Usually I run from fan faction faster than a republican from a tax hike, but I'll make the exception with this.  ¶ 11:32 AM

  Shit! Shit! Shit!

Emusic.com, that I've been recommending to everyone is changing their subscription service. They're going from unlimited downloads to 40 a month. This is terribly stupid for a number of reasons. One, I started with emusic grabbing all the old stuff I missed, or had on vinyl and never got on cd, but soon moved into using it to check out new bands. Well, that's a dead proposition. No way am I downloading bands I've never heard of if it hurts my monthly quota. Two, who the hell is going to sign up for this now? Imusic may be more cents/song, but they have a decent preview system, and more established artists. Third, they're also sneakily changing their privacy policy. So, if we stay with them, who the hell knows how much more spam we'll be getting? Of course, that'll probably happen anyway, since the law leaves us no way to force them to take us off their lists.

Of course, all this is in the wake of a takeover by a mysterious company named "Dimensional Associates LLC" I just have this sneaking suspicion that it's a front for some RIAA member group. Anyway, I guess we'll be leeching the shit out of it over the next two weeks then canceling the account. Nice of them to give us a months notice. I imagine their servers are going to be very busy.

In protest, here's some interesting music links:

http://www.indiecentre.com/
http://www.futureofmusic.org/
http://www.indie-music.com/
http://www.cdbaby.com/
http://irate.sourceforge.net/
http://www.godsofmusic.com/gom/index.php
http://www.sharethemusicday.com/
http://www.wfmu.org/

Please note! I didn't say the music featured on any of these pages was neccesarily good (with the exception of fmu, of course), just that they are taking a new approach to music distro.
  ¶ 10:04 AM

  "I think he's extraordinarily attractive," Ms. Smith said. "Especially the golden knickers."  ¶ 10:59 AM

  About a year ago, Sheri and I went to see Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead fame speak. He was charming, patient with his fans, funny as hell, and really gracious to us when we got him to sign our copies of his book. At the time he had just completed a movie called Bubba-Ho-Tep. He was unflinching in putting down some of the really bad movies he'd been in, including ones that had just come out, but kept saying that we should all see this in all seriousness. Apparently, it's about a 70 year old Elvis with penis cancer in an old folks home. Well, it's just come out, and one reviewer on Slashdot thinks it's an Oscar-worthy performance:

Here's the review

Also, I turned 33 yesterday. I wish I had some killer story to tell about it, but I was flat on my back with this tazmanian death flu that I can't seem to get rid of. Mom was here, though and we had a pretty nice time. On Fri she, Sheri, Jon, Cynthia and I went to Esca, Mario Batali's seafood resteraunt. Fish-a-licious!  ¶ 9:47 AM