Men of '04: Spitzer & Moore
I couldn't choose between them, why try? Better to see the intervision. Both are like pit-bulls in heat but with opposite styles. Moore so humble and mild. Spitzer...all I can say, as a born and bred New Yorker....you do not fuck with New Yorkers. God, I just love to see men out there fucking with RIAA and other dangerous, dark powers. I'd love to see the girls go at it, and, don't worry, I've got my lady of '04 all lined up.... it just doesn't warm me in quite the same way.
Elliot Spitzer, the dashing, politically ambitious NY Attorney General does not like the labels. Thanks to him, my latest issue of RS is laden with ads looking for artists the labels ripped off, that is, completely, did not pay.. anything. The ones they give a check to are also ripped off, big time, by a labyrinthine, arcane system of payment only RIAA lawyers understand. What Spitzer eked out is chump change, but, that's what they're living off, so, hopefully it hurts enough to make some of the mega-parents think about spinning off their now cashless cows. Especially, since he's not done. He's now going after these indie promoters (label stooges) who front payola to radio. He's keeping up the pressure, keeping up visibility. You've got to keep hitting, hard, from all angles... keep them on the defensive, and he is doing that.
Midwestern Moore has plugged away, speaking from his heart. Talking to folks in Flint, really feeling their pain, as the city turned into a ghost town in the wake of the first wave of offshore displacement. Then, guns. Bowling for Columbine covered all bases; from the irony of these kids bowling before massacring, and then getting us up close and personal with why and how it happened, the easy availability of guns paired with our media culture of fear coming out of a history of slavery and white guilt. Now maybe we're ready to really look in the mirror and see ourselves for what we really are.... insecure bullies. It's not just red-state/blue. We've got two cultures co-existing in this country. It's not even black/white. It's more urban/rural. In the blue states urban suburbanites are in the majority, in others, rednecks rule. Face it, there are lots and lots of people in this country living in tiny towns with gun selling Wal-marts & McDonalds, but no economy, no internet.... just TVs.
Those of us with degrees, maybe pedigrees, and condos don't see them, god knows we don't understand them, but, they vote, and they have power, enough power to get us into wars and military actions all over the place. Powerful enough to drain our economy taking care of their health and subsidizing their Soma. They're not gonna be making any more of our Wal-mart crap. The world is now too small and set-up and bountiful of the poor ready to embroider boots for $1./day. We can't get through to them on the airwaves, those are owned by big drug and fat who are still able to make money off them. But Moore... he makes movies. Maybe they'll help inform us & them, help us get to know each other. I have been through these places, went to school in one. But, it's hard to relate. Can we just ignore this vast, underserved part of our country forever? At what cost?
All I know is, Moore is shedding some light, raising awareness. He's doing it in an entertaining, thought-provoking way (my own mission, see my Mission post) and that's why it's Moore '04.
Elliot Spitzer, the dashing, politically ambitious NY Attorney General does not like the labels. Thanks to him, my latest issue of RS is laden with ads looking for artists the labels ripped off, that is, completely, did not pay.. anything. The ones they give a check to are also ripped off, big time, by a labyrinthine, arcane system of payment only RIAA lawyers understand. What Spitzer eked out is chump change, but, that's what they're living off, so, hopefully it hurts enough to make some of the mega-parents think about spinning off their now cashless cows. Especially, since he's not done. He's now going after these indie promoters (label stooges) who front payola to radio. He's keeping up the pressure, keeping up visibility. You've got to keep hitting, hard, from all angles... keep them on the defensive, and he is doing that.
Midwestern Moore has plugged away, speaking from his heart. Talking to folks in Flint, really feeling their pain, as the city turned into a ghost town in the wake of the first wave of offshore displacement. Then, guns. Bowling for Columbine covered all bases; from the irony of these kids bowling before massacring, and then getting us up close and personal with why and how it happened, the easy availability of guns paired with our media culture of fear coming out of a history of slavery and white guilt. Now maybe we're ready to really look in the mirror and see ourselves for what we really are.... insecure bullies. It's not just red-state/blue. We've got two cultures co-existing in this country. It's not even black/white. It's more urban/rural. In the blue states urban suburbanites are in the majority, in others, rednecks rule. Face it, there are lots and lots of people in this country living in tiny towns with gun selling Wal-marts & McDonalds, but no economy, no internet.... just TVs.
Those of us with degrees, maybe pedigrees, and condos don't see them, god knows we don't understand them, but, they vote, and they have power, enough power to get us into wars and military actions all over the place. Powerful enough to drain our economy taking care of their health and subsidizing their Soma. They're not gonna be making any more of our Wal-mart crap. The world is now too small and set-up and bountiful of the poor ready to embroider boots for $1./day. We can't get through to them on the airwaves, those are owned by big drug and fat who are still able to make money off them. But Moore... he makes movies. Maybe they'll help inform us & them, help us get to know each other. I have been through these places, went to school in one. But, it's hard to relate. Can we just ignore this vast, underserved part of our country forever? At what cost?
All I know is, Moore is shedding some light, raising awareness. He's doing it in an entertaining, thought-provoking way (my own mission, see my Mission post) and that's why it's Moore '04.
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