Hey not everything is crap these days. You just gotta look in the right places. There are still some principled, honest and ethical musicians around.
http://www.dischord.com/ Founded by Ian MacKaye http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_MacKaye/ of Minor Threat, Embrace, Fugazi, The Evens. He is a pioneer of DIY recording and has no associations with major labels, mostly out of lack of interest in that kind of business. There are loads of bands on this site who are just doing their thing.
Even better yet, Dischord seems to be able to keep up with the times, offering DRM-free fairly high-quality MP3s of nearly their entire catalog which is added to all the time. They even reissue vinyl records now because as they still popular in some circles. In addition to the record itself you get free mp3 versions of all the tracks your already purchased on the record. The prices are fantastic too!
Hey in DFIs defense they really make some solid enthusiast motherboards. I've had nothing but a fantastic experience with their Lan-Party line of boards that are feature rich and really OC well. They also do a bunch of boring stuff thats just embedded boards and such. I'm guessing this is where the real money for the company is made.
More on their site: http://www.dfi.com/portal/HOME/acpaboutacp
Don't spend money on something that is practically useless. My Aunt and Uncle were married years ago and had more important things to worry about than rings. Eventually they both just decided on something more practical for his profession (he runs a brewery and a ring would just get in the way). He had a narrow tattoo done around his ring finger that simply says "Spoken For" in black ink and a font that is more readable than anything else on a ring would be if it had writing.
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Hey not everything is crap these days. You just gotta look in the right places. There are still some principled, honest and ethical musicians around.
http://www.dischord.com/ Founded by Ian MacKaye http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_MacKaye/ of Minor Threat, Embrace, Fugazi, The Evens. He is a pioneer of DIY recording and has no associations with major labels, mostly out of lack of interest in that kind of business. There are loads of bands on this site who are just doing their thing.
Even better yet, Dischord seems to be able to keep up with the times, offering DRM-free fairly high-quality MP3s of nearly their entire catalog which is added to all the time. They even reissue vinyl records now because as they still popular in some circles. In addition to the record itself you get free mp3 versions of all the tracks your already purchased on the record. The prices are fantastic too!
Hey in DFIs defense they really make some solid enthusiast motherboards. I've had nothing but a fantastic experience with their Lan-Party line of boards that are feature rich and really OC well. They also do a bunch of boring stuff thats just embedded boards and such. I'm guessing this is where the real money for the company is made.
More on their site: http://www.dfi.com/portal/HOME/acpaboutacp
Don't spend money on something that is practically useless. My Aunt and Uncle were married years ago and had more important things to worry about than rings. Eventually they both just decided on something more practical for his profession (he runs a brewery and a ring would just get in the way). He had a narrow tattoo done around his ring finger that simply says "Spoken For" in black ink and a font that is more readable than anything else on a ring would be if it had writing.