Wojtek
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> On Jul 8, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> [great rant, on some not-unfamiliar topics]
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>> <http://blancomusic.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/why-prince-is-right/>
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>> What Prince has figured out is that the proportion of effort/return on
>>> pushing the internet user to actually BUY music, is not worth the resources
>>> it takes to do so. etc.etc.
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> This capitalist accounting mentality is supposed to create...music?
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> Artists must eat. Beyond that, the sole motive for true creation is the
> work of art itself. The true reward for the artist is the appreciation of
> her audience.
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> This "Prince" character (whoever he is) certainly gets a much bigger income
> from a week of commercial royalties than Mahler received for a lifetime of
> composing some of the greatest music that can be heard.
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> Artistic creators need to get, as a right, the money needed to create
> without constraint; and their creations must be gratuitously available to
> everyone who wants to hear, see, or perform them. That's what The Soul of
> Man Under Socialism is all about. That's the ABC of communism.
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> Die Gedanken Sind Frei!
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> Shane Mage
> The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according
> to his need.
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> The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each
> according to his greed.
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> Joe Stack (1956-2010)
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