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i was going to write it more properly, but this email is becoming a blog post. so off we go.
http://www.music2dot0.com/
like i said, it's how and when you seed. and where does the seed come from?
the radiohead model is NOT FAIR, their losses can be covered by touring and the FREE PUBLICITY gained. but life and society is not fair either. and they got there first on a mass scale and that is, commendable.
fuck, the music might not be that bad, either.
look at them, they don't know what to do with it. it's all "REVOLUTIONARY" according to them. no it's not. it's just fucking shareware that has a staricase development to product cycle.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-radioheadweb3oct03,1,4648862.story?track=rss
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/radiohead-album-price-tag-its-up-to-you/#comment-144040
the NME doing shitty press i understand, but COME ON, ny and la times? what the fuck!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/typepad/DqMf/%7E3/164642648/radiohead-round.html
i am pretty certain that a lot of people are paying FULL PRICE (FP? wtf is that, does that cover all production costs and shit, wow, that's probably like $0.5 million at least) because it is radiohead (a brand) and your purchase will be talked about at school, at work. yoiu're not being scrutinized, but you fel like you are. it's fear. like your friend, "a fan". i am not dissing them at all, that is the fan mentality (which i oftentimes seem to lack, actually). but fans are like junkies. they DON'T need the drug, but they kind of do. what drives that desire? "elaborate here".
ok, so radiohead became the drug via "traditiional" means. music is probably, a commodity. it's like a cigarette, chocolate, even that drink (though that has nothing to do with me). you DON'T NEED IT BUT YOU KINDA DO NEED IT. it's social lubricant. from that perspective, is paying $15~$20 of half arsed social lubricant worth it?
and why did it become half arsed? "elaborate here"
how can you put it back to becoming a smooother lubricant? "elaborate here"