awepittance Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Biggest Asshole of the year award goes to : anyone who thinks Jason Rietman is the new 'voice of your generation' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 since nobody has mentioned him yet, the abusive "balloon hoax dad" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OneToThirtySix Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 chris brown chris brown for sure Who's to say she didn't deserve it? Maybe the sandwich really did suck. Sir/Lady Half-Pen0x Whom Dresses Self in the Dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 chris moss acid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneToThirtySix Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Best thing to ever happen to Lady Gagger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 chris moss acid and me This is a fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest olson Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Best thing to ever happen to Lady Gagger: worst thing to ever happen to nirvana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 chris moss acid and me This is a fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Calx Sherbet Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 goatse man has teh biggest arsehole evah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon son Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I would have said Ga Ga - however Lily Allen's self-demonstrating brainless rant about filesharing tops it for me. I havent written on here for a while but I've taken the time to write this as I think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music, but some really rich and successful artists like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O'Brien from Radiohead don't seem to think so. Last week in an article in the Times these guys from huge bands said file sharing music is fine. It probably is fine for them. They do sell-out arena tours and have the biggest Ferrari collections in the world. For new talent though, file sharing is a disaster as it's making it harder and harder for new acts to emerge. Heres a link to the article http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6828262.ece Mason, O'Brien and the Featured Artists Coalition say that file sharing's "like a sampler, like taping your mate's music", but mix tapes and recording from the radio are actually very different to the file sharing that happens today. Mix tapes were rubbish quality - you bought the real music, because you liked the track and wanted to hear it without the DJ cutting off the end of each song. In digital land pirated tracks are as good quality as bought tracks, so there's not a need to buy for better quality. The Featured Artist Coalition also says file sharing's fine because it "means a new generation of fans for us". This is great if you're a big artist at the back end of your career with loads of albums to flog to a new audience, but emerging artists don't have this luxury. Basically the FAC is saying 'we're alright, we've made it, so file sharing's fine', which is just so unfair to new acts trying to make it in the industry. You don't start out in music with the Ferraris. Instead you get a huge debt from your record company, which you spend years working your arse off to repay. When you manage to get a contract, all those pretty videos and posters advertising your album have to be paid for and as the artist, you have to pay for them. I've only just finished paying off all the money I owe my record company. I'm lucky that I've been successful and managed to pay it back, but not everyone's so lucky. You might not care about this, but the more difficult it is for new artists to make it, the less new artists you'll see and the more British music will be nothing but puppets paid for by Simon Cowell. And it's not like there aren't alternatives to illegal downloads anyway. Sites like Spotify give us access to new music and different music without having to rip someone off - you can listen to tracks and see if you like them before you buy them. Then obviously there's MySpace, that streams music and helps acts like me get enough fans to convince record companies to sign us up. If this sounds like I'm siding with the record bosses, I'm not. They've been naive and complacent about new technology - and they've spent all the money they've earned on their own fat salaries not industry development. But as they start to lose big from piracy, they're not slashing their salaries - they're pulling what they invest in A&R. Lack of funds results in A&R people not being able to take risks and only signing acts they think will work, which again makes British music Cowell puppets. Is this the way we want British music to go? Now, obviously I'm going to benefit from fighting piracy, but I think without fighting it, British music is going to suffer. I don't think what's out there is perfect. It's stupid that kids can't buy anything on the internet without credit, forcing them to steal Mum's credit card or download illegally. It's this kind of thing that the record company bosses, artists, broadband providers and government should be sitting down and discussing. I'm off to South America on tour today, but i'm going to be writing British artists, saying just this. File sharing's not okay for British music. We need to find new ways to help consumers access and buy music legally, but saying file sharing's fine is not helping anyone - and definitely not helping British music. I want to get people working together to use new digital opportunities to encourage new artists. you know, i actually agree with her here somewhat. i wouldn't call it so much a rant, as just just misinformed angst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 michael jackson's dad! what a prick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Tiger Woods Chris Brown Sarah Palin (...and Sarah Palin supporters) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GrandPopPoplock Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Best thing to ever happen to Lady Gagger: Well...I guess that video officially proves God doesn't exist . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 there are far too many assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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