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[wildflowersoul]

So I finally started watching True Blood (verrrrrry slowly, since I'm Netflixing it and only get 2 episodes on a disc. I really wish Netflix made everything available for stream-instantly).

My thoughts so far: Um, wow, Anna Paquin is seriously not a good actress. Unless maybe the books are so poorly written that she's actually doing an amazing character study or something? Hot mysterious vampire guy is hot and mysterious. It would be awesome to get some plot going (other than OMG-everyone-loves-Sookie and OMG-vampires-exist-here-is-a-pound-of-exposition). I am having major Twilight flashbacks, what with the mind reading and the potential for stalking... too bad there are no sparkles in this. The music in the show is terrible. Like, are they making it that bad on purpose? Not to mention the opening credits; I'm used to much more effort from HBO in its opening credits, these are so bad I thought I was watching Showtime. Nitpicking aside, I am enjoying it and will keep watching. It just makes me long for the days of HBO of yore, when we had Rome and The Wire and Oz.... there is a reason why we no longer bother to pay for HBO with our cable.

Also, this report from a teenager in England really disturbs me, if for no other reason than the line on page 3 that states most teenagers today have never bought a cd. Never?! *shakes fist at kids these days*

That just kind of blows my mind. And here I was listening to NPR this morning (via podcast) interviewing Mac and Laura from Merge on the 20th anniversary of Merge records, getting all nostalgic for the days when I would order vinyl albums straight from record labels. And when I got the latest news on music from listervs. I got my illicit copy of Belle & Sebastian's "Tigermilk" from someone on the indie-pop listserv way back in the day after If You're Feeling Sinister came out...

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[thiswakingdream.livejournal.com]

if you notice the CD shelves at Walmarts and best Buy are shrinking...and basically the East Coast is the only place that has decent record stores, so the rest of the country almost everyone is either buying on iTunes or stealing....Not sure if you saw, but Trent Reznor has been coming out and telling bands to stop trying to make money off CDs, and just release them for Free, but make nice Limited Edition Box sets with vinyl and sell them for like $100 and you can make much better money....

ill always buy a CD until the last CD is made...i cant get myself to buy off iTunes unless its a exclusive download only album...

But Trent is right, theres just no money being made in record sales anymore...so thats why if you notice most bands are putting out special edition box sets, like Radiohead, Pixies, Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode, U2, and just many many others...and they usually contain stuff that are like collector items, sometimes autographed, and really nice books, DvDs, and vinyl that cant be downloaded for Free...

its a cool idea...although the Pixies have gone a little overboard as their new Box Set coming out is 2 feet tall and is $450.....they have another version that is only $175, but still, its really really expensive...

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

Huh. I could never justify spending $100 on a special edition, but back in the day I suppose I might have...

I really miss the super cheap and well-stocked indie record store I had in Maine. I got so used to paying $10 or so for cds, and $12 was the top of the price range there. I couldn't walk out of that store without spending $50 or so. Now cds seem to have climbed back to late 1980s prices, it's so hard to justify going out of my way to Newbury Comics to spend $16 on an album I can get right away on iTunes for about $10.

It's interesting, and it's too bad that discs are probably going to go away. It's so hard ot compete with immediate gratification.

[tenillypo.livejournal.com]

Forgot to mention in my e-mail -- I really like the theme song! It's totally catchy! Heh.

Anyway, I enjoy True Blood, but I don't think it's anywhere near the same quality of The Wire or Deadwood or Rome. But it's not really meant to be, I don't think. It's a fun soap with vampires and graphic sex, and that's about it.

(Also, I'm a little suspicious about the veracity of that "survey," since it seems like it's more one kid's opinion and a whole lot of generalization. I'm sure that there's a grain of truth in it, but still...)

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I will have to re-listen to the theme song. And I will lighten up on my expectations for the show!