February 2009
10 posts
“If everyone were satisfied, no one would buy the new thing because no one would...”
– This is the conclusion of an article titled “Keep the Consumer Dissatisfied,” written by Charles F. Kettering in 1929. Kettering was head of research for General Motors from 1920 to 1947. I learned of this article via another article titled “The Gospel of Consumption,”...
Internet Archive: Hot Club of Cowtown Live at The... →
I just discovered that HCoC has six shows on archive.org. Seeing as their live album Continental Stomp is one of my favorites, this is a pretty exciting find for me.
“The bad news is we had to let go of about 8,000 clone troopers today. The good...”
– See? This economic problem is more severe than we had first realized. It is even affecting layoffs a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. [via Twitter / darthvader]