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Saturday, September 06, 2003
This tears it. Just saw the following article in today's New York Times (online):

Aiming at Pornography to Hit Music Piracy

These two paragraphs sum it up:

"As a guy in the record industry and as a parent, I am shocked that these services are being used to lure children to stuff that is really ugly," said Andrew Lack, the chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment.

Others ask whether raising this issue is more than a little cynical from an industry that heavily promotes music with sexual and violent themes.


Of all the self-righteous, hypocritical, ugly, nasty, money-grubbing bullshit, this tops the pile. Andrew Lack and Sony Music, welcome to the shit list. You've hit the charts at no. 1.

And I make this vow to you: if elected governor of California, I will outlaw the commercially produced CD and sink our state even further into debt by pouring millions of dollars into alternative public radio and shitty, sexed-up, non-label, indie bands.