Thanks for reading my LOOOOONG reply...if you do. (heck, if anybody does! LOL)
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Shifting musical gears somewhat, one of our busiest music writers is the cryptically named uao, who's produced over 100 never dull posts for Blogcritics in under two years. One of his latest fine reads, Does Your CD Lose Its Value By The Bedpost Overnight? would not only make the title of a great Country song but has already produced the Comment of the Day for Wednesday 28th December 2005, Comment #6 from one J P Spencer.
Great article, uao!The thing about the Deadhead stuff retaining high value due to demand justifies what I have been telling friends for ten years. Record labels make the real money on back catalog sales. Note the lack of a reissue of Vanilla Ice or MC Hammer currently on the market.
And the PUNCH LINE is, most artists who would generate back catalog sales are currently being dropped by the major labels faster than you can blink. As the Deadheads die off, and that day is coming sooner than you think, the old model of a record company will probably die off with them.
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Article comments
1 - gonzo marx
i don't know whether to be amused or dismayed that out of all my ranting and raving, Christopher chose this one
ah well...LOL...thanks i guess
Excelsior!
2 - Brie
Christopher:
This article is very well written! I blushed the whole time through!
Thanks
3 - Scott Butki
I really like this idea of giving people attention for writing comments.
But I'm confused - is it comment of the day or comment of the week? I thought the former but when I click on comment of day link i say one per week.
4 - Christopher Rose
It's currently formatted as 7 comments of the day in one weekly column. Would you prefer it if each day's post was a separate entry?
5 - Aaman
I think this is better, but perhaps the title could change - COTW - Comments of the Week
6 - Scott Butki
Will we be contacted if we're selected?
I keep meaning to go back to read the first four to see if I got picked.
Yeah I know it's all about me, me, me
7 - Christopher Rose
How about BlogCritics Comments of the Week? Would that be better
beetlegooglejuice..?8 - Aaman
boogle-juice
9 - Christopher Rose
so you like that suggestion?
10 - Scott Butki
Much better.
As a former professional writer/editor I get picky sometimes. Sorry about that
Don't get the beetlejuice vs googlejuice thing.
11 - Scott Butki
Have I missed comments 6 or 7 or are you on holiday?
I appreciate the column you put together for this.