On academic blogging in general
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
What do we think of Kugelmass’s thoughts on the drawbacks of academic blogging?
“You cannot fuck the future, sir — the future fucks you.”
What do we think of Kugelmass’s thoughts on the drawbacks of academic blogging?
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Responding to the comment about how what they are doing should is increasingly being viewed ‘worthless’ (free). I thought Gillian Welch said best in Everything is Free with respect to file sharing in the music business.
Everything is free now,
That’s what they say.
Everything I ever done,
Gotta give it away.
Someone hit the big score.
They figured it out,
That we’re gonna do it anyway,
Even if doesn’t pay.
I can get a tip jar,
Gas up the car,
And try to make a little change
Down at the bar.
Or I can get a straight job,
I’ve done it before.
I never minded working hard,
It’s who I’m working for.
(Chorus)
Every day I wake up,
Hummin’ a song.
But I don’t need to run around,
I just stay home.
And sing a little love song,
My love, to myself.
If there’s something that you want to hear,
You can sing it yourself.
‘Cause everything is free now,
That what I say.
No one’s got to listen to
The words in my head.
Someone hit the big score,
And I figured it out,
That we’re gonna do it anyway,
Even if doesn’t pay
Listen over here.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 7:28 pm
If there’s something that you want to hear,
You can sing it yourself.
Probably the best line.
Friday, January 23, 2009 at 3:46 pm
I think I put it best in my song “Theory Is Free” when I sang:
Everything is free
Especially my new
book on hedgemony
It references Gramsci
I’m gonna put some tip jars out on the bar
And take to living out of my car
I know I’ll get lots of money out of dissertating publicly on Balibar
Because he makes more sense to people
the drunker you are.
My song is a beautiful statement about how we should live together in peace, holding hands, unconcerned with material things. I consider my song to be Buddhist.
Friday, January 23, 2009 at 3:47 pm
PS. It is spelled “hegemony.”
Friday, January 23, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Hmmm, I take it you were not talking about the song I posted as I understood her siding with some of your concerns. Her only addition is the assumption that people will actually feel the void when it is missing. I assume that you assume the same but did not state it. Anyway, I’m sure I’m missing all sorts of irony that is cutting both ways.