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David Byrne
Personal blog · journal.davidbyrne.comculturedesign
David Byrne's personal blog at journal.davidbyrne.com covers culture and design. Since 2008, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 27 times, most often “David Byrne Journal, Internet Antichrist”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link David Byrne's journal for his essays on cities, the music business and how artists earn money. Commenters call it a superb blog and describe the posts as interesting throughout.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- David Byrne Journal, Internet Antichrist2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-11-12
- David Byrne: Don't Forget the Motor City2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-10-03
- "You 'Da Boss?" Collective Creation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-12-19
- /2009/08/080809-edinburgh-so-how-does-it-work-on-the-bus.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-09-17
- Civil Disobedience 22 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-02-12
What Hacker News says?
David Byrne did an excellent article based on cycling through Detroit: http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2010/09/092310-dont-forget-the... Interesting to read about Glagow being used as a positive reference for post-industrial regeneration!
Comment linking /2010/09/092310-dont-forget-the-motor-city.html
on “Detroit in Ruins”Submitted Civil Disobedience as a story · 167 points
HN discussion"Give music away and make money from concerts and t-shirts." David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame) has some very interesting remarks on the difficulty of doing this here: http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2009/08/080809-edinburgh-so-ho... Quote: "In the past, live shows were viewed as loss leaders to sell albums" The article (like everything on Bryne's blog) is interesting throughout, and well worth reading.
Comment linking /2009/08/080809-edinburgh-so-how-does-it-work-on-the-bus.html
on “Post-Medium Publishing”Submitted David Byrne: Don't Forget the Motor City as a story · 95 points
HN discussionSee, but this is very much the problem. Records provided an unequal distribution of wealth amongst performing artists before the internet. Why pay to listen to an up-and-coming classical artist when an exquisite recording of Chopin's work all ready exists? Now, the internet has magnified this even further. An incredibly narrow band of artists are currently being compensated in any way (live performance, merch, cds),…
Comment linking /2009/08/080809-edinburgh-so-how-does-it-work-on-the-bus.html
on “The last word on Lily Allen and her anti-filesharing campaign”Submitted Internet Antichrist [J.C.R. Licklider's Man-Computer Symbiosis] as a story · 16 points
HN discussionFor those who enjoyed this article, Byrne writes a superb blog: http://journal.davidbyrne.com/
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on “David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists”Submitted David Byrne on the Uncanny Valley as a story · 13 points
HN discussionDavid Byrne had a recent piece about writing music to be heard in particular environments, which seems related: http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2010/02/021410-valentines-day....
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on “Why you've never really heard the "Moonlight" Sonata”Submitted Civil Disobedience 2 as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne's Journal: Technology Give and Take as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted No More Records as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne: A Tangled Web We Weave as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Enhanced and Disenchanted as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne's Journal: 05.29.10: Arts ’n’ Crafts as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne on remote musical collaboration as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne's Journal: CD Packaging and Bike Rack Design as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne on Swartz and Civil Disobedience as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Perversion of Intent as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creations by Collectives as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted "You 'Da Boss?" Collective Creation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Odyshape - Being Barbie as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne's Journal: 05.26.10: The Architecture of Fear as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne (Talking Heads) on Creativity, Writing and Collaborations as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne's Journal: 01.01.10: Mérida as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Estoril, Portugal — The Future, the Past, the Present and… as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Byrne Journal, Internet Antichrist as a story · 1 points
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