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Re: SXSW RIP

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Post by jerf »

trhway wrote: post #18

basically an old fart says "it isn't cool anymore". Well, man, if you haven't still got the message - we're just not cool anymore, as young as we feel ourselves. Signed by a fellow old fart (of Gen X like jwz).

"It isn't cool anymore" would be more like "I went and still saw the same number of bands, but I'm just not feeling it... the bands just aren't as good as they were back in the old days." This was "It was a chaotic mess, and didn't used to be a chaotic mess". That's more of an objective issue than you're getting at.

(The word "more" is not extraneous, I'm not claiming some sort of "total objectivity", but I'd say that disorganization is something that can really happen beyond the realm of mere opinion.)

Re: SXSW RIP

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Post by chiph »

danso wrote: post #10
scrollaway wrote: post #7

I clicked the article thinking it was about the recent deaths at SXSW. It's someone complaining about bands. There's first world problems, and then there's "first world" first world problems. You americans are blessed with amazing conferences of all sorts especially tech, SXSW included, but god forbid the music was "not obscure enough". Why is this even on HN?

Likely the author is Jamie Zawinski, one of the creators of Netscape and proprietor of a SF music venue and all-around hacker legend.

That is indeed Jamie.

This is the first complaint I've seen about disorganization. Most of the complaints I've heard are that the artists are too mainstream. If they're going to put on someone like Lady Gaga, they should just rent the UT football stadium and have that part be a mega festival on it's own weekend with 70k attendees. SXSW (music) has always been about the bands that could be big in about 1-2 years. You go to listen to them so that yes, you can brag to your friends that you heard them before they became famous.

They need to dial it back some.

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Post by ghshephard »

This comment caught my attention:

"I won't be coming back. I'd have had better luck by just looking at the schedule and punching names into YouTube, then waiting for those bands to come to SF."

I wonder what the odds are we'll see within 10 years Occulus like VR environments that can capture the concert experience, reducing somewhat the need to track down bands in crazy canceling venues like this if all you are interested in is the music experience (as opposed to the Social "Concert Experience")

Re: SXSW RIP

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Post by dangoldin »

IvyMike wrote: post #16
imjk wrote: post #14

Hate to go on a tangent but I can't believe jwz still hasn't updated his site to a more reader friendly color scheme.

Once upon a time green on black was all some of us had, 24/7. Somehow we coped.

I remember our upgrade to 16 colors. That was life changing.

Re: SXSW RIP

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Post by wl »

[deleted] wrote: post #12
Windwaker wrote: post #2

I can't read this site for more than 10 seconds before my eyes start to bleed.

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In the bad old days before ubiquitous color bitmapped displays, people used monochrome monitors that often used green on black or amber on black. More likely than not, jwz's color scheme is a homage to that.

I really don't get why there is so much complaining about this every time someone posts a link to jwz's blog. Personally, I don't find it difficult to read at all. If anything, I prefer light text on dark background.

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Post by 9ac345a5509a »

IvyMike wrote: post #16
imjk wrote: post #14

Hate to go on a tangent but I can't believe jwz still hasn't updated his site to a more reader friendly color scheme.

Once upon a time green on black was all some of us had, 24/7. Somehow we coped.

Once upon a time dialup was all some of us had, 24/7.

Somehow we coped.

Re: SXSW RIP

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Post by jmspring »

imjk wrote: post #14

Hate to go on a tangent but I can't believe jwz still hasn't updated his site to a more reader friendly color scheme.

Jamie is likely more accomplished than you, still active, and probably doesn't give a shit.

Every time there is a jwz link, this exact same comment is made.

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Post by angersock »

imjk wrote: post #14

Hate to go on a tangent but I can't believe jwz still hasn't updated his site to a more reader friendly color scheme.

What? It's one of the best color schemes out there on the net.

Re: SXSW RIP

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Post by nsxwolf »

gkoberger wrote: post #15

Seems he's talking exclusively about SXSW Music, whereas most people in our community probably think of SXSW Interactive (the techie-er of the three annual SXSW events) when they hear "SXSW".

I was about to post along these lines regarding my confusion. I had no idea it was a music festival.
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