from the �you wonder why lawyers have a bad rep� department. what dumb lawsuit will they think of next? oh, wait� i have the answer to that.
people are stupid.
these music lawsuits have to be some of the dumbest actions i have seen in years. how dare these music people cry foul when they have been price gouging for the fans for years & years. (like any of us really believe that it costs Warner Bros. $16+ to make & release a CD. give me a fucking break) it reminds me of when they tried to sue the makers of blank tapes, claiming that they were loosing money on illegal copies of their music. it was stupid then & it is stupid now.
if they would just offer a good product at a reasonable price this would not be a problem.
they keep citing the fact that CD sales are down 30% as the reason for going after the music swappers. i wonder if it ever occurred to them that perhaps sales are down because they are trying to sell us crap at an inflated price?!?
i also wonder how many CDs they sold because people heard a song on the net & decided to go & get the CD?
some of these people being sued could be fined $750 to $150,000 per song for downloading. yeah, i�m sure that will help all those starving artists who are just eking out a living� oh, wait, they won�t see the money, only the companies will. just business a usual i guess. can�t pay the smaller artists, but i bet the Backstreet Boys get their checks on time every month. assholes.
bunch of money-grubbing leaches trying to get their paws on every cent they can & pissed that they missed the boat with on-line music. fuck the RIAA, fuck BMI & ASCAP, fuck the major labels & the greedy artists who back their actions. until they stop trying to screw the public & the smaller artists they can pound sand. i hope they get screwed over this.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.
-Benjamin Disraeli
feeling better, but still not up to snuff yet. the cold has sunk into my brain & left me with soggy thoughts. part of me is restless & just wants to go for a long drive, part of me just wants to sleep for a good 20 hours. i have a bunch of poem ideas in my head but they keep shape shifting when i start to put them down on paper. may try again tonight to just sit & see what i can get down. i started something last week & ended up with a bunch of good lines & nothing to tie them together. i get the feeling that i�m trying to make one poem out of lines from four poems. thinking of just splitting what i�ve got up & seeing if i get anywhere.
fall is approaching & i think that is part of what is going on in my head. fall tends to fuck with my mood &, knowing this, i�m trying to do what i can to avoid my usual fall funk. i go through it every year & it is getting tiring. would rather just enjoy the change of season then dread it. also thinking of going to see a shrink again if for no other reason that just to have someone neutral i can bounce things off of, someone who can be objective about what is going on in my head.
or maybe i just need a pony.
wow, i�ve gone off in a direction i wasn�t planning on going in. not that i mind per se, just kind of interesting. the head gets on a roll & i just kind of hold on & see where we end up. i feel like i should qualify for mental frequent flyer miles on days like this.
this is what happens when i update this diary at work. i have a file open on my computer & whenever i�m in the office i add a line or two. most of the time i end up with an entry by the end of the day & i post it before i leave. then there are days like this where i find myself shifting gears very quickly between additions & i end up with an entry that looks like Sybil edited it.
then there is some good news every now and then.
ok, i think i�ve rambled enough for one day. time to get some work done before i leave.
may try to sneak out a bit early today so i can grab a hot shower before i have to go & get the boy at school. did not get one last night & i�m feeling scruffy. nothing like a good hot shower & a shave to make me feel like a new man. (or at least a clean man)
hope you all have a good evening
more later.
be well.
like i didn�t know this already�
Your addiction is coffee. Caffine is a drug too,
ya know?
What are you smokin'?
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