Archive for April, 2007
Music continues to overcome
It’s been a good month for music. No, not music companies: music. EMI released their catalog on iTunes minus crippling and consumer-hostile DRM schemes. The RIAA has lost more cases, including one that was dismissed with prejudice (meaning the defendant may be able to recover their attorney’s fees). Plus, a home-made album is topping the charts.
My favorite part, though? General Fuzz released another album, this one called “Cool Aberrations”. And again, he’s doing it for free (as in beer). I’ve had his stuff on long-term-loop before (”Messy’s Pace” is still a favorite of mine), and it looks like I’ll be listening to this new stuff for a while too. Go Fuzz!
Update: I went to the CD release part for my friends’ band The New Up and ran into General Fuzz again. I bought him a beer to say thank you for the music. Karma++.
Less junk on my lawn
I just made finished my third contact with the wanks at The Examiner. It’s been 2 phone calls and and email trying to get them to stop delivering their crap little free paper to my house. Maybe it is because I’ve spent too much time in the anti-spam battle, but I’m just getting sick of all the clutter in my life. This one is especially annoying since I have to make extra effort to pick up, dry out (it always gets wet from sprinklers), and then recycle something every day that I have never, ever gotten value from.
It’s time to reduce my junk mail, too. When I think about it I am amazed at how much time I spend shredding credit card applications and recycling coupon mailers. What a waste of resources and my time.