Reading Rolling Stone and ESPN today. Two things that bothered me.
#1 This paragraph from an article on Carmelo Anthony:
‘Anthony recently signed a letter of intent to participate in a joint venture that includes Stan Lee, the famed creator of Spider-Man, to develop an animated DVD comic in which ‘Melo plays basketball by night and fights crime by day. Lee is the right man for the job. His characters — unlike, say, Superman — exhibit a flawed humanity. Spider-Man tries to do right but is viewed with suspicion by police and the press. He pushes on, convinced that “with great power comes great responsibility.” ‘
Ummm… how lame is that? Woe to the kids who actually buy this crap.
#2 Music industry complaining about how biz is drying up. And complaining about iTunes not charging enough for songs. Further complaining that the selling of singles is ruining profits. I’m sorry, I refuse to believe that the music industry is running out of money. This is like baseball owners complaining. They are RICH. Just b/c Mariah Carey’s album sold 5 million this year and not 9.9 million like the #1 album by ‘NSync sold in 2000, doesn’t mean you still aren’t making craploads of cash. Suck it up. There is also a lot about how concerts are failing too.
Well if concerts were not like $300 to see the Rolling Stones maybe it wouldn’t be. Remember when it was like $25 to see a rock concert? I do.
Old man ranting is now done.
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