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QUOTE (Texsox @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 06:26 AM) It just missed mine. Actually there was a lot more TV than I thought when I started putting together my list. I could have gone to 40 shows easily and still left something off I like. I also kept my list to sit coms, so left off variety, skit comedy shows, Colbert, Dennis Miller, etc. For both lists I participated in (I skipped the Chisports list because I honestly couln't see how most of us would have pretty much the same top 10 or so), I made a point of NOT looking at prior lists before putting mine together and just went off my head. It made for a few D'oh! moments once I realized I had skipped this or that, but it kept the listmaking fast and somewhat insured that most of the items were ones I carried around in me head.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 01:11 AM) I'm deeply disappointed in his weak move on FISA. As am I, and as are many. He swore he'd filibuster teleco immunity, and now is his chance to make good on his word. Feingold is apparently the only one with enough backbone to stand up for this, and it's really disheartening to see most of the Dem majority so willing to capitulate.

QUOTE (Felix @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 12:58 AM) I'm glad to see Fawlty Towers here, even if it's much too low. I can't complain though, I didn't put together a list. I just haven't seen enough comedies on a regular basis to put together a real list of 20 or so. Fawlty made my list. I'm surprised it was on only three lists, but I guess there's a lot of teevee out there.

I think it was Alpha who who brought to attention a couple of months ago the money-grubbing plans by cash-strapped local governments in college towns to try to tax university endowments to fill their depleted coffers. Tex, I see this RIAA move as being in the very same vein. Economics have changed and the revenue streams the industry used to get fat off of are slowing down, so RIAA is getting creative in their greed and trying to change the rules of the game to the detriment of the radio outlets, the listeners/consumers, and teh artists themselves when the radio stations pull the plug on commercial music broadcasts. There are at least four other instances I know of in the last 25 years where RIAA has tried to extort money from consumers, music outlets, or artists through legislation and litigation, and none of them involved digital download piracy. Tex, you're arguing that the RIAA is standing up for the artists, but the Recording Artists' Coalition certainly sees it differently. That group was formed specifically to lobby for the repeal of the onerous Digital Content Protection Act of 2006 "work made for hire" legislation that had secretly stripped thousands of artists of their copyright interests and handed them to. . . the record companies. Does that sound like an industry association looking out for the artists?

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jun 24, 2008 -> 03:45 PM) Artists are getting screwed. I can't believe stations can't cough up a bit for the recording industry. ASCAP dues are still being paid and are stil being disbursed to member artists. I'm from the camp that thinks that if the RIAA would have had the least bit of forethought, they would be at the vanguard of the digital distribution rather than chasing it. But the radio issue is another matter entirely. The airwave radio stations continue to play cuts from commercial releases that listeners can buy at the store, legally download for a fee, or acquire through some other means (e.g, record off the radio, which is legal, or unauthorized download, which is not). The radio stations are still doing what they have been doing for years, and what has changed is that now that the RIAA is taking in less revenues from physical unit sales they want to rewrite the rules the stations play by.

QUOTE (juddling @ Jun 24, 2008 -> 11:15 AM) I remember back in the day, filling out the ASCAP logs for every song we played. It was only once or twice a year for a two week stretch each time. I thought it was for royalities..... ASCAP (per Wikipedia) QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 24, 2008 -> 11:23 AM) Thats the impressino I was under as well... But the ASCAP fees go to paying the artists royalties, they don't go to the record companies.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jun 24, 2008 -> 02:27 PM) Then why do they "advertise" songs for free and charge to advertise a car dealer? Would they give entertaining car ads lower rates then the boring, annoying ones? They are using the music to draw an audience to the advertising they can sell. Radio play is advertisement for the songs the record company sells and the artists who make them. radio ad spots bring in revenue for the station and/or it's megacorporation overlords. You know that.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 24, 2008 -> 08:25 AM) For the most part the Dem thread gets left alone, it does seem the GOP thread gets trashed more often of the two. There's a GOP thread?

Stupid facts! And he would have been able to get away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!

Well, isn't that special?

And the fossil American music recording industry continues to usher in its own extinction rather than adapting to a changing consumer world. They are their own worst enemy, and their legitimate arguments against things like unauthorized digital downloads get completely undermined by their own greed-driven stupidity when they launch massive legal campaigns against the stuff that actually helps sell records like trading tabs, posting lyrics online, and, you know, playing the music on the airwaves so people can hear it. Idiots.

Happy Birthday, SB. F**k em Bucky!

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jun 24, 2008 -> 07:45 AM) I'm kinda surprised Fraser was so low. I also see a trend for current, which always happens with these. Then again, you never really got used to color television,did you? I know, I know, "the Ponderosa looks fake and you can hardly recognize Little Joe." B)

QUOTE (RibbieRubarb @ Jun 23, 2008 -> 12:45 PM) George Carlin, in his routines, said he worshipped the Sun (because he could see it) and prayed to Joe Pesci (because he was a good actor and it looked like he could get things done). Ah, a pox on me then for missing the reference. Carlin's best religious stuff was sheer brilliance. The religion = lifts on shoes bit from his very first SNL appearance in 1975 (use it for as long as you need to but don't let it cripple you, and don't go nailing lifts on the natives' feet) is still one of the most insightful religious commentaries I've ever heard.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jun 23, 2008 -> 09:06 AM) This is just terrible news. I just hope Joe Pesci lets him in to heaven (if there is one and if he even wants to go), cuz Joe Pesci is a guy who can get things done. And the Baseball vs. Football bit has to be my favorite. "In baseball, you go home. I'm going home." Sad, sad day. You are aware Joe Pesci is still alive, no? Perhaps you meant Bruno Kirby?

Wow. Didn't expect that. At his best, he was the best, no question.

A win tonight would be nice. Please?

Is "Wise' Guys" going to give "Crede's Crew" a run for its money now?

Wise goes long!

Dadgummit Joe!

Almost doubled Patterson up! Damn.

Looks like a DL stint for Zambrano after all. Good news for us next week.

Whew. That could have been a whole lot worse.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 05:31 AM) why would I hope for that? Zambrano was scheduled to miss this series anyways and we have done well vs him in the past. I have no problem with Cubs having success, Im only rooting for one team but its great for the city when both are going well. Yeah, some success on the north side might make the fans insufferable, but I don't wish an injury on any player. And in Zambrano's case, isn't being unhinged and psychotic enough?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 05:25 AM) I truly, 100% believe, that point is severely underrated by a greater portion of the board. I don't believe it's truly underrated around here, I just believe it's understated. The fragile Sox fan psyche has an amazing inherent capacity for self-preservation, and denying the importance of the intangibles attached to these games is part of it. These series are big -- to maintain the division lead, to keep momentum up, as a huge mental shot in the arm to the players, and for fan pride and bragging rights and the attendant team support that comes along with it. When the Sox take 4 of 6 I'll be happy, and you all back home will get a rest from loudmouth Cub fans for a while.