Comments on: Why Aren’t They Moaning About the Fucking X-Factor?

By: Cogstar

Cogstar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:21:33 +0000

The out of step department here.

I’ve got two daughters and both are still huge fans of the TV vote for this weeks fall guy/girl shows. Ones now 15 and the other 13 and despite having a Girls Aloud issue to deal with, they are now exploring music through the internet and making there own mix CD’s.
I’m pretty sure that back in the bad old days when TOTP was slated by all and sundry, it was one of the main channels for introducing kids to music. Perhaps the major difference now is that most kids understand exactly what the limitations of the contestants are and therefore the limitations of many other ‘pop artists’. In the past I’m sure it took me a few viewings/listenings to work out that David Bowie and The Sweet were from a different planet.
No issue here with the whole XF concept particularly now I’ve got 2 more music maniacs in the house, although the whole Lethal Bizzle thing is a bit odd.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:47:28 +0000

Ben – I think it’s purely punitive. Going DRM-free is something not one of these executives wanted, and something that was forced upon them by their customers, so I think the charge is purely out of sour grapes. They’re just having a big fucking girly sulk about it basically. Especially silly, given most people who really care about this can crack their iTunes libraries for free anyway.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:18:39 +0000

See Dave, it’s just that kind of attitude…

(Puddles, strap in your man-boobs and pull yourself together.)

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:09:40 +0000

Simon Cowell doing something detrimental to the music industry? Perish the thought! It’s the iPod gnomes who’re really to blame. Horrid little creatures, sneaking into record company offices at night, mucking about with executive’s expense accounts, signing crap bands from the A&R discard files, validating artist’s parking without charging it to their marketing budget, and generally making a nuisance of themselves. The very idea that the music industry could be in any way to blame for the current predicament is anathema to me.

By: Puddles

Puddles — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:01:15 +0000

Yes, yes, but first it was there, then it went away, then it came back twice, and now it’s back to just once again.

“Whinging like a big girl’s blouse”? What in the Sam Hill does that mean?

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:57:56 +0000

It just amuses me that in a boardroom this conversation happened:
Someone pointed out that Apple need to get on board withe the 21st century or start to loose relevance. A meeting happened and someone pointed out to him that the only way to realise his ideals was to have people buy music that they’d already bought… From Apple!!!

Hahaha!!! Hilarious.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:30:10 +0000

Buying back your own music: classic. I buy, say, Boy by U2, which is a great album before anyone says anything, on vinyl. Then a couple of years later I buy it on CD because I’ve left home and can’t take all my vinyl with me. Then the CD gets lost and I download it via torrent and get sued because I haven’t paid for the right to listen to the digital files. Thanks, chaps. How often, exactly?

C&B, stop whinging like a big girl’s blouse. It’s a new server, hence new approvals, so if you post something with a link in it then it’ll be held up by spam filters. Deal with it. It will go away, promise.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:35 +0000

In other news. Apple are removing rights protection in iTunes! Yay.

THis is a great thing. Although, you have to pay $0.30 to remove it from any song you own. So you are in fact buying your own files back of iTunes! Boo.

If anyone is starting a pool, I have two weeks after this service is released as the date that someone has a freeware hack that does it for you. Yay.

P.S. Just for the record, you brother does miss mixes…

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:19 +0000

And now it’s there twice! I honestly think this website is haunted.

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:04:15 +0000

Now it’s back. Good Christ. This is starting to get eerie.