I bought The White Album.The White 8-track, The White Cassette...

1. I download (torrent) the shit outta the Beatles, stones, zeppelin, etc.. because in my convoluted logic those dudes made their dough already, and the couple of extra pennies that will trickle down into their now-no-longer-just-artist but “brand” corporate empires is redundant. They’re rich.
   Anything from about 1990 on, I’ll buy. What can I say, I have issues, and rationalizing/denial is one of my best.
   

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   OK, (and I swear I gave up smoking weed years ago) I forgot my main point about those classic rock bands. And it is this:
   I’m 42. I’ve been buying music since you had NO CHOICE but to buy it. And I bought The White Album. And then the White 8-track. And then The White Cassette. And then I lost that, and bought that , shiny , see through plastic White Cassette. The the White CD. Fuck if I’m downloading The White Mp3 from iTunes for even $9.99 after all that, know what I’m saying? (But ITunes and sites like that are the new business model, as far as I can tell. Shit, that model might last as long as 8-tracks, or forever, who knows what these crazy kids will come up with next. So I’m not knocking it.)
   So, I know, I know, the car I bought in 1991 doesn’t come with a guarantee that I will always have a running functioning car. But there are degrees and levels to things.
   Art, any way you wanna define it, is a different form of product. I buy a book, it should last a lifetime if I don’t spill coffee all over it. Same goes for a CD, or even an .mp3 ( I guess). Should I have to pay for something fifteen times?
   Tim said “tunes that will last a lifetime”. Too bad movies didn’t do that. You buy the ticket, see the movie, take the DVD home from the theater for free, right?
   No. Which is my point. I’m down with supporting artists that I like, even if they’re rich. Get rich? Good for you. You did something (I'm assuming: legal) and you made money, so you deserve it. But the corporations and mega-multi-national conglomo-chains will find fifty ways to make you pay to watch “The Big Lebowski” if they can.

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   It’s the redundant purchasing I disagree with. And hell yeah, 40% of my paycheck for the “privilege” to drive at 8% if I get my dad to co-sign for me cuz my credit is all shot from defaulted student loans should bear the fruit of a car that lasts more than six years. But I digress.