This is kinda nuts. Where do the masterminds think their control extends to? just because Al supposedly attributed the invention of the Internet to himself (or an American agency) that makes them think that they can demand the key to it all? I'm sure that the answer to this demand form the community as a whole, especially the EU and major Asian countries is going to be a resounding "NOT!" as well it should be. The internet is a remarkable forum which levels the playing field of information and idea exchange in a way that has never been seen before. The internet is almost Marxian in the manner in which it equalizes all of the content contained in and carried over it--maybe that's what drives all the power mongers batty...
Winter is officially over here in Southeast Texas. the first rainstorms followed by stifling humidity followed by more rain and harmonic Toad croaking was experienced today and is continuing through tonight...
Calling all movie buffs: what unearthed/withheld treasures await our viewing pleasures at the whim of bunt out desensitized movie executives whose only concern is the protection of the studio (read corporate) interests? This calls to mind a quote from Derek Dick, aka Fish, lead singer for the Scottish band Marillion, on the answer to a query about piles of demo tapes he saw in a record company exec's office during a meeting that came from the indifferent exec:
"Oh those, they're just demos that we've gotten from some bands."
The haphazard way that the exec referred to them and the way that they were stacked in an offhand way infuriated Fish, knowing how much effort had to have gone into making the Demos (this was back in the '80's, when computer studios were an inconceivable notion...) and that the demos were the bands ultimate shot at landing some, any kind of touring/recording deal, and that the record companies thrived on the desperation of such bands to make the ludicrous amounts of money that they were able to squeeze out of hardworking talented bands before the age of digital online music sucked all the wind out of their sails before they knew what had happened to them... That pretty much sums up my thoughts about all these unreleased titles...
I just realized that I'm crossing the century mark with this blog (counting the myspace blogs). Hooray for perseverance, I guess. The overactive brain takes a bow...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment