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twicketface) wrote2002-09-06 03:53 pm
twicketface) wrote2002-09-06 03:53 pm
E-A-B, E-A-B-A
Marie and I made good on our promise and brought along a garbage bag on our walk last night. I’m happy that things look a lot better around our apartment complex but disappointed that we only got to the end of our main driveway before having a full bag of garbage. I’m thinking about writing a nice but firm letter to the take out restaurant near us and asking them to keep a better handle on their garbage, as the tomato box lying in the brush most likely came from them. The sheer number of cigarette butts made me quite angry with smokers for their carelessness. We tossed our bag at the restaurant’s dumpster and made our way around town.
Spent the rest of the night playing Duke Nukem and watching the boringist football game in a long time. Eric called around 9:00 and came by about 10 minutes later. Ultimately I think our walk was productive and I got a lot off my chest. We made an agreement to give it another try and see what happens. I am reminded of the fact that if we met now, we would not be friends in my mind and I don’t see how that is going to change, but we have nothing to lose by giving it another go. He made apologies for things he’d done in the past, but I’m not sure if they’ve come too late. As I said last night, we’ve both got a lot to think about.
For some reason at lunch, I was thinking about the recording industry and a documentary (excuse me, pimpumentary) that I saw called “Pimps Up, Hos Down” and Ice T was in it (he’s the one with the TV show now, right? The Cop Killa guy) and he, while getting a haircut, explained that the record industry was strikingly similar to the sex industry. Record companies (pimps) only show interest in/help promote bands (prostitutes) are profitable and in turn, fleece them for their work leaving them with little to show for it. Once the bands are no longer profitable, they get dropped or avoided and forgotten about.
What I think would be f*&%ing awesome would be recording studios that bands can use, free of charge (governmentally/privately held) and then they sell their music directly to their fans. The bands make direct money to support them, the fans directly support the bands they enjoy and everyone has an equal chance at being heard. Couple it with music-sharing (which I’m leaning more and more in favor of) so we avoid the mass marketing of the same ol’ recycled crap on MTVH1 and finally have some mainstream diversity in music. Things that make you go hmmm…
I’m 1 for 3 this week with the Y, as the last two nights I’ve gotten about 4 or 5 hours of sleep. Back on the wagon next week, I promise.
Spent the rest of the night playing Duke Nukem and watching the boringist football game in a long time. Eric called around 9:00 and came by about 10 minutes later. Ultimately I think our walk was productive and I got a lot off my chest. We made an agreement to give it another try and see what happens. I am reminded of the fact that if we met now, we would not be friends in my mind and I don’t see how that is going to change, but we have nothing to lose by giving it another go. He made apologies for things he’d done in the past, but I’m not sure if they’ve come too late. As I said last night, we’ve both got a lot to think about.
For some reason at lunch, I was thinking about the recording industry and a documentary (excuse me, pimpumentary) that I saw called “Pimps Up, Hos Down” and Ice T was in it (he’s the one with the TV show now, right? The Cop Killa guy) and he, while getting a haircut, explained that the record industry was strikingly similar to the sex industry. Record companies (pimps) only show interest in/help promote bands (prostitutes) are profitable and in turn, fleece them for their work leaving them with little to show for it. Once the bands are no longer profitable, they get dropped or avoided and forgotten about.
What I think would be f*&%ing awesome would be recording studios that bands can use, free of charge (governmentally/privately held) and then they sell their music directly to their fans. The bands make direct money to support them, the fans directly support the bands they enjoy and everyone has an equal chance at being heard. Couple it with music-sharing (which I’m leaning more and more in favor of) so we avoid the mass marketing of the same ol’ recycled crap on MTVH1 and finally have some mainstream diversity in music. Things that make you go hmmm…
I’m 1 for 3 this week with the Y, as the last two nights I’ve gotten about 4 or 5 hours of sleep. Back on the wagon next week, I promise.