Wednesday, September 10, 2003
BAD TOUCH: The music industry gets even closer to having one uberlabel (ein volk, ein musik, etc. etc.) as Warner and BMG run headlong into each other's loving arms. See if you can spot where they tick me off in this article excerpt:
By joining forces in a 50-50 joint venture, Warner Music and BMG hope to counter a global downturn triggered by Internet downloaders and CD-burning and reap cost savings of $250-$300 million between them each year.
Always nice to have a scapegoat for your problems that can't fight back...the fact that most new music sucks and isn't worth $18 a CD doesn't figure into the global downturn (don't get me started on the VMAs again...).
WE GOT THE SPIRIT, YES WE DO. WE GOT THE SPIRIT, HOW 'BOUT YOU?: Booooooooooooooooooo, Elma High School. Boooooooo. How is a young guy who never goes to school sporting events supposed to fantasize about bagging a cheerleader when they're wearing WARM UP PANTS all day? If I remember correctly, that was part of the fun of pep rally days. I mean, come on, throw 'em a frickin' bone here. No pun intended, of course.
By joining forces in a 50-50 joint venture, Warner Music and BMG hope to counter a global downturn triggered by Internet downloaders and CD-burning and reap cost savings of $250-$300 million between them each year.
Always nice to have a scapegoat for your problems that can't fight back...the fact that most new music sucks and isn't worth $18 a CD doesn't figure into the global downturn (don't get me started on the VMAs again...).
WE GOT THE SPIRIT, YES WE DO. WE GOT THE SPIRIT, HOW 'BOUT YOU?: Booooooooooooooooooo, Elma High School. Boooooooo. How is a young guy who never goes to school sporting events supposed to fantasize about bagging a cheerleader when they're wearing WARM UP PANTS all day? If I remember correctly, that was part of the fun of pep rally days. I mean, come on, throw 'em a frickin' bone here. No pun intended, of course.
|| Eric 8:09 PM#
