The internet is slowly killing music, and I don't mean just from a piracy standpoint. More is not better, it is just more. I'm sick of hearing about all the "next big things", which someone found on the internet and wants to take credit for. 99% of the bands that get hyped up aren't really great anyways. Bands are having less and less longevity and don't get to develop careers, they seem to have to create an impact with 1 or 2 records and then they disappear. The internet is watering down the talent pool, just like expansion does in hockey. It seems for every 1 artist who does get discovered and has some actual talent, you get 200 hacks who have the right haircut and clothes to be marketed.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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