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I can invite you to my spotify account, I think, if you want to try it.

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 3:36 pm unless I bought it first. But then I still have to pay for the streaming service.

This is not true.

You just select the album and play it. And having the streaming service means no additional charges. It's just a single monthly charge.

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 3:22 pm Amazing how some real life pussy grounds a person.

My dad said I was a PITA as a teenager until I started getting laid.

Is there a big service that let's you stream and enjoy an entire album, without having to purchase that album first? Spotify - free/ad-supported mode. I guess? I mean, all the subscription ones have the entire catalog of all music all the time. (With music missing). Not quite sure what you mean,

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 2:29 pm Honestly, it's a small percentage of every race and group that are like this. They just happen to be the most vocal, and thus, are likely to run FB groups.

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Steaming music is convenient enough that I much prefer it to owning media/mp3s/CDs/whatever. Honestly it's more convenient. New music just shows up. There's caveats (like music mixes - soundtracks, compilations, etc are sometimes missing). But it works for me.

That's interesting. I wonder how much fine print is currently being changed on OF membership agreements right now? A person I follow on twitter (naked lady with gnomes from years ago) has friends with OFs. And said that one of her friends tried to interact personally with people, being her true sel...

Onlyfans chatters are actually 3rd world contractors. This feels like it could be a lawsuit for the users who think they're talking to the "star" themselves.

I feel like everything has bombed in May.

The story keeps popping up on my facebook feed from 20 different sources. Now it's a battle between peeps who think there was a black samurai (or just think it's healthy if people believe there was one), who are calling the "Ummm, no, he wasn't a samarai" people butthurt white racists. I ...

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 9:22 am wtf am i looking at

morons.

Leisher wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 11:58 pm Pickett playing better than Hurts?

Doubt.

Srsly. Or, "turns out Hurts had food poisoning, the fllu, and sprained ankle, and was getting over covid"

I'll clarify: I meant much better than 10-15 years ago when music industry was in the toilet and piracy was at its peak. You mentioned MP3s, so I was working in that timeframe, and MP3s peak like 10-15 years ago. They're not far from all time highs for revenue. Lord knows ticket prices are obscene t...

Death penalty.

Artists always got small pieces from music sales. The %age they make from streams is nothing new.

After years of visiting Vegas, I finally got to Delmonico. $300 later, it was worth it. (Not my money, so that helps.) Admittedly, I've only used my money there once out of 6 visits. Atmosphere is a bit meh, but the service and food are outstanding. Yep. And the popovers... man. Best bread side ever.

Leisher wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 1:39 pm If corporations were petty like an ex, supersizing a meal would be free today at McD.

That would be awesome.

UNC and Duke were playing a basketball game versus each other. Except instead of being in Cameron Indoor or the Dean Dome, it was in a large room in what seemed like a high school. So imagine something smaller than a cafeteria, with both teams there and a small crowd. The game was going on for a whi...

efficiently as they've destroyed the the ability of most artists to make a living off music? The U.S. recorded music industry grew its revenue by 8% in 2023, reaching an all-time high of $17.1 billion and marking eight consecutive years of growth Artists are doing much better now. While 2023's reve...

GORDON wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 3:58 pm Ticketmaster sued by the USA as a monopoly.

Good.