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There’s this wonderful and long account of the rise and fall of Suck.com over at KeepGoing.org. It will take a long time to read, but it’s worth it. Much better than anything at this site. Really.

At the end of this article is a little missive from the publisher, attempting to usurp your fair use rights under U.S. copyright laws. It says, to be exact, “No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.”

Now, I am allowed, by law, to copy small portions of any copyrighted work for the purpose of commenting on said work. I will do that now with the Suck.com article, not only to stick a finger in the eye of tyranny but to illustrate what I loved so much about Filler, using the words of its creators.

“He would get sick of me,” says Havrilesky, “because I would send him descriptions that would say, ‘An obese squirrel that looks slightly drunk and confused but regretful is sitting at a bar with an emaciated rabbit.’ He would always say, ‘You only get two emotions. It can be regretful and drunk, or regretful and excited, but it cannot be more than two things at once.’ Also, I would say, ‘This emaciated rabbit isn’t cute enough.’ He’d say, ‘You said emaciated. Emaciated is rarely cute.’”

Posted at 9:40 pm.
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This is merely a post to notify the teeming masses that make up my readership that I have not, in fact, died. You may not be able to determine this through ordinary observation, as I probably do not return your emails, phone calls, or violent pounding on my door. World of Warcraft still has a hold of my soul (as well as Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (go go magic Amon Tobin!) and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas), and my social and Internet lives have suffered as a result. For this, I am not the least bit sorry.

But, members of my Mystical Music Release mailing list will be happy to know that Volume 004 is currently being assembled, absorbed, enjoyed, and pondered. I took a long break from discovering new music (to play WoW), but Universe works in mysterious ways, so it just happened that when I finally got around to looking for new tunes (my WoW server was probably down for maintenance) some amazing music got released and kicked my mind’s ass.

Also, this release is taking a little longer to put together because I am instituting a new distribution policy. Any album included in this and any future release will be purchased by me. Now, many of you are under the impression that I do not purchase any music. This is a filthy, baseless lie. The previous volumes of the release have all been a mix of purchased and downloaded music (Sometimes purchased and downloaded. Bleep FTW.), but I figure if I’m going to distribute it I should make sure and contribute to its continued production.

So fear not, loyal readers, fresh content is in the works. This release may contain as few as three albums, which is probably better because you slackers don’t seem to be able to stomach much more than that at one time.

Posted at 8:39 pm.
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