Times They Are A Changing
RollingStone magazine used to be for young “hip” types in their teens or 20’s. It is still targeted at these very same people, but now these same readers are the ones who have survived the journey have grown into old geezers in their 50’s and 60’s.
Printed-On-Paper news media like newspapers and magazines are rapidly becoming an anachronism. Much like CDs are to the sale and delivery of music, the printing press is fast becoming so “Yesterday.”
In and early 1970’s and again 30 years later in the mid 2000’s I visited the Gutenberg museum 15 miles west of Frankfurt, Germany in Mainz. Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398 – 3 February 1468) was the first European to use movable printing type printing around 1439. He is also credited as being the inventor of the mechanical printing press. His major work was the Gutenberg Bible. This book was highly controversial since it allowed normal mortal people to read the Holy Book and scripture, thus taking enormous power away from the clergy whose power had rested in the ability to interpret what God said and wanted to the ignorant masses.
Printed books, flyers, and newspapers promptly became very impo
rtant in the mid 1400’s. Now roughly 500 - 600 years later most information is being delivered to you on an electronic screen over your computer, television, or portable telephone.
RollingStone is probably the very best news magazine still being sold. Issue 1086 which shows a date of September 3, 2009 just came out. It has two really excellent articles.
One is called “Why The Beatles Broke Up.” This is a long and in depth review of the world’s most famous musical group. It is a very good article.
There also is an article called “Sick and Wrong” which is an in depth analysis of the current attempt to implement Universal Health Care in America which should be read by anyone who thinks of themselves as well informed.
LINK: http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2009/08/19/matt-taibbi-on-health-care-reform-sick-and-wrong
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Printed-On-Paper news media like newspapers and magazines are rapidly becoming an anachronism. Much like CDs are to the sale and delivery of music, the printing press is fast becoming so “Yesterday.”
In and early 1970’s and again 30 years later in the mid 2000’s I visited the Gutenberg museum 15 miles west of Frankfurt, Germany in Mainz. Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398 – 3 February 1468) was the first European to use movable printing type printing around 1439. He is also credited as being the inventor of the mechanical printing press. His major work was the Gutenberg Bible. This book was highly controversial since it allowed normal mortal people to read the Holy Book and scripture, thus taking enormous power away from the clergy whose power had rested in the ability to interpret what God said and wanted to the ignorant masses.
Printed books, flyers, and newspapers promptly became very impo
rtant in the mid 1400’s. Now roughly 500 - 600 years later most information is being delivered to you on an electronic screen over your computer, television, or portable telephone.RollingStone is probably the very best news magazine still being sold. Issue 1086 which shows a date of September 3, 2009 just came out. It has two really excellent articles.
One is called “Why The Beatles Broke Up.” This is a long and in depth review of the world’s most famous musical group. It is a very good article.
There also is an article called “Sick and Wrong” which is an in depth analysis of the current attempt to implement Universal Health Care in America which should be read by anyone who thinks of themselves as well informed.
LINK: http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2009/08/19/matt-taibbi-on-health-care-reform-sick-and-wrong
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