Ten Words Or Less: Napster / MP3 Culture

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The biggest shift in music listening since the invention of the cassette recorder? Or more dotcom nonsense? Have your say and keep it short.

― Tom, Wednesday, 6 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Genuine cultural freedom for the whole world. At last.

― Robin Carmody, Wednesday, 6 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Still downloading Pumpkins live tracks. Will talk about it later.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Tape trading on a global scale!

― Phil Paterson, Wednesday, 6 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Get a fast modem (cable or better) and it is the best thing since vinyl, now if only everyone would learn to encode over 300kbps...

― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 6 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Media discovers thing. Debates whether brings salvation or death. Yawn.

― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 7 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Let's download that bootleg *NSync track... Argh!!!! "Transfer Error"!!!!!

Old Fart!!!

― Old Fart!!!, Thursday, 7 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Cheap geek fucks can't buy CDs like regular humans.

― Ally, Thursday, 7 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

6 Dec 2000: Downloaded tracks by Toyah, Slade and Kiss. WHY? For God's sake WHY???

― Phil, Thursday, 7 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Property (intellectual / personal) = appropriation + depropriation. Multiply by corporate and gigabyte.

― alex thomson, Friday, 8 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Ten artists from my Napster collection, in random alphabetical order:

The Incredible String Band, Jay-Z, Jeru The Damaja, Juvenile, Kernkraft 400, Kim Wilde, Kool Keith, Love Unlimited Orchestra, M.O.P., Madonna.

Truly purism in music must be on the verge of its demise. It didn't really exist before 1967; nor shall it exist in the future.

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 8 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

would be great if people could be trusted

― f., Monday, 11 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Pop's manifest destiny: all cultural contradictions dissolved. We're almost there.

― Michael Daddino, Monday, 11 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Mike, why is it that you always say exactly what I aim to say but can't quite manage it?

Thanks, anyway.

― The Widespread World of Robin Carmody, Wednesday, 13 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I want the liner notes.

― J.M., Wednesday, 20 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

two months pass...

Like weather: Good or bad, there's no stopping it.

― Jack Redelfs, Wednesday, 21 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Transfer Error!

― DG, Wednesday, 21 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Huh?

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 28 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

three weeks pass...

napster: worthless...mp3+minidisc:no more $ on most full albums

― Kevin Enas, Sunday, 25 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-five years ago)

two years pass...

revive

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 12 May 2003 11:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't wanna spend £15 on someone I havn't heard!

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Monday, 12 May 2003 11:22 (twenty-three years ago)

napster: worthless...mp3+minidisc:no more $ on most full albums
Wow! This is like the guy who said that "Heavier than Air Flight will never become practical even if it became feasible."

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 12 May 2003 11:34 (twenty-three years ago)

The most compelling evidence of the digital divide.

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 12 May 2003 11:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Now I'll never get rich with one hit single.

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 12 May 2003 11:53 (twenty-three years ago)

nine months pass...

"Ten Words Or Less": a sadly lapsed thread format.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 12 February 2004 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

The only way to get deleted albums from the past

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 12 February 2004 01:53 (twenty-two years ago)

never mind the bollocks, I am going to press vinyl.

― Former Supposed So Called Nihilist Teenage Drug Disco Addiction Counselor (mjt), Thursday, 12 February 2004 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Cheap geek fucks can't buy CDs like regular humans.

And now the regular humans can't either!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 02:06 (twenty-two years ago)

it's a god-given fact that you can't go back

― Former Supposed So Called Nihilist Teenage Drug Disco Addiction Counselor (mjt), Thursday, 12 February 2004 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Music is not original enough to warrant the exchange of money.

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Thursday, 12 February 2004 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I miss having to work hard to find good music.

― may pang (maypang), Thursday, 12 February 2004 02:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Misery's the River of the World
Everybody Row! Everybody Row!

― Former Supposed So Called Nihilist Teenage Drug Disco Addiction Counselor (mjt), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Artists and labels will be forced to change. Listeners too.

― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I can finally hear all those Godlike old underground records.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

You know those pathological cheapskates who dine on supermarket freebies?

(Well, it's that and what I said above, too.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)

if it's on a toothpick, it's free!!

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)

It's one thing to take samples, another thing entirely to make a meal out of 'em!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Yum!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

what will we all do when the money runs out

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 February 2004 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Will the passion fade? We tend to respect what's paid for.
Sorry...11 words.

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 12 February 2004 04:29 (twenty-two years ago)

We tend to respect what's paid for

But what about love? < / dreamy romantic >

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 04:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Well Ned, I um, was thinking purely in the musical sense.
sorry, 11 words again...Damn!

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 12 February 2004 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Can't buy me love, no, no, no, no.

― may pang (maypang), Thursday, 12 February 2004 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Cable modem? ILM bookmark? Now I will listen to everything.

― mmmmsalt (Graeme), Thursday, 12 February 2004 07:05 (twenty-two years ago)

now mortality becomes the final limit of our listening schedule

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 February 2004 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I can hear the gentle breeze,
and then download it.

― Christian Rawk (Christian Rawk), Thursday, 12 February 2004 07:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"Why should Lars be so rich?", I ask. Download away!

― Speedy Gonzalas (Speedy Gonzalas), Thursday, 12 February 2004 07:24 (twenty-two years ago)

+ instant gratification good
- soundtrack to life badly sequenced mixtape

― anode (anode), Thursday, 12 February 2004 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

ten years pass...

dotcom nonsense!

― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Sunday, 1 February 2015 20:50 (eleven years ago)

Awaiting User

― xelab, Sunday, 1 February 2015 22:50 (eleven years ago)

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