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Epic Boobs: Episode 26 - 01.31.11
Comcast NBC Francis Ford Merger.
by 00.19
Series Epic Boobs
The internet isn't quite the Wild West frontier land is used to be. That said, there are still plenty of lawless brigands who do whatever the hell they want, whenever the hell they want. One of those outlaws? Francis Ford Coppola. The man is one of the most respected and important filmmakers of all time, and when he has an opinion on something so delicate as internet pirating, people are going to listen. People like us. So when the Epic Boobs posse rounds up their opinions on the current state of downloading anything and everything, you know you're in for a good show.
Looking for a good weekly video podcast to watch? Us too. That's why we created Epic Boobs. Every Monday, you'll find us jawing about all sorts of awesome stuff like movies, comics, games, and babes. Then Wednesday's at 3PM EST we go live on Ustream, and you can watch us record our Friday audio podcast in the virtual flesh. Why should you care what we think about current events? Because we're awesome. Also, the show is basically Continue? plus Luke, so it's got to be the best thing on the internet since, well, ever.
Written by Luke Brown, Nick Murphy, Paul Ritchey, Dom Moschitti
Edited by Josh Henderson
Effects and Title Sequence by Paul Ritchey and Dom Moschitti
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EPIC BOOBS IS EPIC! I am so jealous of Nick getting to see all those incredible artists in one venue at one time! I can't believe I missed such a historic event!
What Paul said about albums not contributing too much to the artist's coffers is a great point. I read the Kurt Cobain autobiography several years ago and I remember Kurt basically got maybe about 100,000 bucks out of Nevermind after it had already sold many millions of copies. It came out to something like 14 cents a tape or CD sold.
The internet and the ease of distribution (either legally or illegally) is kind of a double edged sword and it really depends on how you position yourself within the fray. (IMO) There are so many internet stars who arose out of pure obscurity who can now live on their little 10 minute videos alone who would have never had such an outlet even 15 years ago. I mean, I make stupid little youtube videos and one of them has something like 400 views. That's not alot of views... but where the hell else are you going to get 400 people to come and listen to what you have to say?
Oh, and happy birthday guys. Thanks for all the fun and entertainment.
Good stuff. And Happy bdays!
Dabuek, you hit a note that I happened to forget while doing the show. you are watching a video of the four of us talking about something that normally would be confined to the lunchroom or one of our houses. but thanks to the internet, you can take part in the discussion we had. it's a wonderful tool, with a lot of great applications, and i wonder what the future of the net holds for all works of art from drawing and painting to music to film to spoken word jam poetry.
I know I'm really late to this, but I actually just registered to comment here. I like Nick's idea of sponsored downloads. You know, for some reason I had never thought of that. We have places like Hulu where you can watch sponsored television shows for free, so it's an idea that could work.
One thing I really wanted to talk about is that I'm a musician. Myself and many bands that I work with, know, or collaborate with all have a similar stand point on music distribution. We're all of the same mind that our music is free. It's our expression and we want people to hear what we have to say. We all make physical copies of our cds so that if someone wants to buy it and show support, they can do that. One way that we help to make money off of is to make special cds. Everyone has a jewel case and a jacket that have been made at a printed. Who cares? For example, one of my cds I burn and paint myself (with paint that is safe for media discs). Then I age parchment, use that as my cd case, then seal it with wax. I've made sales just because people want interesting packaging like that alone. But anyway, back to the money for music. Yeah, if you're truly a musician making make because you have something to say you just want that to be heard. I don't want someone to have to pay just so they can maybe hear or sample something I'm doing, that's ridiculous. Some of these bands that hate downloading want you to pay $15-$20 before you can even hear any of what they recorded and that's a gamble to me. How many blind buys have you made that were terrible decisions?
Another thing that I've found is that musicians that generally hate downloaders are the ones that already have tons of money and just want more. Or those bands that really have nothing to say and are just doing music to make money because they want a free ride. Everyone I've met that genuinely cared about their music didn't care about people downloading. Hell, when I saw my favorite band live I told the drummer about how I downloaded their album on a whim because they seemed interesting. You know what he told me? "That's cool, man. I do the same thing." And I loved that bands music. I've seem them live several times and I've bought lots of merch from them. They even give me free merch now and I do the same for them with my band. And honestly, that's the way a lot of musicians see it. Listen to my music, for free, but if you dig it come hang out. Buy some stuff. And if you don't have the money to buy something, just come and tell us you like it. That is what is important to some of us.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. Just wanted to throw my opinion out there. This is something I've had many discussions about online.
So many typos, brah. Just look over them. I'm kind of stressed at the moment and was just trying to get that out there. Sorry for some of the apparent idiocy in there.
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