12/17/03 - This week's EVE Vault discussion is about Game Music.

Congratulations to US and coalition troops for capturing Saddam
Hussein alive.

Chapter 13 of Tanga (Back to Basics) has been posted on the EVE
Vault.

I have updated my iTunes Playlist again. I went on another buying
spree. This is a great model for selling music. Going to a music
store is a pain, especially since when you get there you find out
that all the songs on the CD but that one you like on the CD suck!
Then you have to decide, is the one song really worth the cost of
the CD? My answer is almost always no. The reason I bought Fallen by
Evanescence is because I already knew I liked three of the songs. I
knew the other songs could be a gamble, but three good songs on an
album has to be a good sign . . . right? In their case YES! In the
case of AudioSlave though, nope. Not at all. Even Linkin Park albums
are iffy. Ego War by Audio Bullys is a great buy. I had only heard
one of their songs, but I loved it and was willing to pay for the CD
even if the rest of the songs sucked. Fortunately, the rest were
great too. They'll probably be famous in a few years. iTunes is
great though, you find a song, sample it, if you like it BAM you got
it for $1. Just a $1, so pretty soon you have like 100 and you
didn't even notice you spent $100. Of course even though you spent
$100, they're all good songs, or at least songs you like! Albums are
great too, most cost $10. That means if you find 10 or more songs on
an album you would buy for $1 you can get the whole album for $10.
The only drawback, is there are some artists I'd like them to have
that they don't yet, like Nickel Back, Dave Matthews, and Red Hot
Chili Peppers.

The other day I was in the men's restroom of the local mall. I
overheard a kid talking to his friend on a cell while he used the
urinal. He basically told his friend to rent some DVDs because they
have a new DVD-writer and that they'll copy the DVDs. That really
ticked me off, I wanted to go over and show him some holiday spirit.
I can't understand people that steal like that. Do they not
appreciate the fact that the actors, directors, producers, camera
men, writers, gaffers, boom operators, and everybody else that works
on a movie is doing it to make a living? Do they not realize that
while most of the actors and actresses get a good salary the camera
man can't keep his family in a house after a pay cut because
everybody steals his work instead of paying for it? /Rant off. :)