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(TV) request from richard



ah, it takes this kind of thing to bring a lurker out of lurkdom.

i'm so conflicted.  i respect an artist's right to control of their work,
but what's my choice here?  i can't get on a plane and go to london for
one show.  it's not like there are so many of these shows that i could
have a chance to see this.  i thought about going to london for the sbe
show for about one second, but then sanity set in.  i will probably go to
chicago if i have no other options available to me.

at least with DAT he can't catch tapers the way robert fripp used to.
(fripp would have them turn the houselights on at the 45 minute mark so
they could catch the tapers flipping to the other side.)

there have always been people taping live shows and there will always be
people taping live shows, and making it hard just appeals to the spirit of
the tapers of live shows (notice i didn't say bootleggers, i mean the
people who tape for the sole reason of spreading live music).  these shows
will be taped, no matter what richard says.

neil young recently gave an interview where he explicitly stated that the
reason he didn't play any new songs at his recent concerts in south
america is because he didn't want to see them all over the net immediately
afterwards.  i don't know how to feel about this.  it seems like a big
"fuck you" to the people who would care.  and the people who would care,
buy everything with your name on it already.

anyway.

and if i can make one request as a digester, while i'm here, PLEASE TRIM
YER BLOODY POSTS WHEN REPLYING.  please trim out the fat of what you're
replying to.

thank you.
back to lurking.

--caryn



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