“I do think it would be an incredible experiment to shut down the whole Internet for five years and see what sort of art is produced over that span.

Ouch… I’ve never thought the day would come when I’d prefer Sir Elton keep his mouth shut.
(full story at The Sun and CNet)

P.S.  I’ve never thought I’d ever see Sir Elton on TechMeme, either

Update: (7/6/2010):  Apparently Sir Elton forgot to shut this thing off.  Three years later it’s now Prince’s turn.  Oh, well… we’ll check back on this in 2013…