Comments on: dreck intolerance

By: David Everitt-Carlson

David Everitt-Carlson — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:13:19 +0000

Hey, I believe that show was a National Geographic show about the then unnoticed gathering geothermal inflation and it’s cognitive effect of the underlying socioeconomic strata of a burgeoning world population in religious crisis over fossil fuels, but we were too fucking stupid to understand any of that so we just ragged on about the commercials!
Boyz we wuz.

By: Tungsten jewerly

Tungsten jewerly — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:28:11 +0000

This is a really interesting way to look at it. I did without TV for 30 years, now I’m catching up a little with DVDs and online.

By: gregorylent

gregorylent — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:39:14 +0000

make 10 pieces of art (NOT the same old shit you always crank out) …
one will be great, one should be burned immediately, and the rest are in between …
creative life is like that …
and shit does sell stuff … after all, look at the audience ..

By: Elijah Few

Elijah Few — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:12:29 +0000

dreck , its a problem on tv, its a problem on madison
but hey so what?

By: Lira

Lira — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:09:59 +0000

I’m not sure if its a problem, or simply a new process that society has developed/discovered. 95% is dreck now, but as creative people continue to transform what they produce into better and better ideas, we may find ourselves with less and less dreck, simply because dreck doesn’t sell.
And if that means TV dissapears because it’s all dreck, then I’m fine with that. Besides Hulu & Youtube do come with a mouse.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:10:26 +0000

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By: Eric Hegwer

Eric Hegwer — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:34:34 +0000

And that’s why Bounce Rate is the most important Google Web Stat you can track

By: Sunday

Sunday — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:40:09 +0000

Thanks for the video/link and your blog. This is a really interesting way to look at it. I did without TV for 28 years, now I’m catching up a little with DVDs and online. Basically, can’t say as I missed much, except the occasional cultural ref between friends, and a few really great shows.

By: Nick Taylor

Nick Taylor — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:38:11 +0000

Maybe drek sells. Maybe something so crap that it sticks in people’s heads works better than a finely crafted masterpiece.
I mean thinking back to the 60s, the only advert I can remember is some incontinently excitable voice exclaiming “It’s Sabco Time!!!”… and the film in the background was the Sabco logo, and a clock, telling the time. That’s all.
Good ad? Bad ad?
I’ve no idea what Sabco is. Some sort of cleaner I think. I can remember the advert though.

By: thebestbrew

thebestbrew — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:25:02 +0000

That vid is so utterly, totaly fucking on-the-nail.
That is why I record stuff and FF through the ads and why I am sitting now with GV, twitter and my blog dash open with the TV off instead of sitting slack-jawed in front of another repeat of MI2. That’s why I’m re-discovering creativity I’d forgotten I had.
Once you learn that you can break the brainwashing-tube shackles, you come to really, REALLY resent it’s influence.

By: J. Smith

J. Smith — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:18:14 +0000

People are still watching though aren’t they? It’s when they stop watching altogether to participate in this next “thing” that matters. It’s when we’re all looking for the mouse, instead of looking for the next show, right? One good show is enough to suck up a lot of time from a lot of people.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:35:35 +0000

So what does it say about TV’s Dreck/Quality ratio that you can’t remember the TV show at all?
Having worked for 15 years in television promotions, I’d say its about the same… and I’d give the same ratio to the promotions as well (at least, I would to mine — that’s one of the reasons I left).
So only 5% quality shows, and only 5% of those getting quality promos… no wonder people aren’t watching.…