http://roychristopher.com/what-means-these-screens I marshal the middle between Mathers and McLuhan. Fri, 11 May 2012 20:31:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://roychristopher.com/what-means-these-screens/comment-page-1#comment-8453 Return to Cinder: Supergods and the Apocalypse | Roy Christopher Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:26:15 +0000 http://roychristopher.com/?p=3054#comment-8453 [...] With that said, I found Supergods enthralling, much in the same way I found the screen stories of Tom Bissell’s Extra Lives. Intergalactic narrative notwithstanding, Morrison’s prose seems both carefully constructed [...] [...] With that said, I found Supergods enthralling, much in the same way I found the screen stories of Tom Bissell’s Extra Lives. Intergalactic narrative notwithstanding, Morrison’s prose seems both carefully constructed [...]

]]> http://roychristopher.com/what-means-these-screens/comment-page-1#comment-8347 Headroom for Headlines: News in the Now | Roy Christopher Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:33:50 +0000 http://roychristopher.com/?p=3054#comment-8347 [...] “death of print” sentiment or trying to rehash the arguments of Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows. I once called Twitter “all comments, no story,” and I’m just frustrated at [...] [...] “death of print” sentiment or trying to rehash the arguments of Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows. I once called Twitter “all comments, no story,” and I’m just frustrated at [...]

]]> http://roychristopher.com/what-means-these-screens/comment-page-1#comment-7813 Matthew Shipp / Knives From Heaven: Heavy Meta | Roy Christopher Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:12:50 +0000 http://roychristopher.com/?p=3054#comment-7813 [...] all the technology and possibilities that we have, with all that, people are no smarter. In fact, you could argue that they are dumber and operate with less focus and concentration about what is really [...] [...] all the technology and possibilities that we have, with all that, people are no smarter. In fact, you could argue that they are dumber and operate with less focus and concentration about what is really [...]

]]> http://roychristopher.com/what-means-these-screens/comment-page-1#comment-7754 Boombox Apocolypse: From Mixtapes to Mash-ups | Roy Christopher Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:25:13 +0000 http://roychristopher.com/?p=3054#comment-7754 [...] 2004). Unlike today’s iPods, the presence of the boombox was also a public presence. Just as we gather around some screens and stare at others alone, we once gathered around the speakers of boomboxes. When I got my first Walkman and stopped lugging [...] [...] 2004). Unlike today’s iPods, the presence of the boombox was also a public presence. Just as we gather around some screens and stare at others alone, we once gathered around the speakers of boomboxes. When I got my first Walkman and stopped lugging [...]

]]> http://roychristopher.com/what-means-these-screens/comment-page-1#comment-6761 Obscured by Crowds: Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus | Roy Christopher Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:05:42 +0000 http://roychristopher.com/?p=3054#comment-6761 [...] off-. The crowd is as wise as the crowd does. Glorifying it as such, as Jaron Lanier points out in You Are Not a Gadget (Knopf, 2010), is just plain [...] [...] off-. The crowd is as wise as the crowd does. Glorifying it as such, as Jaron Lanier points out in You Are Not a Gadget (Knopf, 2010), is just plain [...]

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