Encounterculture

VICTORY (sorta)

I know this blog has fallen into a state of disrepair (and no less than a week after it opened - jesus, that has to be a record) because I've been working psychotic hours lately, but this is too good to pass up. Courtesy of this:

"Universal Music Group, whose roster of artists includes 50 Cent, U2, Elton John and Diana Krall, will cut the price of its wholesale CDs and push for a $12.98 retail cap on its discs in an attempt to woo music fans back into record stores."

Let me be the first to say YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYESSSSSSS. UMG is, according to the same article, the world's largest recording company, so this isn't some fanny-lancing move to curry favor; this is a dramatic shift in policy, and hopefully one that will lead to Hillary Rosen being tied to a demolition derby car.

I will probably be back tonight with actual content, but God Dammit this rules.