Bono, Steve Jobs, etc.

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<<It's typical of Bono that he thinks he has to say "the artist Jeff 
Koons">>

If he has to use that term he could at least put "artist" in quotes.  
Or replace it with "opportunistic purveyor of kitsch."

<<Apple products are overpriced and a ballache to use>>

Hard to use compared to what?  You find an imac harder to use than 
[pick your computer brand] running windows?

-----Original Message-----
From: John Carvill <johncarvill at gmail.com>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 5:43 am
Subject: Bono, Steve Jobs, etc.


It's typical of Bono that he thinks he has to say "the artist 
JeffKoons", like we don't now who Koons is. And that he refers to 
JonathanIve as 'Jonny Ive', just like Steve Jobs does. Having said 
that, overhere in Old Europe, we do view American cars as very clunky, 
unsexy,and weird.Here's a good profile of Jobs, which doesn't mention 
that Appleproducts are overpriced and a ballache to use (or that the 
soundquality of iPods is pathetic), but does point up Apple's 
willingness -like most tech companies - to jump in bed with the 
'defense' industry:"Jobs might still be a Buddhist and greatly admire 
Gandhi, but thatdoes not make iPhone technology any less attractive to 
the Raytheondefence contractor, which last year unveiled One Force 
Tracker, thefirst of a series of software applications turning iPhone 
and iPodtouch devices into battlefield 
tools."http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/jan/03/observer-profile
-steve-jobs