I agree with being able to download the .mp3\'s to check out bands you haven\'t heard, etc... but I find it more fulfilling to spend however long it takes your connection to download the .shnf and then to convert to .wav and then burn. I cherish the shows I have converted much more than just some cheesy .mp3 files that any 10 year old kid can navigate through. Plus you also have to recognize that the music that we, as downloaders, are downloading are unique live shows that are different everytime, even if the track names are the same show to show. Dig? Any of us who have drifted from the everyday Top 40 bullshit world can respect this.
As for LMA posting .mp3 as well as .shn/.flac, I think it\'s great. Not only because, like everyone else is saying, you can quickly listen to something you wouldn\'t wait for otherwise, but also because there is something to be said about the "modern music industry" views of bands that "allow" live recordings and trading of shows. They have made it possible for the people, like us, to get pretty much all of the \'newer\' music we\'d want for free without having to resort to using certain p2p file-sharing software such as Napster or Kazaa. Which like everyone knows by now, that even the thought of using such software could land you with hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines... or so they say...
Don\'t get me wrong though... certain bands that I have been turned on to by seeing them play live, deserve way more money than any of the GLAM-bands that swamp all major media. These bands are the same ones who are pissed off about people using the illegal software to trade studio versions of their songs that you hear everyday just by turning on the radio, or the tv, or a video game, etc rant etc etc...
Thus sparks a kind of a side-topic... I was watching a documentary on the history of Mosh Pitting, and when they got to the part about Woodstock 00, or whenever it was, and the riots ensued, a brief interview with the leader of the Top 40 Rap/Metal genre (Fred Durst) was given, and all he had to say was, "It\'s not our fault." Oh that\'s great. Play a song called "Break Something" at an after midnight concert and see what happens. I guess society has forgiven them for that one, obviously because they got rave reviews on some bullshit album they put out in the newest issue of Rolling Stone. Boy I wish I would\'ve thought about playing a cover of a George Michael song and got rich and famous for it. Haha Hehe!!
Sorry about that....
Take the meat heads out of Bonnaroo and make a truly jam-based festival. I don\'t give a shit if punk bands start playing, as long as they play live jams of their punk rock songs... that type of shit will never happen.
now i\'m just getting grizzelled... god damn teenie boppers... argh...
That\'s it for now.
gitChu oNe
