These links are a week old by now but they are cool art.
Benedict Radcliffe makes amazing wireframe sculptures. He created a pedal-powered Lamborghini for the UK Art Car Parade and was commissioned by Toyota to make a Corolla.
Link to Lamborghini, Link to Toyota Corolla
These art pieces are piles of random trash whose arrangement casts a picture in shadow.
Today Amazon announced their online music download store that features DRM-free (unprotected) MP3 files for sale. The Amazon MP3 Download Store joins Apple’s iTunes Music Store, eMusic, Beatport, and others in providing ‘unprotected’ digital music that anyone can play in whatever device they choose.
I predict that they will quickly come up to the number 2 spot behind the iTunes Music Store in online music sales, and that this is the turning point in the music industry in general for ditching DRM.
Of course, digital music sales still has a long way to go to catch up to illegal music downloads, but this is a start.
Content wants to be free!
UPDATE: Here’s a good bit of commentary comparing the iTunes store and Amazon’s new store:
“‘If you have a choice of paying $0.89 on Amazon for a higher-quality track with no DRM, or $0.99 for a lower-quality track with portability restrictions, where will you turn?’”
I passed on the last few of these, but when I saw that MC Hammer and Sir Mix-A-Lot are going to be there, performing live… I was like “It’s Hammer Time!”
Here is the awesome oldskool line up:
Naughty by Nature
Sir Mix A Lot
The Sugarhill Gang
Dawn Robinson of En Vogue
and a Finish line concert by MC Hammer.
It’s happening at the LA Memorial Coliseum Saturday, September 15 at 9am.
I have a special invite a friend link - so if anyone is interested in going for running or just watching, hit me up.
