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here are two gifts.

two amazing live acts

my morning jacket suggested first listens::
one big holiday, phone went west, master plan

damien rice::
everything (but perhaps volcano, cannonball to start)


damien rice at the commodore ballroom (loud noisy bar) -- not one sound was made during his performance, never seen anything like it...respect deserved and received...

go go go

I like Damien Rice.  He's good.

seeing them both at bonnaroo festival next week

I like Damien Rice.  I love My Morning Jacket.  At Dawn has some pretty haunting material on it.

I've fallen in love with My Morning Jacket.

I read the name in a Cameron Crowe interview here. Just thought I'd check them out, downloaded some songs and man...!

I love them. A few days I didn't know they existed and today I'm in love.

Golden and Bermuda Highway are my favourite songs this year.

www.fabchannel.com

the shit.

wheres my morning jacket

EXTREMELY obnoxious copy protection on the My Morning Jacket album.  everyone please steal a copy.  i'll send the files to anyone who wants it.

Quote from: modageEXTREMELY obnoxious copy protection on the My Morning Jacket album.  everyone please steal a copy.  i'll send the files to anyone who wants it.

*Raises hand*

Quote from: modage on October 04, 2005, 09:47:39 PM
EXTREMELY obnoxious copy protection on the My Morning Jacket album.

yep, it's even worse than that.  apparently there is now malicious software installed on my computer that could be harmful to REMOVE!

Sony Music Sued Over Anti-Piracy Software
Source: Pitchfork

In the slow and perhaps inevitable movement towards microchip implantation of the entire human race, Sony BMG Music just took the lead. According to the Washington Post, a class action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court November 1 alleges that the label's anti-piracy software, installed in several recently released CDs, is harmful to computers.

The suit claims that when a copy-protected CD is loaded onto a hard drive, it installs a hidden program known as a "rootkit," which not only keeps track of the computer's activity, but depletes the drive's resources in the process. So Sony is basically eating up your hard drive space while keeping track of all the porn you watch, just because you actually spent money on a My Morning Jacket CD.

Thanks, guys. This is even better than getting the RIAA to sue us.

The rootkit also makes the computer more susceptible to viruses. Sony falsely states that its copy-protection software can be easily removed, when in reality, getting rid of a rootkit can be damaging.

Here's the crux of the suit, straight from the legal papers: "As a result of Sony's failure to disclose the true nature of the digital rights management ('DRM') system it uses on its CDs, thousands of computer users have unknowingly infected their computers, and the computers of others, with this surreptitious rootkit. This rootkit has been responsible for conflicts within computer systems, crashes of systems, and other damage."

The suit, which accuses Sony of "fraud, false advertising, trespass, and violation of state and federal statues prohibiting malware, and unauthorized computer tampering," claims that the suspect software has been included on certain Sony BMG Music CDs since this spring. Albums to watch out for include Amerie's Touch, My Morning Jacket's Z Kasabian's Kasabian, Neil Diamond's 12 Songs, Cassidy's I'm a Hustla, Kings of Leon's Aha Shake Heartbreak, and, appropriately, the Bad Plus' Suspicious Activity and the Coral's Invisible Invasion, among others.

In short: if you're about to load that new My Morning Jacket disc onto your hard drive, STOP. Sell the album back to the record store and buy something on Dischord.

* Learn about rootkits: www.rootkit.com
* Sony Music: www.sonymusic.com

My Morning Jacket is really good, Damien Rice not so much but I love a couple of his songs.