Category Archives: Internet Culture

The GSpot:Chris Arkenberg

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on October 16, 2009. Filed under Chris Arkenberg, G-Spot, Gspot, Internet Culture, Interviews, Joseph Mathenuy, Joseph Matheny, Music, babylon, brain computer interface, culture and technology, emergent field, human culture, institute for the future, metaphysical bookstore, palo alto ca, podcast, psychobiology, researcher, technology horizons, ucsc. Tagged , , , . 4 Comments.
Joseph Matheny in conversation with Chris Arkenberg about everything from the future to music and technology.All music provided by N8UR (Chris Arkenberg) Songs, in order: Babylon System Nude Dressed SmiteDemDub BIO: Chris Arkenberg is a strategic researcher and futurist watching for patterns at the intersection of human culture and technology. He’s currently working as a visiting researcher at the Institute [...]

We Live In Public

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on October 9, 2009. Filed under Cinema, Internet Culture. No comments.
Rather prophetic statements by Josh Harris, love him or hate him, but the Internet has largely become yet another steaming pile of former potential, digested, converted and shat out by the human condition. Documentary movie website. This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.

Fatigue 2.0

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on December 2, 2007. Filed under Interactive, Internet Culture, Marketing, Web, bebo, cyberculture, facebook, hatebook, myspace, postmodern, quality of life, snubster, social networks, tribe. 8 Comments.
Fatigue 2.0 beta Wes Unruh Yes, I have a myspace account. No, I won’t friend you on facebook. A few months ago I joined facebook long enough to figure out that it was the same damn timesink that myspace had become, and quickly deleted my account despite the number of friends on facebook that seem content sharing their personal data with whoever [...]

Billy’s Masonic Tavern + The Mystery of Time

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on November 20, 2007. Filed under Cinema, Internet Culture, Music, Psychedelia, experimental music, film, jazz, mashup. No comments.
Billy’s Masonic Tavern + The Mystery of Time Combined by Lord Open Wes Unruh I recently ran a post about The Right Brain Society’s use of music and repurposed video footage, and shortly thereafter Lord Open contacted me on an unrelated note regarding some writing I’d posted on myspace (and I have lots more [...]

FACT Manipulates Truth, UK Police

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on October 24, 2007. Filed under FACT, IFPI, Internet Culture, MPAA, RIAA, Rumors, Torrent Talk, Web, journalism, media, piracy, television, torrents, truth. 8 Comments.
FACT Manipulates Truth, UK Police TV-Links.co.uk, OiNK.cd Shutdown Wes Unruh Last Friday a multinational task force with no fucking clue about how the internet works arrested the owner and shut down the servers of tv-links.co.uk. Here’s the thing, there was no content hosted on TV-L, all the content was hosted on video streaming sites and then hotlinked into html pages [...]

The Media Defender Leaks

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on September 17, 2007. Filed under Internet Culture, MAFIAA, Marketing, Rumors, Torrent Talk, advertising, free culture movement, mediadefender, music industry, software, surveillance, torrents. 4 Comments.
The Media Defender Leaks (& leaks become torrents) Wes Unruh Update: Media Defender Emails Update 2: P2P sites ridicule MediaDefender takedown notices in wake of e-mail leak Unfortunately for Media Defender – a company dedicated to mitigating the effects of internet leaks – they can do nothing about being the subject of the biggest BitTorrent leak [...]

Dr. Timothy Leary’s Footprint

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on August 13, 2007. Filed under Cinema, Internet Culture, LSD, People, Psychedelia, Rumors, Timothy Leary, counterculture, cyberculture, ecstacy, hallucinogen, leary, why not. 4 Comments.
Dr. Timothy Leary’s Footprint Wes Unruh There are few individuals who have had the impact on all of humanity that Dr. Timothy Leary exerted. Certainly there are a number of people who have altered our understanding of the material world, who have sparked civil movements, or technological innovations that have rerouted or offset tragedy and [...]

The Marketing of the Apocalypse

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on July 13, 2007. Filed under 2012, Conspiracy, Conspiracy/Fascism, Internet Culture, Marketing, Politics, Rumors, religion. 4 Comments.
The Marketing of the Apocalypse Wes Unruh With the growing 2012 apocalypse memeplex out there, there is a corresponding growth in those trying to capitalize on the fears of this rapidly growing popular culture trend. A recent New York Times article (archived here for non-subscribers) focused on the growing pre-occupation we westerners are having [...]

Ken McCarthy on DIY Journalism (2 of 2)

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on July 10, 2007. Filed under DIY, Internet Culture, Marketing, People, Politics, interview, journalism, protests. 1 Comment.
Ken McCarthy on DIY Journalism (part 2 of 2) Wes Unruh Yesterday I talked with Ken McCarthy about the growth of independent journalism on the web, how video is changing the way we interact online, and the recent interview he had with Scott Ritter, author of a book titled Waging Peace which seeks to provide the Peace and [...]

Ken McCarthy on DIY Journalism (1 of 2)

Written by Joseph Matheny. Posted on July 9, 2007. Filed under DIY, Internet Culture, Marketing, People, Politics, interview, journalism, protests. 3 Comments.
Ken McCarthy on DIY Journalism (part 1 of 2) Wes Unruh Ken McCarthy has been involved with helping people understand what the internet implies for business, for marketing, and for journalism since before there were web browsers. I was lucky enough to get him on the phone for an hour to talk about the impact that the [...]