Catch All
I've got a few things that I want to get out there that don't deserve posts of their own, so here goes...75 bands - There are apparently 75 bands in this picture. According to Dawn (who cheated by looking for the list on the internet) there is actually more than 75, but if you can find 75 band names in this picture, you've done well.
Peeling tomatoes - Here's a random culinary tip for you. If you find yourself needing to peel tomatoes (I make a lot of pizza so regularly do) the easiest way is to get a pot of boiling water going, score a small cross in each tomato with a sharp knife, and drop the tomato into the boiling water for 5 seconds, then plunge into some icy water, and the skin will just slide off. Easy.
Evil Record Companies - This probably is actually worth a post by itself, but I'm always whinging about record companies so won't go on. I'd just like to point out that when you buy a track on iTunes - only eight pence goes towards the artist. Nine pence goes to the credit card company and most of the rest goes to the record company. Remember this the next time you hear them saying that their mafia style tactics are in place to protect the artist. That's a lie. It is to protect their own sickening corporate greed.
Sufjan Stevens - Just to append to my recent list of good music I've heard this year - Sufjan Steven's new album - Illinois - is great. Most of the music I've heard this year is really derivative, not necessarily a bad thing, but it's nice to find something a bit more idiosyncratic.
Finally, I hope you are having a very Happy Festivus. Conrad has challenged me to wrestle him to the ground and "pin" him, but I have politely declined. I'm saving myself for the "airing of grievances".
2 Comments:
Do you even know how a record company works? 2/3rds of the money they make is intrest on the loans they give their bands [which they pay off in merch and shows or iTunes]. If a band is paying most of their money to their label its because they dont know how to manage their money or do shit on their own.
Read up next time partner.
Suck my balls next time - partner.
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