Airing out
As Samuel L. Jackson once posited, you gotta “ride it ’til the motherfuckin’ wheels come off.” For some reason I recall this being said as part of an interview with James Lipton on Inside the Actor’s Studio, but my memory is a little faulty.
Yes I could have written about any numerous things before my very own “holiday hiatus”, such as the Bay Area Water Transit Authority’s purchase of two new ferries to be used as “backup.” I suppose this will be part of the new improved ”emergency” arm. Or I could have written about the capacity issues for schools. Or even commented on the beautiful photo in the Sun of the Alameda Theater renovation. (Did anyone catch the part about the tobacco stains, yet another reason why smoking is bad.)
But instead, I am going to start my Festivus a little early and air my grievance:
Hello big media corporations, I am so disappointed in your attempts at settling the writers strike. Don’t you understand that the next season of Lost is coming up? I need my 30 Rock fixes dammit!
Happy Festivus and insert your seasonal holiday here!
Personally, I think media companies should start viewing TV as more like a Web 2.0 enterprise and reach out to the masses to provide ideas.
Most TV these days is pure crap anyway. CBS, ABC, and NBC are actually offering more airtime per dollar for advertisers because their ratings are falling off the charts.
But… at the same time the most interesting thing is that of all forms of Entertainment, the internet is starting to edge in on the traditional media industry’s time. So if they were smart, perhaps they would open their doors and go open source with their programming and allow outsiders to contribute.
In the meantime, the major networks are going to rely heavily on reality shows, which ironically are mostly conceived and written in the Netherlands.
Comment by edvard — December 21, 2007 @ 8:42 am
Let’s see….what impulsive rant will I regret posting the fastest?
I hate the world, but my New Year resolution is to try to hate everyone equally.
Is the bloggstress on strike until the 2nd?
PEACE
Comment by Mark I — December 21, 2007 @ 12:01 pm
“ride it ’til the motherfuckin’ wheels come off.”
With quotes like that, I’ll put my money on Do in the upcoming Happy Festivus, Do v Bail pinning match.
Comment by Jack Richard — December 21, 2007 @ 1:19 pm
Grievance #1: People who want peace on earth.
There is no drama without conflict. Isn’t that why the Alameda Daily News is our guilty pleasure? Let’s face it, if we had peace on earth, we’d all be killing ourselves out of sheer boredom. We’re just not ready. Sigh!
Comment by Denise Shelton — December 23, 2007 @ 7:28 am
This is almost too much to believe – I started thinking “urban Myth” –maybe that’s what you’re supposed to think…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBo4E77ZXo
Comment by David Kirwin — December 24, 2007 @ 7:54 pm
Well, if it is on the internets, it must be true!!!! And I do believe in Santa Claus!! Merry Chrisnukwanziva!!
Comment by notadave — December 25, 2007 @ 7:12 pm
http://www.amerocurrency.com/
Comment by David Kirwin — December 25, 2007 @ 9:21 pm
Wow, they even have a “conspiracy theory” page with a hard-driving heavy-metal soundtrack!
Of course, of course. It’s only a conspiracy theory if it’s not true, and unlike all those conspiracy theories you’ve heard, this one is true!
Comment by Michael Krueger — December 26, 2007 @ 11:53 am
I know how most readers of this blog feel - if you arn’t informed of the fact by developers it probably ain’t true - Right MK? Isn’t that the MO of the TC?
Comment by David Kirwin — December 26, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
You guys don’t know the truth when it is staring you in the face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8K1DQ2L9tc
Comment by AlamedaNayTiff — December 26, 2007 @ 7:25 pm