Major typos in my previous post, but you know what, I'm not feeling like fixing them tonight so deal with it. Not that I am overly worried that anyone is going to be offended, considering that I AM THE ONLY ONE who reads this DARN blog on a daily basis. (I'm such a failure!)

Reading this article, really got me burned ...
A really big boo hoo for all the multi millionaires out there in the record business ... How about record companies get a clue and lower the prices they charge to buy music? How stupid do they think we really are, that we don't realize that were paying a hell of a lot more than that CD is actually worth.

Now I'm going to piss the music artists off here ... But come on, how much money in my wallet do you really think is yours. You get us from sun up to sun down ... Concert tickets, concert mementos, CD's, DVD's, videos, singles ... Yeah, you have a whole lot of people on your payroll but shit, I've got a lot of people standing in line to take my money too and you're just another one.

So now you're ripping on sites like Kazaa because the working man finally figured out a way to even out the score. Oh no, the big bad record companies are angry ... I shake in my boots. Sales you say are nose diving because people are sharing files ... Sales are plummeting because sharing files is cheaper than buying it in the shiny new package in the store ... Do the math folks, your prices are breaking our backs.

I for one say screw it and call for a nationwide boycott against the record companies. Power is with the consumer, we control the supply and demand. And where there is no demand, there doesn't need to be a supply. Think about it, has anyone ever died from not being able to buy a CD? I think not ... or at least I hope not. Music is a luxury item, not a neccessity. Do we need to "steal" music? Heck no! Should we expect to pay a fair price for some quality listening material? Heck yes! But instead of taking a proactive approach to solve the situation without alienating the consumer, their opting for lawsuits and intimidation. Shame on you.

And shame on Madonna, pop icon of the 80's and a singer I have very little use for. (No depth, no emotion, and not even a good singer and give up on the acting already ... Just for the record, This is my personal opinion only and not meant in any way, shape or form to influence yours.) Here's a snippet of the "Materil Girl's" latest bad idea come to fruitation.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter; April 27) - Anyone who thinks they can control the Internet received an object lesson during the past week.

It all started when Madonna literally lent her voice to a popular antipiracy technique. Warner Music Group had audio files purporting to be her new songs uploaded onto peer-to-peer file-sharing services. Anyone who downloaded the decoys, however, heard nothing but the pop star swearing at them. But since then, the pithy profanity has taken on a life of its own.

Some observers thought Madonna was smart to fight piracy with its own tools. Others perceived a thrown gauntlet -- hackers soon defaced Madonna's Web site with an equally profane retort along with several downloadable files of the then-unreleased songs. The defacement also carried a marriage proposal to Morgan Webb, an associate producer and on-air presenter at TechTV who had nothing to do with the prank.

A third group saw a creative opportunity. "What the f--- do you think you're doing," Madonna's now-infamous phrase, is turning up in dozens of remixes and the computer-aided musical collages known as cutups or mashups.

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Now that was just plain stupid ... One would have expected she would know better, considering our American Values ...

Still haven't gotten quite enough Madonna in the spotlight? Read this article and then try to explain how our values are screwed up! Keep in mind, that this is the same artist who doesn't want the working class "stealing" her music. Rest assured Madonna, I outgrew you right along with my braces.