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Evil's Toy
Illusion

I'm not generally a scold when it comes to people downloading music off the Inernet. Sure, I think it's stealing, and I don't do it myself, but I'm not going to rat on you if that's your thing. However, while I think the major labels and their bloated arena-pop acts sort of deserve it (it's poetic justice for their ravenous profiteering and contempt for their customers all these years), I don't like to see it happen to indie labels or struggling artists.

So it's with some dismay that when I check visitor data for this blog, I'm seeing more and more frequent keyword searches pop up with the artist's or band's name followed by the word "torrent." As in BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer file-sharing service. As in, "Where can I find a bunch of music and not have to pay the artists for it?"

Leaving aside for a moment why these people are finding my blog in their search results, I find it interesting to see what they're looking for: "the sundays blind torrent," for example. I mean, come on. Aren't Sundays fans supposed to be gentle souls? I have trouble imagining them as criminals. Yes, the Sundays were on a major label, but jeez, they were a modest band who wrote thoughtful songs. Cut 'em a break and go buy their CDs or pay for the download on iTunes.

Also today:

45:04 Rukkanor, Despartica
45:04 Various artists, Triumvire
45:03 Current 93 & Nurse with Wound, Bright Yellow Moon
45:02 Photophob, Tantalus
45:01 La Floa Maldita, L'Oasis
45:00 Artefactum, Rosarium Hermeticum
45:00 Data-Bank-A, Language Barrier
44:59 Breathe, The Laughing Dolls
44:59 Dominion, Manhunt
44:59 Front Line Assembly, Gashed Senses & Crossfire
44:58 Einstürzende Neubauten, Ende Neu
44:57 Foresta di Ferro, Bury Me Standing
44:50 Grendel, Soilbleed Redux
44:50 Prager Handgriff, Fossile Brennstoffe
44:50 Sephiroth, Cathedron
44:49 Agonoize, 999 (CD 2 of 2)