http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:08:58 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/14/154254.php#comment-2805 what really drives me crazy about most articles related to cd sales is that they almost never mention the fact that we've been in a recession during the same time period....as if somehow the two things are not related. ]]> 2805@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:08:58 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/14/154254.php#comment-2804 I had two thoughts in reading this article. 1) the majors business model isn't based on selling music to retailers, it is based on selling audio carriers (shiny happy plastic discs) to retailers. And accounting fraud. 2) most people don't seem to realize that the people who head trade organizations do so because they are failures at the business itself, but are successful at getting and holding a phoney-baloney job. ]]> 2804@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:12:59 EST