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The RIAA gives up and walks the plank.

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It has been a long time coming, but the RIAA has finally realized they are fighting a losing battle. Now, instead of suing dead people and minors, they’ll just tattle on you to your ISP to tell them that you are sharing music back out to the Internet and maybe they’ll do something about it. Pfft! Whatever.

The moral of the story is this, download using a bittorrent client or whatever other method you prefer, but just don’t share it back out to the Internet. DUH!

P.S. If any of you are a member at DEMONOID.COM, I would gladly give up a kidney for an invite.

Vinnie Jones Was Hospitalized And Arrested After A Bar Fight At Wiley’s Tavern In Sioux Falls, South Dakota!

Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones

What!

I used to live a block away from Wiley’s and because of the location it was my bar of choice many nights. Nothing cool ever happend there. The most exciting thing about Wiley’s was the Lord Of The Rings pinball machine, and I don’t even like Lord Of The Rings, but it was good pinball.

I guess I was kind of lucky I wasn’t there because I would of asked him, weren’t you in that movie The Condemned with Steve Austin? I got a free ticket to that movie in exchange for a review, and I was nice with my review, but that movie sucked. At that point, he probably would have killed me.

http://argusleader.com/article/20081205/UPDATES/81205045&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL?GID=XwWFeqsmoTmKTWdh6BeyO4R3uoQDhpZXZPs8YiAd+n8%3D

http://perezhilton.com/2008-12-05-busted-1

http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/05/vinnie-jones-arrested/

South Dacola Music Club with BR5-49

The Mrs. got me this album last year for Christmas and I’ve had it in the rotation ever since. I’ve been a fan of BR5-49 for a while, but this is my favorite album yet – next to the live album, anyway. I could go on about why it’s a good album, but instead of sounding like Patrick Bateman (who is currently returning some video tapes), I’ll let this guy do the talking:

When BR549 were dropped by Sony following the critical and commercial disappointment of 2001’s This Is BR549, and bassist Jay McDowell and guitarist and vocalist Gary Bennett responded to this news by leaving the band, it wasn’t difficult to imagine that Lower Broadway’s finest had become a spent force. But thankfully, BR549 have not only bounced back from a severely rough patch, they’ve returned with their finest studio album since their self-titled debut, 2004’s Tangled in the Pines. Blending a lean, roots rock energy with their passionate devotion to traditional country styles, Tangled in the Pines enlivens and updates BR549’s sound far better than that lone Sony release (talk about a pleasant irony), while still reflecting what they do best. New members Geoff Firebaugh (bass) and Chris Scruggs (guitar and vocals) fit the group like a glove, adding new blood without disturbing BR549’s essential personality, and the tart energy of “Movin’ the Country” and “Ain’t Got Time” pushes this band forward without losing track of what made them special. And the all-originals, no-covers set list is a nice reminder that these guys can write songs just as well as they play ’em, a fact that often gets lost in the shuffle. Who knows if BR549 are ever going to break through to the Toby Keith-loving masses, but if they don’t, Tangled in the Pines stands as exceptionally strong proof that it’s the audience that is missing out in that transaction. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide