Do you know there’s a war in Iraq?\u00c2\u00a0 And that seemingly every day insurgent suicide bombers kill civilians?\u00c2\u00a0 Might seem obvious to you, but I’m not sure the average American is in touch with this fact.\u00c2\u00a0 You see, his news outlets just don’t TELL HIM!<\/p>\n
My Safari homepage is the Yahoo News.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s where I’m confronted with the latest bombing statistics, at the top of the page, every time I load my browser.\u00c2\u00a0 But, the death toll never makes it to my AOL homepage.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s stuff on golf, on Father’s Day, on some celebrity, but WAR??\u00c2\u00a0 God, you can get KILLED in war!<\/p>\n
And death and destruction don’t make it to the Google News homepage either.\u00c2\u00a0 You see, unlike Yahoo, there’s nobody home at the Google News.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s compiled by computer.\u00c2\u00a0 And, it appears that not enough of the news outlets Google canvasses think the war in Iraq is an important enough story.<\/p>\n
Now, you record companies fiddling with the CD should take note.\u00c2\u00a0 You’re living in a terrestrial world, and that’s why you’re fucked, you don’t UNDERSTAND the power of the homepage.\u00c2\u00a0 But that’s not why I’m beating you up here.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m beating you up because you live by the mantra of giving people what they want.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure when things flipped.\u00c2\u00a0 When art became about money instead of expression.\u00c2\u00a0 When instant sales were seen to triumph over long term sales.\u00c2\u00a0 Some say it was "Jaws".\u00c2\u00a0 Others say it was Michael Milken and the other 80s investment bankers.\u00c2\u00a0 But, the question arises, is this perspective, is this ideal, is it TRUE?<\/p>\n
The record companies’ business has been declining for half a decade.\u00c2\u00a0 Is this about piracy, or is this about a failed business model?\u00c2\u00a0 Could it be that if the labels focused on signing and promoting artists of value, who were in it for the long haul, their business would INCREASE??<\/p>\n
Talk to the man on the street.\u00c2\u00a0 You’ll hear it again and again.\u00c2\u00a0 Radio sucks.\u00c2\u00a0 Radio used to be the MOST adventurous medium, that’s why it continued to prosper after the advent of television.\u00c2\u00a0 But now listenership is down and revenues are too, never mind VALUATIONS!\u00c2\u00a0 Could it be that a new model must be employed?\u00c2\u00a0 That instead of playing fewer records, they should play MORE?\u00c2\u00a0 That’s what the Jack format is about.\u00c2\u00a0 However, Jack leaves aside one of the selling elements of radio, personality.\u00c2\u00a0 But much worse, Jack only plays greatest hits…where are the NEW greatest hits coming from?\u00c2\u00a0 Believe me, underground FM radio didn’t get gangbuster ratings when it began in 1967.\u00c2\u00a0 It was only when word spread that the format was cool, and it established a LIBRARY of great artists that the medium flourished.\u00c2\u00a0 Unless radio invests in itself, it’s going to die.\u00c2\u00a0 Unless the labels invest in themselves, THEY’RE going to die.<\/p>\n
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