http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:36:01 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/ Phillip WinnSunday, August 26, 2007, marks the switch of all Blogcritics.org article feeds from full-content to short-content. This is the result of several converging factors, and is unfortunately a permanent decision (as permanent as any decision can be on the web, that is). We are aware of all of the reasons that this is a Bad Idea, and we are aware that some of you will be quite upset about having to click on something to read the free content, and we're sorry. Unfortunately, despite great effort, full-content feeds are not currently economically viable. Two other factors are involved: full-content feeds have resulted in an unprecedented level of content theft, with BC content appearing on many websites, usually spam sites, without attribution or permission. This duplicate content causes a cascading set of problems, not the least of which is that search engines generally aren't favorable to duplicate content, and don't always guess correctly. Finally, our RSS advertising partner is strongly in favor of short-content feeds. We hope that you'll continue to subscribe to BC via RSS, and when an article grabs your eye, it's only a click away, still free on the BC website. Thank you for your understanding. Administration0@blogcritics.org Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/24/153601.php Kurt GreinerC'mon admit it... Hanging out with your buds as a teen, dreaming about being a rock star. Fame, chicks, partying till dawn... And the fortune! You'll be rich!The truth is, you probably won't. According to this Daily News article out of 30,000 records released in 2002, only 128 reached Gold record status (500,000 or more copies sold).If you are one of the lucky 128, your album would gross about $8.5 million retail. I won't go into the full details here (read the article), but the hypothetical band ends up with a whopping $162,000 split 4 ways.At least there's groupies :) Music3418@blogcritics.org Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:36:01 EST