A decade ago, four young men changed the way the world works. They did this not with laws or guns or money but with software: they had radical, disruptive ideas, which they turned into code, which they released on the Internet for free. These four men, not one of whom finished college, laid the foundations for much of the digital-media environment we currently inhabit. Then, for all intents and purposes, they vanished.
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Amazing.
December 2010
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The Men Who Stole the World →
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November 2010
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Portishead - "It Could Be Sweet" →
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Since today is the feast of St. Cecilia - Patron saint of musicians and music, I will be posting songs I LOVE!
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? →
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I’ve just realized something! Speaking of… BTW I love how single words put entire songs in my head!
The Jacksons - Never Can Say Goodbye →
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All this Beatles talk put this song in my head. “Tell me why, is it so, don’t want to let you go!” #hmm