Hey, kids! You might not know it, but 2005 saw the worst slump in music sales since 1996! The labels, of course, are blaming it on that crazy bastard illegal downloading as well as those evil video games. But I blame it on lack of artists worth hearing in the long run. But hey, this is a new age, indeed, and perhaps the “album” format is quickly dying faster than we thought. After all, I personally listen to my mp3 player, my satellite radio, or mix CDs I have made. It’s rare anymore that I actually cruise to a whole album by one artist. Indeed, my CD player in the living room that is currently stocked with 200 discs is collecting dust. But I damn sure enjoy having a big music collection so I can slap all those songs on my mp3 player or on mix discs. Our attention spans have been chopped in bite-size pieces. Just gimme a song, any song. Then hit shuffle, then play. All is well.
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Christ, he must be tired of his new DJ gig already. David Lee Roth has been talking lately of an original lineup Van Halen reunion. And as much as I like the original version the best, I think it’s just high time these dudes called it quits. Seriously. Everyone in the band looks like shit anymore – well, really they just look like their oldest fans – and who cares, anyway? After all, Sammy Hagar’s been in and out of that band so many times now that the group is beyond looking like a cheap whore. And do we really want to see Roth do some flying kicks and judo moves? It just reeks of the worst shit in town.
Remember that bit from a few weeks ago when Nellie McKay had what appeared to be a nervous breakdown onstage while describing her failed marriage to Sony? Well, Sony’s lawyer handed Nellie the divorce papers this week, when her second album Pretty Little Head was supposed to be released.
Where McKay goes from here is uncertain, but after well-publicized, tempestuous affairs with Aimee Mann, George Michael, Michael Jackson, Fiona Apple and now McKay, Sony is said to be considering psychiatric counseling in order to learn why they find themselves endlessly drawn to the wildly creative but slightly batshit types.
The king of tinnitus Pete Townshend is now asking iPod users to turn down their muzak when listening through earphones. That’s right, he’s getting all conscious on our asses again. Townshend claims that his hearing problems developed from listening through his headphones too loudly in the studio. Oh come on, Pete. It couldn’t have anything to do with how fucking loud The Who played on stage night after night as well? Next thing you know, you’ll be telling us you know how it feels to be a woman and looking at kiddie porn on the side…
After Sony’s hugle blunder by encrypting some of their CDs with malicious anti-piracy software, the mega huge company is going to settle the lawsuits brought against it. So what do you get if you were one of the folks who was burdened with their bullshit discs? I hope you’re excited:
“The proposed settlement would enable consumers who bought, received, or used a Sony CD loaded with XCP to exchange the disc for a replacement CD, an MP3 download of the same album, and either a cash payment of $7.50 and one free album download or three free album downloads. Consumers who have a CD containing MediaMax 5.0 will receive a free MP3 download of the same album and one additional free album download, while those with CDs containing MediaMax 3.0 software will receive a free MP3 download of that same album.”
$7.50?! Um, what universe are they living in? Even with a frickin’ free album download, they should at least give back full retail price. Oh well, I didn’t buy any of those crappy discs, so enjoy your rewards!
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