Completing my albums and then some
This is kind of cool, in a way. Apple computer is now offering iTunes customers a new service called Complete My Album which will allow users to expand upon their individual track purchases into full albums by giving customers full credit for every song they have previously purchased from that album. Oh really? Well that’s all fine and well Apple, but what about all of the songs I and millions of others have already double purchased?
I shouldn’t complain too much tho, but I’m going to anyway. I love iTunes and I love my iPods. My entire family is now a bunch of self contained units walking around in their own private music enhanced environments (myself included) with my son and his nanos, my husband and his two video iPods, and me with my nano and my shuffle. Yes, we’re all happy little iTunes customers, faithfully buying music every week, always adding to our ever expanding music collections. My car stereo now has a connector port to hook up my iPod to the in-dash deck, and we’ve got more iPod accessories in the house, including sex toys, to start our own electronics store, but I was a little annoyed when I heard about Apple’s new discount plan, or should I say marketing plan to get people to buy more music.
So I launched iTunes and went to the store and checked my account and I found out that I’m eligible to purchase 1946 albums at a reduced price based on my purchase history. Who knew? But if Apple can keep track of all of the songs I’ve purchased since signing up, how come they won’t give me credit for songs I’ve already double purchased?
Let me explain this so it makes sense. This is how it used to work; let’s say I buy one track from Hôtel Costes, Vol. 9 By Stéphane Pompougnac for 99 cents, then I decide that I want the whole album, (Yes, this is a true story), in order to get the album I would in effect have to purchase the track I’d already paid for twice when purchasing the entire album. Since there are usually more than 10 tracks on a complete album, it’s usually just cheaper to do it that way. Now, Apple will calculate and deduct 99 cents for each track I’ve already paid for if I decide I want the whole album, and like I said, that’s great, but what about the ones I’ve already bought twice? Shouldn’t Apple be giving me credit for those? I think so! I mean, leave it to Apple to figure out a way to get you coming and going, but wow, I do so love their products.
Anyway, the way I see it, I’ve gone back and bought albums after buying a single track, and I think Apple owes me. Fat chance on getting that, but one can always whine about it right?
I’m left wondering tho about what’s next in digital music. A news article I read earlier in the week said something about record companies not investing in producing full length CD’s anymore, and how they’re going to shift to a song based approach to new artists. I suppose that makes sense, and it does look back towards the roots of rock and roll and the age of the single. I remember all of the 45’s I used to own, and how my girlfriends would come over and we’d listen to singles on my record player and dance around my room just being silly and enjoying the music. Now it seems as tho the iPod has made music a more private experience instead of something we share with others. Both my husband and my son leave for work and school every day with their white ear buds firmly in place, and then I go and get mine before I leave to go shopping or when I go to the gym. Then again, nothing quite says cool like those two thin white wires hanging down across your black leather jacket. Okay, that settles it. I’m going music shopping! I have some… err… albums to buy.
Now that’s quite a list! haha!
Hotel Costes (almost all the CDs) is awesome. You have verrrry good taste in music. And that’s important . . . almost as important as taste in shoes. ;)
I think I read somewhere where they fixed that, so you can buy the rest of the cd for $8 or something. Maybe check it again. If you can’t find it, let me know and I’ll check for it. Fwiw, I do like the feeds from Mac Daily News.
I do swear by Apple. Glad they’ve moved beyond the olden days of using the paperclip to reboot the system. Still a few complaints, but overall happy. I tend to go with Small Dog since they’re a Socially Responsible Business independent business.
So anyway, here you go:
Everything I Need to Know I Made Up
Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
A day without sunshine is like, night.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
I feel like I’m diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Remember half the people you know are below average.
Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?
Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
I intend to live forever - so far so good.
Borrow money from a pessimist - they don’t expect it back.
My mind is like a steel trap - rusty and illegal in 37 states.
Quantum mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of.
The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.
Support bacteria - they’re the only culture some people have.
If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.
Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with.
No one is listening until you make a mistake.
Success always occurs in private and failure in full view.
The colder the x-ray table the more of your body is required on it.
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life.
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
Two wrongs are only the beginning.
The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
The sooner you fall behind the more time you’ll have to catch up.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
Get a new car for your spouse - it’ll be a great trade!
Plan to be spontaneous - tomorrow.
If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.
Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.