[Strawbale] re free music

[Mark Piepkorn]

At 01:50 PM 6/6/2007, Michael K. lough wrote:
>You are required it seems to enter a legal contract secured by 
>providing Nextaid with a financial declaration based on a legal 
>commitment to pay them and authorise them to make deuctions from 
>your credit card I believe...

         I thought that (and the rest of your post) went without 
saying. I don't know if that makes me a proper little cynical 
consumer, or means that I was over- (or under-) estimating certain 
segments of the audience. Probably some combination of all that and more.

         I do tend to think that almost everybody is a lot more 
intelligent than almost everybody else gives them credit for. And I 
don't consider giving folks that sort of respect to be a problem... 
though others sometimes do. (That said - not speaking of anyone in 
particular - once a person has had a few chances to reveal themselves 
as a mean-spirited fool and repeatedly availed themselves of the 
opportunity, it's so awful hard for me to suffer them. I'm just a 
convulsing wad of contradictions.)


At 06:39 PM 6/6/2007, Chris Green wrote:
>As an older person who doesn't care for urban hip-hop or rap, I doubt
>that I could find 50 tunes by contemporary artists worth downloading.
>That's certainly true with iTunes.YMMV.

         I should point out that I haven't signed up for the free 
trial, though it's likely that I will.

         (Without intending to make Michael think I'm being 
somebody's shill,) they claim to have catalogs of jazz, comedy, 
blues, classical, country, folk, children's, world, and other genres, 
including artists like Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Bob 
Marley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Lucinda Williams. The 
independent record labels they carry include Sun Records and 
Smithsonian Folkways.

         I'm glad you pointed out the other worthy charities, and 
reminded people that direct contributions are certainly a good option.



Mark Piepkorn
www.potkettleblack.com

I write to a stranger, someone who I imagine is
a hyperactive child; much smarter than me, but
more restless, and not very disciplined.
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