Word: compaction
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Those who would say yes could justify their choice by highlighting the visual feast made up by the film’s creative and amusing representations of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide,” a sort of compact, computerized “Let’s Go” guide to the cosmos, describing the diversity and oddities of the fictionalized universe of Douglas Adams. Those who would say no could point to all of the solid gold verbal exchanges and descriptions that the filmmakers excised from the original work. Both would be right...
...entertainment (such as movies and sporting events). Perhaps if consumers realized that record companies typically invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in each artist, and that they recover this investment on very few of those artists, they would understand that much more goes into the cost of a compact disc than the paper and plastic that comprise...
...Lost and Found,” his newest attempt to prove he hasn’t lost his feel for the street. With a song like this, one is inevitably reminded that he tries to switch back and forth between the dueling spheres of cinema and compact disc...
...review by David F. Hill of Princess Ida is no exception to what I have generally found to be a cadre of uninformed and uninterested reviewers. While at the performance that Hill “reviewed,” I noticed that he brought and listened to his compact disc player—he was not exactly attentive. I suggest that the Arts board give a checklist to its reviewers of elements necessary for a theater review. It should include...
...widespread dissatisfaction with the exorbitant price of music combined with the ease of obtaining music on the Internet—can’t be cured by litigation. The music industry must realize that music consumers are simply not willing to drive to the music store, find a compact disc—for the one song they long to hear—buy it for roughly $20, and upload it to their computer. The traditional process is expensive and time consuming; it forces one to pay for unwanted songs along with those that are, and, in our iPod culture, many...