Not entirely appropriate considering what was being downloaded.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
They don't stuff around
They don't even wait for January to finish before dragging this crap out.
[Listening to: Royal Crown Revue - Passport To Australia - Stormy Weather (3:45)]
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Why I hate Sony - Part 34219
Now we all remember a few months ago how Sony got into all sorts of trouble for distributing (possibly copyrighted) software that installed itself on your PC without your knowledge when you played one of their audio CD's. Just another example of the bone-headed mentality of Sony.
Now here's another one.
R
emember a little while back, I was going on about a debut CD by a singer called Nellie McKay and the difficulty I had finding the thing. What stood out from this CD even more than the music (which I really liked) was that it was a double CD - two albums worth of music. I thought that was pretty unusual for a debut album - especially from a major label. And the music got pretty good reviews, especially from the critics.
Fast forward to 2006. McKay's new album was suppose to be released in January. It wasn't. Instead, she was.
Sony really does seem to be having trouble with their female artists who don't fit into cookie-cutter mainstream pop don't they.
And why was McKay dumped you ask? Because of a fight over the length of her second album. Now she wasn't wanting to release some six disc prog-rock odyssey. She'd prepared a 23 track 65 minute disc. Sony instead wanted her to release a 17 track 48 minute album. And they weren't going to let her
disc out of the warehouse until she agreed. So - they dumped her.
Is it no wonder the general public has such a casual attitude when it comes to downloading music? When a record company signs a performer to produce music, they deliver an album and the response of the company is "No - we don't want to put out that much music. Let's leave half the album on the studio floor." I guess it's just the general public's way of showing them the same respect they seem from the recording companies.
Now sure McKay probably didn't do herself any favours when she kept telling all he patrons at her most recent concerts the personal email address of her studio chairman and asking them to email him to get her full album out. But still.... why shaft fans in this way?
Bloody Sony.
Now here's another one.
R
emember a little while back, I was going on about a debut CD by a singer called Nellie McKay and the difficulty I had finding the thing. What stood out from this CD even more than the music (which I really liked) was that it was a double CD - two albums worth of music. I thought that was pretty unusual for a debut album - especially from a major label. And the music got pretty good reviews, especially from the critics.Fast forward to 2006. McKay's new album was suppose to be released in January. It wasn't. Instead, she was.
Sony really does seem to be having trouble with their female artists who don't fit into cookie-cutter mainstream pop don't they.
And why was McKay dumped you ask? Because of a fight over the length of her second album. Now she wasn't wanting to release some six disc prog-rock odyssey. She'd prepared a 23 track 65 minute disc. Sony instead wanted her to release a 17 track 48 minute album. And they weren't going to let her
disc out of the warehouse until she agreed. So - they dumped her.Is it no wonder the general public has such a casual attitude when it comes to downloading music? When a record company signs a performer to produce music, they deliver an album and the response of the company is "No - we don't want to put out that much music. Let's leave half the album on the studio floor." I guess it's just the general public's way of showing them the same respect they seem from the recording companies.
Now sure McKay probably didn't do herself any favours when she kept telling all he patrons at her most recent concerts the personal email address of her studio chairman and asking them to email him to get her full album out. But still.... why shaft fans in this way?
Bloody Sony.
[Listening to: Blur - Parklife - Parklife (3:05)]
Monday, January 16, 2006
Why is it...
...that when I hit 9:30am at work, all I want to do is curl up in a ball
and go to sleep. Yet when it rolls around to 12:30pm I'm bright-eyed and
bushy-tailed, raring to go? Does it take that long for the caffine to kick
in these days?
Friday, January 13, 2006
Galactica
Hooboy - that series is getting crazy. Just when you think the show can't
get any darker and more depressing, they find a whole new level of trouble
to take the show into. God it's fun.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Sunday, January 01, 2006
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