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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?
So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.
And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.
There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.
I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.
So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.
But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”
My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher
“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.
~ David Simon
Sirius and XM merged? Man, I hope I don’t lose my favorite station.
You need to lean into a mic, like you’re on radio, to overcome the lousy acoustics of the room.
JamOn 17 on Sirius better survive.
DP, satellite radio needs to be about music. The other stuff like sports and news and entertainment is fine but radio is defined as music in the consumer’s mind and it is here that Sirius and XM dropped the ball, IMO. The marketing should have been about the music. The investment should have been in the music.
It a tough business when you can still get radio for free. And most people would rather listen to their own music (CDs, MP3 players, iPods, etc) than listen to stuff pre-programmed by someone else.
I know the free TV/cable dynamic has worked for cable but cable provides something free TV doesn’t. It’s yet to be shown that Pay Radio can provide the same sort of “upgrade” or if they can, that people think it’s worth paying for.
I think the “upgrade” comes in the form of commercial-free stations; a greater variety of genre-specific stations that have infinitely larger playlists; better sound quality and no signal loss; uncensored talk and music; a greater overall variety of stations. How is this any less substantial than the Free TV/cable comparison?
As a Sirius subscriber since 2003, for me the upgrade over terrestrial radio is massive. No commercials. Narrow genres of music. Well informed DJs. Better sound quality. More music variety even within the narrow genres. No signal loss when moving geographically (but very occassional loss for a few seconds when just movign anywhere). Unlimited news and talk options. Out of town sports. Easily worht $12 a month to me. Never listen to CDs anymore. Don’t have or desire iPod integration since I had Sirius before an iPod.
I would suggest that Direwolf’s experience is in the big minority. The fact is, we’re moving toward an On-Demand world, and XM and Sirius do nothing to address this.
Today’s youth will stick with their iPods and MP3 players and even CD players where they can choose their own music instead of having it chosen for them. I don’t know once person under 30 who listens to the regular radio unless they don’t have a choice (no CD player in their car, which is rare). Only for talk radio, not music.
The difference between Cable and XM is that Cable offers users things they can’t get elsewhere – like ESPN – whereas XM just seems to offer a better version of what you can get for free on the radio. For regular folks, paying $13 a month for something you can basically get for free is just a big waste of money that could be spent more wisely elsewhere.
I don’t know – people I know who have XM or Sirius are “high end” buyers. Yes, they love it. But they haven’t convinced a single one of my “low end” friends (or even other “high end” friends) to buy into it. Most people get buy with their CDs, iPods, NPR or other talk radio.
In a world where we already have monthlies for cable, cell phone, land line, internet, netflix, etc, most people aren’t ready to shell out for radio as well.
For youth, their $13/month would be more wisely spent on an all-you-can-download fee site like Napster than a whatever-you-play-I-listen-to site like XM.
In the end, subscription radio seems a bad model in an on-demand world.
That episode was one thousand times better than the first one. Great job. One of the clearest, most concise overviews of the basic issues of digital video and high def I’ve seen, and it’s off the top of your head in a couple minutes. Very impressive and informative.
I’ve owned an IPOD since they first became available with the 5GBs but I love my XM radio… it’s just great to be able to hear stuff you wouldn’t normallly listen to because it’s not in your record/download collection and XM offers a lot of variety that you can’t really get on traditional radio (especially in NYC where reception isn’t great).
i have had XM for 2 months and they don’t cover movies well or the entertainment industry, the E! XM channel is absolute junk, David Poland Natural Spring Water should have a show there. Like a 2 hour weekly show with interviews of people he runs into. David Hasselhoff err Poland used to talk alot about women parts, yet now he doesnt.
Now with the merger I can finally get a Satallite radio and not have to choose between the two. It was like Sophie’s Choice… only more selfish and no Nazi’s were involved.