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  "note": "Image via Wikipedia\n\n\nI don't post as much about music and digital technology as I used to. I have come to the conclusion that most artists and their managers get it these days. And the ones who don't are a lost cause. So better to move on and start thinking and writing about something else.\n\n\nBut this post by Bob Lefsetz on AC/DC doing an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart was too good to pass up. Here are some choice lines by Bob on the subject:\nTo limit AC/DC sales exclusively to Wal-Mart is akin to limiting bubblegum sales to Tiffany.\nand\nAC/DC is the biggest band still alive in the minds of teenagers.\nand\nBut AC/DC cares not a whit about all this, about the new generation.\nIts like theyre having a fire sale, trying to get everybodys dough\none last time. They dont understand what they MEAN TO PEOPLE!\nand\nWhat kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where a band wont let\nits fans buy its record? One where the only thing that matters is\nmoney? Where music takes not even a back seat, but rides in the trunk?\nand\nThe closest Wal-Mart to me is almost twenty miles away! Assuming\ntheres no traffic, thats an eight dollar fuel surcharge on the disc.\nBut at least Ive got wheels Kids, home from school, music addicts,\nbut without their drivers licenses, are inured to getting their music\nonline. And if you wont sell it track by track, theyll steal it that\nway. If you dont know this, youre still living in the twentieth\ncentury, still waiting for Napster to come along and blow your mind.\n\nMy son Josh loves AC/DC but if it's not on iTunes, it's not going to get on his iPod. Clearly AC/DC and/or their manager is in the category of clueless.",
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