[Trash-talk] ah i lov it ah i love it!

[Mark Perry]

Amen to all that.

cheers,
mark

--- Brendan Kelly <garbageotaku at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I don't quite get all the moral anxiety people are
> feeling about whether or not to download BLM if it
> leaks.  Now, if I had a promo copy, I wouldn't leak it
> (Not to the general public anyway.  I might find a way
> to give some TTers a listen ;)  But if someone else
> leaks it, the deed is already done.  My downloading it
> or not downloading it isn't gonna change that.
> 
> This is the way it's always been; we trashers search
> and scratch and claw at every lead, trying to get a
> listen, if we can, before the songs are released. 
> It's like tradition--part of the excitement of a new
> album coming out.  We had mp3s (crappy 64kbps quality)
> of HIMH and YLSF months before V2.0 came out.  That
> was before a lot of people had ever heard of an mp3. 
> That was probably the day I downloaded winamp, just so
> I could hear those 2 songs.
> 
> My rant isn't really directed at anyone here.  Matt's
> comment just made me think of it.  Mostly I saw
> arguments popping up on the official MB about this
> stuff, and I just wanted to grab the naysayers by the
> shoulders and shake them and say, "BUT DON'T YOU WANT
> TO HEAR THE ALBUM!?!?"
> 
> Anyway, that's just my 2 cents.  If BLM leaks, I'll
> download it in a heartbeat.  And I'll still insist on
> getting to the store to buy it the very day it's
> released.
> 
> Sorry for the rant.  I think I just needed to vent. 
> phew...
> 
> - g.o.

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com