Something came to me a little while ago, and since I am ungood at blogging thus far, I decided today that I was finally going to get it up on teh interwebz.
So the music recording industry and the motion picture industry are hemorrhaging money, in no small part through the proliferation of p2p online sharing and its ilk. Well... maybe it's time. I would rather see artists and actors polishing their craft and pushing the boundaries of their respective arts... rather than making "Transformers" or re-releasing "B-Day" with bonus tracks to try and shake a few more dollars out of an already cash-strapped world economy. When rappers continue to flood their minds with expensive drugs and their chains with VVS diamonds rather than push the craft a little bit farther, explore new subject matter, or simply quit rapping about "blunts, 40s and bitches", it's unheard of. When years ago the recording industry began rewarding shittily slapped-together schtick instead of artistic integrity, the fall began. Today, as the RIAA tries to patch potholes with chewing gum, they're reaping the benefits of the years of Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice, Sugarhill Gang, the Monkees and the like. Well fuck it... let 'em fall.
Yes. I feel this way about the film industry too. Do you realize Chris Tucker makes $20 million dollars a picture? This isn't a working, healthy capitalism, it's a sham.
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