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The Savage Animal 06.08.11: 10 Ways To Bankrupt The Labels

The Savage Animal 06.08.11: 10 Ways To Bankrupt The Labels
Posted by Mikey MiGo  on 06.08.2011

Steal your music, avoid concerts, and stop paying for the record labels and so-called artists to donate to third world charities. In this edition of The Savage Animal Mikey MiGo discusses how YOU can help bankrupt the labels. It’s one of the most important discussions the music world can have right now. Let’s talk!

I officially accept the fact that I'm old. I'm twenty seven, going on twenty eight. My generation is old now. A lot of the people I went to high school with have kids and heavy duty nine to five type of lives. I don't feel "old", but I'm definitely not part of what is considered the "youth" anymore. I'm at the weird bridge in my life where I'm leaving my twenties and growing closer to death. I have a lot of "stills" so to speak. I still don't like authority. I still like loud music, I still like The Simpsons, and so on and so on. I would have probably coasted by on sarcasm for the next year or two, but I just had to go and watch the MTV Movie Awards. The show was okay. Nothing too awesome happened and nothing horrible bad. It was another forgetful show full of forgetful things. I like Jason Sudeikis a lot and I love seeing him get the spotlight, but he really didn't do anything that people are going to care about come five seconds from now. The Foo Fighter performance was a highlight for me and it's always cool to see Lupe Fiasco do this thing. I thought the McBride, Aziz, Swardson segment with Bieber was entertaining. I did like "Kick-Ass", "Easy A", and "Inception" so it was cool they all got awards. Yeah, "Black Swan", "The Fighter", "The Town", "The Kids Are Alright", and "Toy Story 3" were all snubbed but I have a feeling they can live without golden popcorn. I'm not even that pissed about Twilight winning most of the awards because that's what little pregnant girls like. At least that's what I got out of it. MTV really pushed the young and preggo demographic HARD. It's like they KNOW they're grooming the next generation of Springer guests and they want to do Uncle Jerry proud. It was lack luster. I would have just brushed if off and moved on, but it stuck with me. I AM old. I see no appeal in Twilight, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Kings of Leon, Harry Potter, Jersey Shore, pregnant teens, or anything that requires shorts. I need a 401K stat! My parents never got too screwed on album sales.

JBailey: Concerts

In 1994 I saw Nirvana in concert.  Yes, Nirvana.  At Stabler Arena near Lehigh University.  Stabler is not the best concert venue.  The sound echoes and if the amps are turned up loud enough, they will blow your eardrums out.  But it was Nirvana.  The Breeders opened for Nirvana that night.  I knew some of the Breeders' songs, mostly the annoying Cannonball song but the crowd really got into it.  After a lengthy wait, Nirvana came out.  And there he was, in all his glory, the God of Grunge, Kurt Cobain.  Who really wasn't into playing that night.  Oh, the band sounded great and all but Kurt just stood there, strumming his guitar, singing into the mike like some kind of wind up doll.  No Eddie Vedder kicks from Kurt.  No hair banging ala Trent Reznor.  Nope, just stood there singing into the mike.  They were promoting their newest album, and Heart Shaped Box was their big hit but the crowd wanted to hear Teen Spirit of course.  It was a somewhat depressing concert and though none of us could have guessed that Kurt would be dead only a few months later, the signs were all there.  It was Chris who got me into Nirvana's music.  As I had embraced the hippie and love generation of the late 60's and 70's, she fully embraced the sound of grunge.  Dressing in ripped jeans, flannel shirts, and Doc Martins, her room took on posters and pictures of bands with names like Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Sisters of Mercy, Alice in Chains, and of course, Nirvana.  Not for her were The New Kids on the Block.  She was definitely over her Madonna period but then that was so Junior High anyway.  Nope, this kid discovered the bountiful offerings of the Seattle Music Scene.  Chris and I had a regular date on Friday afternoons.  We were both movie buffs and so as soon as she came home from school, off we'd go to catch the Friday matinee of whatever movie was opening that weekend.  One Friday she dragged me to this dark film based on a comic book of the same name, The Crow.  And that's when I discovered The Cure.  And Trent.  And several other bands featured in the movie's soundtrack.  The CD soon made an appearance in the house and in my car and I listened to it over and over.  It formed my musical tastes for the next 10 years and on.

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