Alan_Smithee

people can get multiple life sentences even if they won't live for hundreds of years. It could just be a 'you'll be paying it off for the rest of your life' thing

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"She didn't win, though, and was hit with the six-figure fine - something of a 'let-off' when taking into consideration the initial $9,250 fee per song that would have seen her stung her to the tune of $15,743,500. "

i guess there'll be a lot of inaccurate-in-hindsight reviews then

as i said in the music board thread, this attempt to "make an example" is the complete antithesis of justice

It certainly does send a message though - that certain parties within the industry are the worst sort of soulless, blood sucking capitalist fucknuts, the sort of people who will happily destroy someone's life to make an ineffectual point

- Alan, Manchester

in that its a bit of a chicken/egg situation. I'd say their playlist certainly appeals to a large demographic of the radio-listening public, and though you could say it is them mimicing and absorbing the music of other popular outlets i'd go the other way. I do think they set the pace when it comes to popularising music - they have the greatest opportunity of any musical outlet to make or break something through the main commercial (i.e. money-making) outlets. Not exactly giving the people what they want, but giving them what they think they want. I don't know the exact reason for this, maybe its the national angle, maybe its because the presenters are recognised "personalities" and so hold more sway with Joe B. Bloggs

Forget about the music though - a prepondency for bad music is a given in this situation. the real isssue i have with Radio 1 is the treatment of the presenters, lofted up to some godly status whereby every pointless little aspect of their life is part of the entertainment. It's pure egomania, the infatuation they each have with their own opinions and lives and the sound of their voices. Chris Moyles is pretty much the leading light when it comes to this rampant self congratulatory, self fellatory bullshit. He realised long ago that filling his show with as much egotistic chatter as possible was far more important than playing music - and now he's the rule rather than the exception. That so many people actually enjoy Moyles makes me very sad indeed

don't you mean "a tumour or a tumour made of AIDs"?

"Ayo Technology" is perhaps my favourite music related phrase at the moment, and has been stuck in my brain for about a month (even though i've never actually heard the song. I guess it can only disappoint now..)

"RyanDan", on the other hand, is probably the worst collection of letters that has ever been. EVER

apparently it comes out the week after Chinese Democracy

but the reaction of some the above posters is laughable

the article could have been surmised in the following fashion:

"So, awards. We're totally above them, right?

[/smug]"

Cripple Crow is ok but about a million miles away from amazing

i'm really looking forward to the new record, even though i skipped out the last one (can't even remember what it was called) and most of Surrounded By Silence

i haven't heard this album but you've summed up my feelings on Cripple Crow. So much of the charm and character which first attracted me is shattered by the bloozy pub-folk backing band he employs. He's become just another throwback with no magic and minimal quality control levels

read between the lines ferchrissakes

you can judge a band well before then. They probably lost me when they described themselves as "ArtrockElectroShockEmo-ElectrogothDiscoMetalNewWaveRockRave". Actually, scratch that. They cemented their Smithee judgment when they called themselves MY MOTHERCUNTING PASSION. This book's cover is particularly revealing

this article is good on so many levels..

are you implying that the reviewer was using the term "Mondeo" to hide an underlying hatred of all things commercial? Because he said some positive things about The Beautiful South you know. I love pop music of the most uncool kind, and hate SFG with a passion.

And your belief that there are far worse evils out there is pretty erroneous. A handful maybe. But Scouting For Girls are so beyond shit it's almost unbelievable. And as for this: "If a band is wank and undeserved of their income fair enough" - using this as a description of was SFG are not has pretty much made sure that you and i will never be friends

and the whole show was filled with moments almost as good