A Labourer at the Bitface » quotes http://devilgate.org/blog Warning: contains language from the outset Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:39:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A quote from Amanda Palmer: asking for money for your art is not selling out http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/14/a-quote-from-amanda-palmer-asking-for-money-for-your-art-is-not-selling-out/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/14/a-quote-from-amanda-palmer-asking-for-money-for-your-art-is-not-selling-out/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:28:18 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/?p=376 ASKING FOR MONEY FOR YOUR ART IS NOT SELLING OUT.

selling out is when you go against your own heart, ideals and authenticity to make money.

selling out is an action, a 180 from a stated position.

i don’t consider pop stars to be sell-outs.
the lady gagas, britneys and madonnas of the world are UNABASHED about why they got in this game: fame, money, über-success, chart-topping hits.

but if neil young were to suddenly hire the matrix to write him a thumpin’ dance album and then appear on saturday night live snogging bob dylan, i’d have reservations about his integrity.

From Virtual Crowdsurfing

]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/14/a-quote-from-amanda-palmer-asking-for-money-for-your-art-is-not-selling-out/feed/ 2 Michael Marshall Smith speaks wisely on opinions on the internet http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/09/02/michael-marshall-smith-speaks-wisely-on-opinions-on-the-internet/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/09/02/michael-marshall-smith-speaks-wisely-on-opinions-on-the-internet/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:16:34 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/?p=346

If you can’t take the time and trouble to learn how to write a coherent sentence, then why on earth do you believe people should listen to what you have to say?

Oh, yes.

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Bursts aren’t contentless, nor do they denote the end of Attention Span. If attention span was dead, JK Rowling wouldn’t be selling paperbacks thick enough to choke a pig, and Neal Stephenson wouldn’t be making a living off books the size of the first bedsit I lived in.
— Burst Culture

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Iain Banks has now taken a look at the recording script of my BBC Radio 4 adaptation of his novella ‘The State of the Art’ and pronounces himself pleased.

From Paul Cornell’s blog

]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2008/05/13/looking-forward-to-hearing-this/feed/ 2 A quote from Ken MacLeod with which to start the year http://devilgate.org/blog/2008/01/02/a-quote-from-ken-macleod-with-which-to-start-the-year/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2008/01/02/a-quote-from-ken-macleod-with-which-to-start-the-year/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:59:39 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/2008/01/02/a-quote-from-ken-macleod-with-which-to-start-the-year/

Creation science is a purely destructive enterprise, like comment trolling or wiki vandalism. Its entire impact results from scrawling across the work of real scientists questions and cavils phrased in a manner just scientific-sounding enough to trouble anyone who knows nothing in detail about the field being traduced.

From the excellent Mr MacLeod. Let’s start the year the way we mean to go on.

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