If you really think about, the whole situation with the music industry is quite tragic. Not because record labels lose money (I could care less about records labels and the music executives who don’t know how to run them) or because artists lose money (I’m sometimes really indifferent to them), but really because music isn’t truly experienced any more. … Continue reading…Top 5: Ways the Music Industry Can Save Itself
It’s been really cold lately in Sacramento this winter season. You can talk about global warming all you want, but the more logical reason is the lack of rain. There’s probably a scientific reason behind it (I haven’t had enough coffee to figure it out), but has anyone noticed that when it rains the air feels warmer? … Continue reading…New Year’s Eve + Last Minute 2007 Bits
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) would like you to believe that their recent legal victory over Jammie Thomas in the first RIAA copyright infringement lawsuit to ever go to trial will convince every illegal file sharer now to think twice. But the truth is that file sharing (legal or illegal) will forever be a staple in the digital age. … Continue reading…Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, And Madonna: Three More Reasons That Downloading Music Isn’t Going Away
Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent were teammates for a very long time. You’d never know it, but those two hated each other. Yet the irony was the two were more similar than they were different. If you ever read stories about the two nowadays, you’ll hear how Kent was just as a loner as Bonds was. Even though Kent was enthusiastic during interviews, it’s just that he’d only be enthusiastic during interviews. He wanted to make himself look like the anti-Bonds. … Continue reading…Barry Bonds + Jeff Kent, Marion Jones, RIAA