
In the 1980s I made an anti-piracy infomercial warning against the dire perils of home taping.
(actually I recorded this last week for the Don't Disconnect Us campaign against Mandy's Digital Economy Bill www.dontdisconnect.us/)
( , Mon 15 Mar 2010, 14:56, Reply)

Before MC Frontalot hit the big time, he did a rap for Sesame Street about how toilet paper is made. It never hurt his career.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I3Z05lC9i8
Mind you, Jay Z did a song about how to cook the perfect boiled egg, and that's haunted him ever since.
( , Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:03, Reply)

It's further down the board, but have a click here too...
:)
( , Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:10, Reply)

Ah, didn't see that. And yes I am a dirty sell-out - wouldn't have done it unless I agreed with the message though (the anti-DEB message that is, not the anti-piracy message)
( , Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:16, Reply)

I often find it pays the bills. Better to make money doing what you like than doing what you like in your spare time and hating your job!
( , Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:38, Reply)

are a legend. May I add you to the (ever growing) list of people I pretend to know, simply because I reply to their posts?
( , Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:35, Reply)

I have to admit, when I saw the name Dan Bull in the blurb on the newsletter I thought "Great I get to watch him type ANOTHER email for three minutes or so" but this was a refreshing and entertaining video to go with your incredible talent.
Keep up the good work.
( , Fri 19 Mar 2010, 15:00, Reply)

It's interesting how easily we laugh at how silly the imagined panic at home taping was, and yet most everyone would agree that the music industry as a whole has been very much bollocksed for some time, with financial success correlating only very weakly with quality...
( , Sat 20 Mar 2010, 6:27, Reply)

'Not selling as many CD's at 9000% mark-up anymore is killing music'
That was the only thing that propped them up during the 80's and 90's while home-taping nearly bankrupted them.
( , Sun 21 Mar 2010, 10:06, Reply)