Gareth Stack

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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • The Artist at 60

    Happy birthday to the Thin White Duke, Aladin Sane, Ziggy StarDust, the Laughing Gnome, the pioneer of psychedelic folk, glam, new romanticism, stadium rock, drum and base. Happy birthday to the explorer and exploiter of subjectivity, derangement, fascism, drama and androgyny, listed as an influence by countless musicians like Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Joy Division,… Read more

  • More on eMusic

    The folk at Axehole have responded to my post (responding to their post) about eMusic, DRM and the like. Gareth Stack posts a well reasoned counter-argument to this post at his blog, Hummingbird Mentality. It’s an interesting read, though we’re not convinced. One note – he takes issue with my characterization of eMusic’s service as… Read more

  • The Problem With Digg

    Digg is hip, digg is fun, every geek likes to compare their list of dugg stories, and gets a thrill from a submitted story hitting the digg.com homepage. But Digg has a problem. As it’s user base has risen, and the site’s design become more refined (latest iteration released today), the perceived quality of the… Read more

  • Why eMusic doesn’t suck

    I try to stay in touch with the quirky world of American indie music via the excellent Brooklyn Vegan blog, normally it’s dishes of Alt Country, New American Weird, Post Punk and other musical gumbo are served just the way I like them. However, a recent post has left a bad taste in my mouth.… Read more

  • Disappearing Future

    After re-listening to many of the excellent podcasts from 2005’s Accelerating Change conference, available from IT conversations; I got a hankering to read Charlie Stross’s highly recommended, and Hugo award nominated, post singularity novel Accelerando. The book is available to download under a Creative Commons license. Or rather, the book was available for download. Accellerando.org… Read more

  • Gmail receives email from other accounts

    Google have just begun rolling out a terrific feature, which allows users to grab email from other accounts (work, yahoo etc) via POP3. This could be a godsend for users glued to horrible proprietary corporate email accounts with ineffective spam filters, or anyone tired of multiple simultaneous email logins, who for whatever reason (multiple desktops,… Read more