Monday, April 2, 2007

The Apple doesn't fall far from the iPod

YESTERDAY:
LONDON - Record company EMI Group PLC said Sunday it planned to unveil "an exciting new digital offering" with computer company Apple Inc., raising expectations that The Beatles' music catalog is about to be made available through Apple's iTunes online music store.

So, this makes, what, five formats? LP, tape (cassette & 8-track), CD and now the digital. I'd like to know how many people have the same albums in every format. Especially since they just got through screwing us with that re-issue of all the Capital albums. I'm sure Beatle fans were busy warming up their credit cards and making iPod space for another copy of "Hey Jude", until ...
TODAY:
EMI Says New Deal to Allow Apple to Sell Songs Online Won't Include the Beatles Catalog
LONDON (AP) - EMI Group PLC said Monday a deal to allow Apple Inc. to sell the record company's songs online would not include The Beatles' catalog - dashing hopes the group's music would be available to download for the first time.
Screwed again -- kinda. Think of it as a money-saving opportunity, and go back to the CDs.
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Tonight, on the TV, is the final game of the NCAA tournament. As it is with NCAA football and The Super Bowl, the sport's biggest event is played on a neutral field. Tons of corporate executives and their various relatives cheering from the expensive seats and waving at the cameras..
I really enjoy April Fool's Day. Not because of the pranks, but because I can do my normal routine of doing and saying stupid things, and when I get the crosseyed stare, I counter with, "April Fool!" (Or, on more serious offenses, "April Fool?") It won't work as well today.

In other news, Morgan Pressel won the Kraft Nabisco LPGA event this weekend. Paula wound up 15th at 3-over and 6-over for the day. Even if Paula had shot par, it still would have been only good enough to force a playoff, so I guess you have to begrudgingly give Pressel a lot of credit. Or not.
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While watching the golf on Sunday, I noticed that they came back from commercial a few times for "An NCAA Tournament update." Update? What happened, did they re-count the score of the awful games on Saturday? Is somebody sick? Nope, just some more network bantering about a game they are promoting. Stupid interviews with kids from Florida saying that "the reason I came back to school was to win another national championship." Well, great, as long as your motives were honorable. Why bother coming back for an education when you can loaf around and play basketball? I think the only reason they televise stuff like women's golf is so that they can use it to promote 60 Minutes, CSI, The Final Four and Letterman. Nevertheless, it should be a good game, even though the golf stunk.
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Since I'm having trouble posting YouTube videos (something about a broken link), click here to enjoy the boys in their glory days (circa 1965), and see a drummer who looks to be completely out of place in the whole deal.
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1 comment:

Sparky Duck said...

did the Morgan pressel leap cut it for you? And have the CDS for the beatles been blocked so you can not load them to the Ipod?

as for the games, the first game was ok, Ohio St is very impressive. The second game I gladly missed. When I said to the wife as we sat at Carraba's bar, "my god, 10 mintues and both teams have scored 11 points" i knew it was a game to miss.