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RIAA waging war on pirates,
restricting music freedom
The last time 1 went into a music store, 1 walked out empty
handed. Not because 1 couldn't find anything I wanted, but
because 1 couldn't find anything I could afford.
Hie thing is, 1 need music. Without it I have no reason
to get up in the morning. 1 usually start every day with
something loud and refreshing, maybe My Chemical Ro
mance or
Primus. I end
the day with
something
somber and
peacefu1,
such as Bill
Frisell or
Carl Sundberg
Reasoning with madness
Aphex Twin.
I'm a music
addict and
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm like any type
of junky, I
need my fix. But to hell with dropping a twenty note on
the counter for a CD that might have four or five good
songs on it at best.
Sometimes I try to listen to the radio, but I can only hear
Nirvana so many times; I hate Britney Spears and I can't
get any good stations — like KRVM-FM or KWVA-FM — to
come in at my house.
A friend of mine suggested downloading music, but 1
aptly reminded him that the Recording Industry Associa
tion of America is suing the dook out of anyone and every
one they can get their greedy hands on. I haven't down
loaded music since I caught wind of this villainous tactic.
The RIAA has a lock-down on many peer-to-peer servers
these days, and anyone who's downloaded 1000 songs or
more is a potential target. They don't care who you are. Last
month, they made an example out of a twelve-year-old
girl, Brianna LaHara, forcing her to read a statement of
apology and making her parents pay $2,000 in damages.
This mad raid by the RIAA is all in the name of fair busi
ness practices.
It's just not right.
By attacking the music fan, the RIAA drew attention to
illegally downloading music. What it has actually done is
made things worse — they've started a war. On one side is
big business. On the other, the music fan.
Personally, I've probably downloaded around 900 or
more songs in the past couple of years, which puts me in
the cross-hairs of the recording industry.
Like that twelve-year-old girl and hundreds of millions
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ten Barry Manilow's for every Commodores album. If they
weren't so cheap I wouldn't bother.
I always thought it would be a great joke to play on
someone, sending them all that bargain basement crap for
their birthday or something — Manilow, Wayne Newton,
Lawrence Welk, Barbara Streisand and Kenny Rogers. The
input would probably drive them to suicide.
My best finding at a local thrift shop recently was a copy
of a hard-to-find 1970s album from The Ventures. It's a
rock/instrumental/classical album called "Joy," with the
band covering Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, et al. Very cool,
but it took me all day and three stores to find anything
worthwhile. So, rather than finding decent music, I'd say
thrift shopping is for masochists or those just interested in
pure sonic input.
For those looking for quality recordings of the vinyl per
suasion, I'd have to recommend House of Records located
at 258 E. 13th Ave. Just a big bad selection of cool records.
The best finds there for me have been a couple of albums
by Richard Hell and the Voidoids' "Blank Generation" and
"Destiny Street," the Butthole Surfers' "Live PCPPEP" and
Joy Division's "Warsaw." Yummy.
Another good spot is the annual Eugene Record Con
vention at the Eugene Hilton. It happens the weekend af- -
ter the Super Bowl and is probably the best indication of a
benevolent higher power in the universe. Picture a con
vention hall holding a cornucopia of rare singles, classic
albums, bootleg tapes and whoop-ass poster art.
As 1 mentioned before, I tend to use vinyl as a way to get
stuff that's tougher to find on CD, or that can only be
found in overpriced re-releases. It's getting increasingly
more difficult, but I have some hope for the good of wax
discs. For all my problems with dance hall DJs and the
hip-hop genre, they have kept those old records popular
and in circulation.
But do records have a future beyond being tools for
sonic manipulators? As long as I can't find old singles
from the Cramps on CD, then I would like to think
that they do. And part of the fun is in the search for
great music.
Contact the senior pulse reporter
at ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com. His opinions
do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald.
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burn up well. Flame-throwers are used in abundance
throughout the film, and anyone who enjoys the visceral
thrills of streaming jets of burning gas will find plenty to
be happy about here.
Any of the film's deficiencies can be easily overlooked
merely so one can enjoy the supporting cast. This is an
other way the film feels like something from John Ford,
in the way that almost every scene is filled with lively
minor characters. While the leads are good, they are still
only functional. The smaller roles, on the other hand,
are scene-stealing gems. Edmund Gwenn as an absent
minded doctor for the Department of Agriculture leads
the pack, giving an intellectual goofiness to his role that
makes his scenes a pleasure. He handles the usual role
of scientist in these movies — as the harbinger of doom
— with dopey style.
The movie has its imperfections and it is remarkably -
dated, but still remarkably enjoyable. While the message
behind it — that the nation must be cautious with its
newfound nuclear technology — will be mostly lost on
an audience more familiar with the effects of nuclear ra
diation, it still holds more than enough thrills to com
pete against any number of high-concept Hollywood
epics. Giant ants didn't come crawling out of the deserts
of the Southwest. But with an evocative power reminis
cent of old radio shows, the film kind of makes you
wish they would have.
Contact the senior pulse reporter
at ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com.
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