Junk Food For The Soul

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Adam Family Guy, TV, Videos

Just finished reading a BBC article on Kid Rock’s refusal to put his songs on iTunes. What was interesting about the article was the contrast between Kid Rock’s reason for shunning iTunes and Garth Brooks’ reluctance to embrace online sales. (Both artists are among the small handful of top artists also not on iTunes or AmazonMP3.)

Rock says iTunes is based on “an old system, where iTunes takes the money, the record company takes the money, and they don’t give it to the artists.” Brooks, on the other hand, doesn’t want you to download his songs because he wants you to buy the full album.

He wants fans to download only full albums because he says each album is a complete work and the songs are designed to be heard together.

“We do albums, we have always done albums,” he recently told the BBC News website.

Not exactly surprising to me. I would assume anyone crazy enough to pull a Chris Gaines stunt obviously thinks a lot of his craft. But I’m most curious about this quote from him: “And if people try to make it a money issue, I can get the full album to the consumer for much less than they can get it at 99 cents a song.”

Really? Now that I’d like to see. If it’s really not about the money, why not follow the lead of bands like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails by putting out an album and making it available on your website for anyone to buy at whatever price they choose? Both of those bands are claiming success with that model.

Personally, while I’m not a huge country music fan I do appreciate a lot of Garth’s music. But I’d have to disagree with his statement “Friends in Low Places is not Friends in Low Places without Wolves or Wild Horses.” I love Friends in Low Places and the No Fences album is a decent one overall with hits like The Thunder Rolls and Unanswered Prayers, but if we were still talking cassette tapes Wolves would be a b-side that most would never listen to twice.

Bottomline: Do you want to give fans what they want, or what you want? It’s your prerogative, but don’t be upset if we don’t agree with you.

Adam Music

What happens when you ask the whole world to download your software at the same time? They do.

Better be ready.

Adam Misc, Technology

I’m guessing you’re not that into your music when you take a minute out DURING a song to send someone a text message.

Adam Misc

Adam Movies, Videos

LOL, Hulk asks Batman how he sleeps at night after Mr. Freeze disaster.

Adam Movies, Videos

Really looking forward to this Batman movie. Ledger just looks like he’s going to be a great Joker and Bale is already a great Batman.

Adam Movies, Videos

I know some people who may not be quite as hip to the whole Internet generation seem to think that YouTube and similar sites are to blame for people taping themselves doing stupid things and then posting them to the sites. But I’m actually thankful to have sites like YouTube. Without them people would just commit crimes and then possibly get away with it.

Thanks to YouTube and the like we can now catch these idiots. Like the FL kids (sigh … another example of how whacked out my home-state is) who were just ordered to post an apology on YouTube for posting a video of themselves throwing a drink at the Taco Bell drive-thru clerk. A short 10-12 years ago when I was young and stupid I knew people who did similar stupid acts and none of them were ever punished for it. The only way they would get caught was to do the crime right in front of a cop. Now they are essentially providing the police all the evidence they need to catch them. The cops just sit back and reel them in.

Adam Florida News, Technology

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