In the first half of the 20th century, the manufacture, transportation and distribution of ice blocks was one of the largest industries in the country. It employed hundreds of thousands of people, and several large corporations got very rich off of supplying a vital service.

But after WWII, everybody bought refrigerators. By the early 50s, pretty much every American home could make their own cold for pennies a day, and didn’t need to pay significantly more for a service that was obsolete and superfluous. The ice barons lost their collective asses and hundreds of thousands of ice farmers and delivery men lost their jobs.

I’m sure they tried like hell to stop people from making cold at home, but an outdated business model is an outdated business model. Luckily, the government wasn’t quite as firmly in the pocket of lobbyists as they are now, otherwise refrigerators might have been outlawed as a job-killing communist conspiracy. Sometimes old business have to die for newer, better businesses to take over.

Media distribution is the ice delivery service of the 21st century. They’re dinosaurs. It sucks to be the dinosaur when the asteroid comes to town, but if the dinosaurs don’t die, the mammals never get their shot.

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thisisthemelt:

Not entirely sure who this kid Hourglass Sea is, but listening to a few tunes on his soundcloud, his Hudson Mohawke/Rustie-esq production has me smiling and head bobbing like only the Glasgow crew can… Take a listen to “La Concorde” below and then do yourself a favor and buy Return to the Crematorium  off of Chill Mega Chill Records…more investigation to come.

Posted by Swani

Sometimes I wonder
if we are all in an eternal youtube video
entitled
‘Shit Ppl Who are Trying 2 Go Viral Say’

(Source: hipsterrunoff.com)