Okay, mostly I am replying just to be feisty & poke:
First, I agree with you both - and welcome to you, Alexandra. Sorry the reception wasn't warmer, but it's kind or representative of what can happen here. Be warned. Mobility is often a place of heated passionate debate or immature one-liners just for 'shits n giggles'. And once in a while, something informative.
But like I've said before, thanks to Napster I've gotten to find out about new artists & to make sure they were as amazing as the first song, I'd download more. Then if they were, I'd find out all I could to see them live & what albums were out so I could get the best CDs (since I am very poor), cause it would suck to rip off an artist who I grew to admire highly.
I'll admit, I do feel occasionally guilty about Napster, but I think it's broken down a barrier that will lead to more & we have to get used to it. 8track -> Cassette -> CD -> Napster? After every step you could feel ripped off.
And weren't we just having a (long) discussion about wether $ is corrupting Moby? He's always justified his overexposure in the media with his desire to be known & listened to by as many as possible, not a desire to become filthy rich. Though I do hope he's getting plenty of $, since we've all decided that V2 are the wicked greedy bastards.
Anyway, I think Moby would be all for Napster, unless he's different now. Remember how he was so punk in suggesting that people steal his albums? I guess that was back when he peed in the sushi bar...has Moby done anymore odd things since that "knob touching" thing he'd do at celebrity parties? I'm rammbling, and asking for sensationalism - which is crappy of me...
So to please everyone: Alexandra, steal the Moby CD's of your choice, and tell everyone that you own Moby's "so&so" album. Whatever...
love&cola,
malfunctiongirl
ps: I own 7 Moby CDs + 12 singles (remixes, too) + a record. All paid for with my own $. So I have reason to feel bitter, too, but I'm not *shrug*
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In a message dated 2/21/01 3:47:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,
geoffrey@gsproule.freeserve.co.uk writes:
> At least i bought them and didnt download them from the internet...
> (they were bought at a local record fayre where the proceeds go to
> charity... thats a lot more than can be said about mp3's isnt it:?)
>
Not necessarily.. I've bought so many CD's after downloading an MP3 from a
band, just because I liked the sound... To people with dial up, non-high
speed bandwidth, downloading masses of mp3's is not practical and is usually
done sparingly (least for me).... I rather buy the freakin CD if I like the
general sound and there's a good tune...Spending hours and hours downloading
and then the time burning is just not worth it...
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 2/21/01 3:47:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,
<BR>geoffrey@gsproule.freeserve.co.uk writes:
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">(they were bought at a local record fayre where the proceeds go to
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