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Before Spotify and streaming, culture cost time and effort. This series makes the case it was worth it. “People and places were websites.” That thought…
Continue reading → Excellent Media Experiences: Introduction
Who they were and why the hero couldn’t make it without them Certain burning questions go unasked far too long. Why do some heroes need…
Your Excellent Media Experiences correspondent, who has spent eight installments cataloging great media, now turns his critical eye on Critics — and yes, he appreciates…
Continue reading → EME Part IX: When critics ruled the Earth
Latest entry in my Excellent Media Experiences - introduction and complete index here. The most recent prior entry covered the arrival of cable TV. Nobody misses the…
Indiana completes the single greatest turnaround in college football history and caps a perfect season in CFP title game thriller over Miami Fernando Mendoza leaps.…
* Before the Internet Cable television is near death. Household penetration peaked above 80% in 2011. By last year more than 80 million subscribers had…
Continue reading → Excellent Media Experiences* VII: Cable TV
The Hoosiers overwhelmed Alabama 38-3 in a Rose Bowl takeover The takeover started before I could even leave town. The Indiana football fanbase took over…
*Before the Internet XRT's Saturday Morning Flashback — three hours of a specific year in rock — gets a full look in a separate post. Musical…
Continue reading → Excellent Media Experiences* Part VI: FM Radio
McSweeney's, 12/22/2000 “Get me—I’m givin’ out wings!” — Nick the bartender “What’s the matter with him? I never saw Nick act like that.” — George…
The greatest turnaround in college football history continues After beating #1 Ohio State (12-1) in the Big Ten championship game, Indiana (13-0) has earned the…
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