I was sitting next to a man at the Corner Brewery who was reading an interesting book tonight
Daniel Johnston’s “Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness”
One of my favorite musicians, Daniel Johnston, turned 50 yesterday, and, to show their appreciation, a lot of his fans pledged money through Kickstarter so that he might be able to publish his first real comic book. Here’s a little video on the project, followed by a little more in the way of background. If you want to join in, it looks as though they’re still about $2,500 away from their goal of $10,000.
We’re bringing the long awaited first full-length comic book by legendary musician and artist Daniel Johnston to his loyal fans. Donations will fund the creation, production, and manufacture of “Daniel Johnston’s Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness.”
The project will be much more than just a standard comic book…although a standard comic book by Daniel Johnston would be anything but standard and certainly worth funding. The “Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness” will combine the unique and brilliant characters, images and words of Daniel Johnston along with Daniel’s amazing music, and the musical and artistic contributions of fans, to create a one-of-a-kind interactive comic book experience.
In addition to a printed version that will model the classic comic book formats of DC and Marvel, the “Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness” will enjoy a second, more in-depth, life online. Through a special access code featured in the printed version of the comic book, fans will be able to download accompanying music and view additional story lines and other imaginative content. Ongoing interactive features will provide a viewing and listening experience that is…well…infinite.
Judge rules white Detroit girl will be tried as black adult
Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult
I think this makes a nice companion piece to last week’s discussion on the case of Davontae Sanford.
Goodbye Olbermann, hello Comcast
Keith Olbermann was let go from MSNBC yesterday. I’ll admit that I wasn’t the biggest fan of his Murrow-aping delivery, but I liked knowing that he was out there every night, calling the conservatives out on their bullshit. He was, as far as I know, the first person in the media to speak up against George Bush, and, for that, he will always have my admiration… At any rate, here he is, saying goodbye.
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As Countdown was, I believe, the number one show on the network, one suspects that the cancellation wasn’t about ratings. I’d like to think that it wasn’t over Olbermann’s politics, but I don’t see how it could be anything else. And, it does look incredibly suspicious, given that the NBC Comcast merger was just given the green light by the FCC a few days ago. If I’m not mistaken, this is exactly the kind of thing that Al Franken warned us about. I just wonder what kind of effect this will have on the remaining MSNBC hosts, like Rachel Maddow.
From Wired:
…“Keith Olbermann’s announcement tonight, the very same week that the government blessed the Comcast-NBC merger, raises serious concern for anyone who cares about free speech,” Marvin Ammori, the University of Nebraska law school professor and free speech advocate, told Wired.com by email.
“Comcast proved expert in shaking down the government to approve its merger,” Ammori said. “Comcast’s shakedown of NBC has just begun.”
Philadelphia-based Comcast, the largest cable and broadband provider in the United States, is controlled by the wealthy, politically-connected Roberts family…
It looks to me as though the MSNBC threat has been sufficiently contained… Good work, Washington!