Ευρωπαϊκή Ημέρα του Ανέμου

Η 2^η επέτειος της Ευρωπαϊκής Ημέρας του Ανέμου θα γιορτασθεί στις 15 Ιουνίου σε όλη την Ευρώπη. Μετά την επιτυχημένη πρώτη εκδήλωση το 2007, η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση Αιολικής Ενέργειας (European Wind Energy Association – EWEA) οργανώνει και φέτος την Πανευρωπαϊκή εκστρατεία για να φωτίσει τα πολλαπλά οφέλη της αιολικής ενέργειας – μιας ανεξάντλητης, ανανεώσιμης, εγχώριας πηγής ενέργειας.

Ευρωπαϊκή Ημέρα του Ανέμου

Η 2^η επέτειος της Ευρωπαϊκής Ημέρας του Ανέμου θα γιορτασθεί στις 15 Ιουνίου σε όλη την Ευρώπη. Μετά την επιτυχημένη πρώτη εκδήλωση το 2007, η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση Αιολικής Ενέργειας (European Wind Energy Association – EWEA) οργανώνει και φέτος την Πανευρωπαϊκή εκστρατεία για να φωτίσει τα πολλαπλά οφέλη της αιολικής ενέργειας – μιας ανεξάντλητης, ανανεώσιμης, εγχώριας πηγής ενέργειας.

Περιοδικό Οδός Πανός – Τεύχος 140 του 2008

ΟΔΟΣ ΠΑΝΟΣ τ. 140

Περιοδικό Οδός Πανός – Τεύχος 140 του 2008

ΟΔΟΣ ΠΑΝΟΣ τ. 140

Περιοδικό Οδός Πανός – Τεύχος 140 του 2008

ΟΔΟΣ ΠΑΝΟΣ τ. 140

Ghosts

13 March 2008: film festival

Hello-
First of all, a sincere THANK YOU for the response to Ghosts. We are all amazed at the reaction for what we assumed would be a quiet curiosity in the NIN catalog. My faith in all of you has been restored – let’s all go have coffee somewhere (my treat)!

Today we announce the expansion of the Ghosts project into the visual world. This record began as an experiment with us using sound as a means to describe visuals. Early in the project we thought it would be interesting to see what the community could create / collaborate on as a reaction to the music we were making. We wanted to keep the canvas as blank as possible for you, hence the lack of descriptive song titles and the primarily textural artwork and packaging.
So here’s the plan: we’ve teamed up with YouTube to host a «film festival» around Ghosts. The concept is for you to take whatever tracks you feel inspired by from Ghosts and create what you feel should accompany them visually. You will be able to see all of the submissions, and a team of us (including me) will be sorting through them and setting aside ones we feel are exceptional. Eventually (within a couple of months?) we will present a virtual «film festival» with me and some special guests presenting selections of your work.
This isn’t a contest and you don’t win elaborate prizes – it’s meant to be an experiment in collaboration and a chance for us to interact beyond the typical one-way artist-to-fan relationship. We’ve discussed some interesting ways this could go, including multiple installments of the online «film festivals,» to broadcast TV specials, to a one-time live performance of the entire Ghosts record with your visuals involved. It really depends on how this progresses and develops.
We are all very much looking forward to what you come up with, and hope you enjoy the experience. Visit our YouTube channel for information on how to participate.

TR

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor launched a YouTube channel yesterday that will host a film festival of fan-made movies that feature tracks from Ghosts I-IV, insuring the fans’ films will be reduced to compressed, blotchy, out-of-sync YouTube clips. Reznor himself will judge the competition, along with “special guests.” Fans can upload their videos onto the YouTube page now, but Reznor insists you take your time, since the whole process is going to take a few months. And as the rules state, “Please don’t just submit simple image slideshows.”

In other Reznor news, he criticized Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want release of In Rainbows, calling it “insincere” and “a bait and switch to get you to pay for a MySpace-quality stream as a way to promote a very traditional record sale.” “What they did right: they surprised the world with a new record, and it was available digitally first,” Reznor said of his possible Lollapalooza co-headliners. “What they did wrong: by making it such a low quality thing, not even including artwork … to me that feels insincere.” Reznor’s comments come one day after he revealed his self-released instrumental album Ghosts I-IV raked in $1.6 million in first week label-free sales.

Related Stories:

• Nine Inch Nails’ “Ghosts I-IV” Makes Trent Reznor an Instant Millionaire
• Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails Expected to Headline Lollapalooza
• Nine Inch Nails Surprise Fans by Web-Releasing New “Ghosts” Album

Ghosts

13 March 2008: film festival

Hello-
First of all, a sincere THANK YOU for the response to Ghosts. We are all amazed at the reaction for what we assumed would be a quiet curiosity in the NIN catalog. My faith in all of you has been restored – let’s all go have coffee somewhere (my treat)!

Today we announce the expansion of the Ghosts project into the visual world. This record began as an experiment with us using sound as a means to describe visuals. Early in the project we thought it would be interesting to see what the community could create / collaborate on as a reaction to the music we were making. We wanted to keep the canvas as blank as possible for you, hence the lack of descriptive song titles and the primarily textural artwork and packaging.
So here’s the plan: we’ve teamed up with YouTube to host a «film festival» around Ghosts. The concept is for you to take whatever tracks you feel inspired by from Ghosts and create what you feel should accompany them visually. You will be able to see all of the submissions, and a team of us (including me) will be sorting through them and setting aside ones we feel are exceptional. Eventually (within a couple of months?) we will present a virtual «film festival» with me and some special guests presenting selections of your work.
This isn’t a contest and you don’t win elaborate prizes – it’s meant to be an experiment in collaboration and a chance for us to interact beyond the typical one-way artist-to-fan relationship. We’ve discussed some interesting ways this could go, including multiple installments of the online «film festivals,» to broadcast TV specials, to a one-time live performance of the entire Ghosts record with your visuals involved. It really depends on how this progresses and develops.
We are all very much looking forward to what you come up with, and hope you enjoy the experience. Visit our YouTube channel for information on how to participate.

TR

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor launched a YouTube channel yesterday that will host a film festival of fan-made movies that feature tracks from Ghosts I-IV, insuring the fans’ films will be reduced to compressed, blotchy, out-of-sync YouTube clips. Reznor himself will judge the competition, along with “special guests.” Fans can upload their videos onto the YouTube page now, but Reznor insists you take your time, since the whole process is going to take a few months. And as the rules state, “Please don’t just submit simple image slideshows.”

In other Reznor news, he criticized Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want release of In Rainbows, calling it “insincere” and “a bait and switch to get you to pay for a MySpace-quality stream as a way to promote a very traditional record sale.” “What they did right: they surprised the world with a new record, and it was available digitally first,” Reznor said of his possible Lollapalooza co-headliners. “What they did wrong: by making it such a low quality thing, not even including artwork … to me that feels insincere.” Reznor’s comments come one day after he revealed his self-released instrumental album Ghosts I-IV raked in $1.6 million in first week label-free sales.

Related Stories:

• Nine Inch Nails’ “Ghosts I-IV” Makes Trent Reznor an Instant Millionaire
• Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails Expected to Headline Lollapalooza
• Nine Inch Nails Surprise Fans by Web-Releasing New “Ghosts” Album

Ghosts

13 March 2008: film festival

Hello-
First of all, a sincere THANK YOU for the response to Ghosts. We are all amazed at the reaction for what we assumed would be a quiet curiosity in the NIN catalog. My faith in all of you has been restored – let’s all go have coffee somewhere (my treat)!

Today we announce the expansion of the Ghosts project into the visual world. This record began as an experiment with us using sound as a means to describe visuals. Early in the project we thought it would be interesting to see what the community could create / collaborate on as a reaction to the music we were making. We wanted to keep the canvas as blank as possible for you, hence the lack of descriptive song titles and the primarily textural artwork and packaging.
So here’s the plan: we’ve teamed up with YouTube to host a «film festival» around Ghosts. The concept is for you to take whatever tracks you feel inspired by from Ghosts and create what you feel should accompany them visually. You will be able to see all of the submissions, and a team of us (including me) will be sorting through them and setting aside ones we feel are exceptional. Eventually (within a couple of months?) we will present a virtual «film festival» with me and some special guests presenting selections of your work.
This isn’t a contest and you don’t win elaborate prizes – it’s meant to be an experiment in collaboration and a chance for us to interact beyond the typical one-way artist-to-fan relationship. We’ve discussed some interesting ways this could go, including multiple installments of the online «film festivals,» to broadcast TV specials, to a one-time live performance of the entire Ghosts record with your visuals involved. It really depends on how this progresses and develops.
We are all very much looking forward to what you come up with, and hope you enjoy the experience. Visit our YouTube channel for information on how to participate.

TR

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor launched a YouTube channel yesterday that will host a film festival of fan-made movies that feature tracks from Ghosts I-IV, insuring the fans’ films will be reduced to compressed, blotchy, out-of-sync YouTube clips. Reznor himself will judge the competition, along with “special guests.” Fans can upload their videos onto the YouTube page now, but Reznor insists you take your time, since the whole process is going to take a few months. And as the rules state, “Please don’t just submit simple image slideshows.”

In other Reznor news, he criticized Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want release of In Rainbows, calling it “insincere” and “a bait and switch to get you to pay for a MySpace-quality stream as a way to promote a very traditional record sale.” “What they did right: they surprised the world with a new record, and it was available digitally first,” Reznor said of his possible Lollapalooza co-headliners. “What they did wrong: by making it such a low quality thing, not even including artwork … to me that feels insincere.” Reznor’s comments come one day after he revealed his self-released instrumental album Ghosts I-IV raked in $1.6 million in first week label-free sales.

Related Stories:

• Nine Inch Nails’ “Ghosts I-IV” Makes Trent Reznor an Instant Millionaire
• Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails Expected to Headline Lollapalooza
• Nine Inch Nails Surprise Fans by Web-Releasing New “Ghosts” Album

19 Μάρτη Γενική 24ωρη Απεργία, 3ωρη στάση η ΕΣΗΕΑ…

Αναδημοσιεύω από το Επισφαλής εργασία στα ΜΜΕ

Ό,τι και να πει κανείς λίγο θα ‘ναι. Αν κάνετε μια βόλτα στις συνδέσεις που έχουμε στη δεξιά στήλη θα δείτε ότι οι παρατάξεις που δραστηριοποιούνται εντός ΕΣΗΕΑ φρίττουν με το «ξεπούλημα» που χρεώνεται όλος ο κλάδος από τη στάση του Δ.Σ. της Ένωσης.

Είναι από τις φορές που χαιρόμαστε που δεν είμαστε μέλη… και πραγματικά συμπονάμε όλα τα προοδευτικά και δημοκρατικά μέλη της ΕΣΗΕΑ που αναγκάζονται να δικαιολογούν τα αδικαιολόγητα σε μια ολόκληρη κοινωνία που τους δείχνει με το δάχτυλο.

Δεν έχει έρθει όμως συνάδελφοι το πλήρωμα του χρόνου να εκφραστεί η αγανάκτηση; δεν μπορούν να συγκληθούν συνελεύσεις σε όλα τα «μαγαζιά του Τύπου» για το Ασφαλιστικό; Αφού το συζητάμε μεταξύ μας έτσι κι αλλιώς στα γραφεία και στους διαδρόμους, ας το συζητήσουμε και οργανωμένα και ας βγάλουμε ψηφίσματα συνελεύσεων έστω. Ας καλούν τα ψηφίσματα αυτά σε συμμετοχή στην απεργία, σε σύγκλιση έκτακτης γενικής συνέλευσης και σε σύνοδο του Διασωματειακού, χωρίς αποκλεισμούς.

Απλά πράγματα και πρακτικά… Ως πότε θα τους αφήνουμε να μας σπιλώνουν;

Εμείς ως Πρωτοβουλία –με το καταστατικό μας στα σκαριά και διάσπαρτοι σε πολλά μαγαζιά- θα στηρίξουμε κάθε τέτοια πρωτοβουλία.

Συζητάμε για το Ασφαλιστικό τη Δευτέρα 17 Μάρτη στις 8.30 μ.μ. στα γραφεία μας, Χαλκοκονδύλη 37-39, 7^ος, γραφείο 9.

19 Μάρτη Γενική 24ωρη Απεργία, 3ωρη στάση η ΕΣΗΕΑ…

Αναδημοσιεύω από το Επισφαλής εργασία στα ΜΜΕ

Ό,τι και να πει κανείς λίγο θα ‘ναι. Αν κάνετε μια βόλτα στις συνδέσεις που έχουμε στη δεξιά στήλη θα δείτε ότι οι παρατάξεις που δραστηριοποιούνται εντός ΕΣΗΕΑ φρίττουν με το «ξεπούλημα» που χρεώνεται όλος ο κλάδος από τη στάση του Δ.Σ. της Ένωσης.

Είναι από τις φορές που χαιρόμαστε που δεν είμαστε μέλη… και πραγματικά συμπονάμε όλα τα προοδευτικά και δημοκρατικά μέλη της ΕΣΗΕΑ που αναγκάζονται να δικαιολογούν τα αδικαιολόγητα σε μια ολόκληρη κοινωνία που τους δείχνει με το δάχτυλο.

Δεν έχει έρθει όμως συνάδελφοι το πλήρωμα του χρόνου να εκφραστεί η αγανάκτηση; δεν μπορούν να συγκληθούν συνελεύσεις σε όλα τα «μαγαζιά του Τύπου» για το Ασφαλιστικό; Αφού το συζητάμε μεταξύ μας έτσι κι αλλιώς στα γραφεία και στους διαδρόμους, ας το συζητήσουμε και οργανωμένα και ας βγάλουμε ψηφίσματα συνελεύσεων έστω. Ας καλούν τα ψηφίσματα αυτά σε συμμετοχή στην απεργία, σε σύγκλιση έκτακτης γενικής συνέλευσης και σε σύνοδο του Διασωματειακού, χωρίς αποκλεισμούς.

Απλά πράγματα και πρακτικά… Ως πότε θα τους αφήνουμε να μας σπιλώνουν;

Εμείς ως Πρωτοβουλία –με το καταστατικό μας στα σκαριά και διάσπαρτοι σε πολλά μαγαζιά- θα στηρίξουμε κάθε τέτοια πρωτοβουλία.

Συζητάμε για το Ασφαλιστικό τη Δευτέρα 17 Μάρτη στις 8.30 μ.μ. στα γραφεία μας, Χαλκοκονδύλη 37-39, 7^ος, γραφείο 9.