The sorry state of streaming residuals shows why SAG and the WGA are striking.

  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for sharing this story. That TV host sounds like an unbelievable asshole, no wonder it stuck with your friend for so long. I can’t fathom what would make a person act like that.

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      1 year ago

      I have a cassette full of recordings he gave me somewhere, at least I hope I do. I really need to hunt it and digitize it.

      Dude was awesome.

      His old guitar shop is now a food pantry. He lived in the back room in that tiny, dusty old shop and constantly had people over playing music. He always loved to see me coming because in Appalachia everyone plays bluegrass and I don’t. He wasn’t a huge fan of “the grass” but he played along any way until he shook too bad to do it. He was practically blown in half in the war and the damage got him down when he was older.

      I’d come in and he’d say, “take my strat and show me something.”

      I got my first guitar from him (technically my third but it was the one I learned on). A blue Chinese strat copy called a Lotus. I still have it but I need to reassemble it. God, I should do that. I’d love to hear that nasty buzz again. It’s been nearly 20 years since I played that thing.

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        1 year ago

        I really need to hunt it and digitize it.

        And upload it to the Internet Archive!

        That reminds me: I have a cassette of parody songs from a local radio station (Fox 97’s Shower Stall Singers) somewhere that might end up lost to history if I don’t find it and upload it.