Saturday, May 3rd, 2003

Time	Event
2:14p	I Think Steph's Hot Notes: This story is more of an opiniated piece. Think what you think of it; it's not too funny though. I Think Steph's Hot By Hunter Altman I bought a DVD for $11.99 a few months ago. Decent movie... bad acting... but it had Thora Birch and it had humor. It was doublesided, so you had two ways to watch the movie. No real special features, but for that price, are they even necessary? (The Smokers) I bought a DVD for $9.99 a few months ago. Great movie... good acting... good movie alltogether. Not only did it have the movie, it had about a half dozen special features, as well as deleted scenes and special features. Plus it was a topic that comes close to me (my brother's industry). As well, Giovanni Ribisi and Vin Diesel were pretty good. (Boiler Room) I bought a DVD for $14.99 a few months ago. Good movie... funny... scary... entertaining. It came with about 5 or 6 special features, including deleted scenes and an entertaining commentary track. It was a movie that helped launch the career of Jennifer Garner's ex, Scott Foley... and I don't care what any of you say, David Arquette is funny. (Scream 3). On the contrary, I bought a CD for $18.99 a couple of weeks ago. 4 of the tracks had been uploaded to the internet by the band themselves, some over a year before the CD came out. Another had been on a previous album released, again, over a year before. A single was released of another track, and two other songs had turned into radio staples. The majority of the intro had been heard on the band's hotline. So, lets count that for a minute. 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1. You're basically paying over $20 for 5 new songs. I went to buy the album with a $20 and had to go back with more money hours later. It was a great album though, I'll say that much. 'Suicide', one of the unreleased tracks, was one of the best songs I'd heard in months. And their concert that I went to 2 weeks after getting the album was awesome. But come on... $21 for 5? And the music industry wonders why people download music illegally? I used to download music, then I changed my mind. It's quite simple really. Most bands worth listening to will upload free songs to the net. The age of the CD single is over. You put the track online, on the radios, on MTV, people hear it, download it, like it, and eventually, if they got the cash, buy it. Occasionally I'm known to burn legal CDs- all tracks that were uploaded for free. They say that since people download music, the stores will have to lose inventory to break even, and that makes us download the music more. I for one don't like waiting a week for a CD to come in the mail. The rapper Tech N9ne says it best. He has a movement called " FTI ", also known as "F*ck the Industry". He decided that since he's different, a different style of music, he isn't prime for MTV; he isn't prime for the radio, so he uploaded his **entire album** to the net. He decided that if you like it, come out and support the movement and buy it. And as added incentive, he added 7 unreleased tracks and a DVD to the CD... for the same price. If I got the cash together, I'd seriously consider getting it. Maybe after I hear his track on The Green Book. If I like a CD, I'll buy it; if I don't know what it sounds like, do you honestly think I'm going to buy it? I'm not going to buy a Britney Spears CD because her breasts are big, or Christina Aguilera CD to support prostitution in America. I'm like a normal person... and these idiots in the music industry don't get that. I'm going to exit with the words to the intro to Tech N9ne's album. He put this on to explain his cause. "...A lotta muthaf*ckas in the music industry who run sh*t, don't like file sharing, because they know if you listen before you buy, you'll find out a lotta their artists are bullsh*t. So this is mighty cocky what we're doing, you know what i'm sizzling? We believe in our sh*t fully..." Yep. (What the fuck happened to you?)
4:53p	Correction Correction from today's story: The section about Boiler Room should read "...Great movie... good acting... good movie alltogether. Not only did it have the movie, it had about a half dozen special features, as well as deleted scenes and easter eggs..." Correct version reads below: I Think Steph's Hot By Hunter Altman I bought a DVD for $11.99 a few months ago. Decent movie... bad acting... but it had Thora Birch and it had humor. It was doublesided, so you had two ways to watch the movie. No real special features, but for that price, are they even necessary? (The Smokers) I bought a DVD for $9.99 a few months ago. Great movie... good acting... good movie alltogether. Not only did it have the movie, it had about a half dozen special features, as well as deleted scenes and easter eggs. Plus it was a topic that comes close to me (my brother's industry). As well, Giovanni Ribisi and Vin Diesel were pretty good. (Boiler Room) I bought a DVD for $14.99 a few months ago. Good movie... funny... scary... entertaining. It came with about 5 or 6 special features, including deleted scenes and an entertaining commentary track. It was a movie that helped launch the career of Jennifer Garner's ex, Scott Foley... and I don't care what any of you say, David Arquette is funny. (Scream 3). On the contrary, I bought a CD for $18.99 a couple of weeks ago. 4 of the tracks had been uploaded to the internet by the band themselves, some over a year before the CD came out. Another had been on a previous album released, again, over a year before. A single was released of another track, and two other songs had turned into radio staples. The majority of the intro had been heard on the band's hotline. So, lets count that for a minute. 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1. You're basically paying over $20 for 5 new songs. I went to buy the album with a $20 and had to go back with more money hours later. It was a great album though, I'll say that much. 'Suicide', one of the unreleased tracks, was one of the best songs I'd heard in months. And their concert that I went to 2 weeks after getting the album was awesome. But come on... $21 for 5? And the music industry wonders why people download music illegally? I used to download music, then I changed my mind. It's quite simple really. Most bands worth listening to will upload free songs to the net. The age of the CD single is over. You put the track online, on the radios, on MTV, people hear it, download it, like it, and eventually, if they got the cash, buy it. Occasionally I'm known to burn legal CDs- all tracks that were uploaded for free. They say that since people download music, the stores will have to lose inventory to break even, and that makes us download the music more. I for one don't like waiting a week for a CD to come in the mail. The rapper Tech N9ne says it best. He has a movement called " FTI ", also known as "F*ck the Industry". He decided that since he's different, a different style of music, he isn't prime for MTV; he isn't prime for the radio, so he uploaded his **entire album** to the net. He decided that if you like it, come out and support the movement and buy it. And as added incentive, he added 7 unreleased tracks and a DVD to the CD... for the same price. If I got the cash together, I'd seriously consider getting it. Maybe after I hear his track on The Green Book. If I like a CD, I'll buy it; if I don't know what it sounds like, do you honestly think I'm going to buy it? I'm not going to buy a Britney Spears CD because her breasts are big, or Christina Aguilera CD to support prostitution in America. I'm like a normal person... and these idiots in the music industry don't get that. I'm going to exit with the words to the intro to Tech N9ne's album. He put this on to explain his cause. "...A lotta muthaf*ckas in the music industry who run sh*t, don't like file sharing, because they know if you listen before you buy, you'll find out a lotta their artists are bullsh*t. So this is mighty cocky what we're doing, you know what i'm sizzling? We believe in our sh*t fully..." Yep. (1 couldn't fly | What the fuck happened to you?)

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