Fear Factory
Mr Troll persuaded me at the last minute to go with him to see Fear Factory in Bristol last night, and appart from the increadible pain in my whole body this morning I’m glad he did 
I’ve seen them loads of times already and the fact I haven’t really even listened to the last 2 albums and I only know a couple off the 1 before that was putting me off a little, but they were great! A shitty venue and sound problems did their best to screw things up, but not even a powercut half way through the set could put them off their stride. For me the highlights were Martyr, PissChrist and Lynchpin. Most bands like to finish on a high point and as such I was expecting something like New Breed, Replica or something off “Soul…”, but instead we were treated to a haunting rendition of Timelessness. Inspired.
Cyber-Age
I can’t be the only person that jumps online to answer the question, “What film was that bloke in?”
So where we would have previously spend anywhere between 1 to 4 hours trying to recall that film with the fishing trip and a nun, the information can now be gleened in under 5 minutes with a visit to The Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
Welcome to the ‘Digital Age’ or ‘Information Age’, although I feel these names are somewhat dated and dream up images of banks of computers in a room on a clip of video from the 70′s or 80′s, when electronic computer devices were becoming an industry standard.
Now with the increased use of the internet by the public, we see the appearance of communities and ‘virtual amenities‘. In recent years we have seen the replacement of old technology by modern advanced
Prime examples of this migration are
- Phones to Texts
- letters to emails
- store shopping to online shopping
- there are 100′s more ….
But those changes just reflect people adapting to technology whereas community themed places are increasingly becoming the backbone of the mordern internet. Places like MySpace that not only brings people together but their interests in music, with bands and artists providing blog entries & music bringing their fanbase closer to the band. Flickr and deviantART are 2 more wonderful examples of communities of people that want to share and interact on topics they are interested in.
My recent adventures in buying tickets reminded me of the days when you watched for band tours in the back pages of the music magazines and you had to phone up and order (or rather someone with a credit card had to), it all seems along time ago now but it was less than 10 years.
The digital revolution isn’t over it’s just evolved, shaped by the needs and wants of it’s users. Becoming bigger and increasing ways for us to interact and socialize with other people around the world that share similar interests.
When here becomes anywhere and our friends are electric, I think we can start to welcome the Cyber-Age.
Lack of posts
Haven’t posted much as I started back to work last week so things have been busy and also i’m been shattered, normal service to resume soon. Anyways the following has been on my mind.
I have been catching up on my reading and found this post over at CageOfMonkeys site, that grabbed my attention.
You have to love managers and officials that believe they ‘know’ everything about IT because they worked near some years ago
Freeview
Wonderful idea, a one off payment for 30 tv channels & 20 radio stations. In todays flexable world that we inhabit I can pick up a Top set box while doing my shopping in the local Tesco.
Only problem is according to the Freeview website, I can’t get it in my area at the moment. But they provide a handy list of when we should be able to plug in a box at home …. 2009.
So, It really does beg the question why does the local Tesco (about 4-5 minutes walk from my house) continue to reserve shelf space for these currently pointly chunks of plastic.
