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The Grateful Dead vs. Archive.org
An anonymous reader writes "E! Online has an article about friction between archive.org and the surviving members of the Grateful Dead. They have come to an amicable understanding after some confusion involving online bootlegs." From the article: "A week after some of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead ordered a nonprofit site to remove free downloads of the seminal jam band's concerts--sparking massive online backlash and a Deadhead petition calling for a boycott of all band-related merchandise--the band has reversed its position. 'The Grateful Dead remains as it always has--in favor of tape trading,' spokesman Dennis McNally tells the Associated Press. "
What Would Jerry Do?
Oxymoron?
From Grateful over Ungrateful back to Grateful. The REAL news, however, would be if that transition happened with the other part of their name.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the light cone.
The RIAA announced lawsuits against 1244 Deadheads today. Although the Deadheads are downloading the music legally, the RIAA is going after them anyway. "These Deadheads, they're sitting there with their tie-dye t-shirts, their sunglasses and bandannas, and their downloading music! We're confident that we'll prevail, because downloading music is wrong in the strict Biblical sense. Have you ever heard of Jesus downloading music? Did Moses use Limewire? No. Let's face it, we're on the right side here." The latest set of hearings were delayed when the RIAA representative noticed that the courtroom stenographer was wearing a set of earphones, and accused her of downloading music, leading to an attack by the RIAA lawyers. The courtroom was cleared, but not before the stenographer's wallet was picked bare and she'd been served with two separate lawsuits.
Deadheads are freaking out and suffering from disillusionment.
Can't be from the years of doing acid and spinning.
Obligatory drummer jokes:
"Mom, when I grow up, I want to be a drummer."
His mother scoffs and replies... "Well, you can't do both."
What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?
A drummer.
What's the difference between a drummer and a drum machine?
You only have to punch the information into the drum machine once.
Why are orchestra intermissions limited to 20 minutes?
So they don't have to retrain the drummers.
How do you get a drummer to play an accelerando?
Ask him to play in 4/4 at a steady 120 bpm.
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Don't you mean "What a long, strange "rip" it's been..." ?
StupidChildren...the reason jesus is crying
I hate drugs and I think that even the harmless ones end up being a gateway
For some reason, any time someone says something similar to this, I always envision them with a cigarette hanging from their lips and a cup of coffee in their hand.
Neal Peart?
RUSH?!?!?!?!?!
Excuse me, I have to clean the milk out of my nose now.
Nah, that's just the acid kicking in.
Which ironically explains YOUR comment.