When you think no one is listening…

by | Oct 2, 2002 | Imported Entry

Just as I was about to give up on the music industry as a whole…

“The world’s five largest music companies and the three largest music retailers will pay $143.1 million to settle a CD price fixing case launched by New York and Florida two years ago, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said on Monday. In August 2000, most U.S. states joined in a lawsuit alleging that an industry practice called “minimum advertised pricing” (MAP) artificially inflated the price of CDs between 1995 and 2000, violating federal and state anti-trust laws. Under MAP, the labels subsidized advertising for retailers that agreed not to sell CDs below a certain price.”

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Yah… you can suck it now. Oh, and just so that you know… you STILL aren’t getting my MP3s you ass-hats. I wonder if CD prices might actually go back down now. I doubt it.

International Thursdays

by | Oct 1, 2002 | Imported Entry

Damn Avalon all to hell. I hate Boston and it’s awesomness. Actually, more accuratly, I hate the fact that my school isn’t IN Boston and I get to miss whats probably the best line up Avalon has ever had. I’m gelous, sad and a little angry all at once. Of course I’m over exagerating a bit, but I do have to miss some great shows this month.

This month, at Avalon:

Oct 10th – Dave Seaman
Oct 17th – Tiesto
Oct 24th – Sasha
Oct 31st – Paul Van Dyk
Nov 2nd – Carl Cox

Why me? Why couldn’t I have seen three of my favorite DJs (Tiesto, Sasha & PVD) back to back to back. Aw nuts.

Review: Unreal Tournament 2003

by | Oct 1, 2002 | Games

I’ve decided to take a shot at an objective review for Unreal Tournament 2003. Originally my review would have consisted mainly of the word “drool” followed by me passing out. After a hard day of not only playing but beating the entire first person tournament on “Average” I think I can now offer a more diverse opinion into a game that otherwise would have gotten a “go buy this instantly” rating. I don’t say this to suggest in any way that the game is “bad”, quite the opposite, I’m merely setting myself up to be objective.

With that said, I suppose you might actually want to hear about the game. I plan to go into detail so for the first time here I’ll be using the “read more” feature of Moveable Type. That way, those that simply don’t give a crap can continue on with their browsing while you game junkies get your fix.
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