Geistbear Musing

New Books I don't know about you but I think I have already heard more than enough about Al Franken's new book Poo and the Poopoo Heads Who Poo Poo or something like that. Not that I thought Fox networks recent lawsuit was really anything more than the best publicity stunt of Hollywood or SNL could only dream of, intential or not. But I just simply haven't found him funny and much like Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, and Michael Moore, shouldn't his 15 minutes be up?

Why I Support Digital Copies... Last year I bought a couple of Death Cab for Cutie albums and enjoyed them both but specifically the photo album is my favorite and I often have played it on my regular trips to Phoenix. I loaned a friend my car one weekend and now the cd has gone missing, I don't blame them, it may well have been missing beforehand and I hadn't noticed, regardless now I am without my favorite album. Thankfully I had made a copy to my computer and I can reproduce the album on cd and hear my favorite tracks whenever I like. In a word why I support no DRM and digital copies flexiblity , I bought the album, I enjoyed it, lost it and can still enjoy it.

LOAF I have been hanging out on #joiito a bit and hearing about the power and simplicity of this new LOAF standard. For a non-techie I have been very impressed by the ease of use and accessability for non-geeks. I think that LOAF reflects the power of things to come for the internet. For more information you might check the wiki .

CNN has a write up on the new Zevon album. (Thanks Scully )