As Threepio stated , "Thank the maker!" literally. George Lucas is scheduled to make an appearance on the Sagamoore Ballroom stage at Celebration III. Additional details can be found here! In response to the news, GEN CON LLC has reopened its advance ticket sales from now through 5:00 PM PST this Friday, April 8! Rachel Lucas: holy crap I did itRachel Lucas: holy crap I did it 05/08/2004 02:04 AM she has risen .. Rachel Lucas .. It worked rachellucas.com/archives/000858.html Lucas Group Expands With New Office In
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