Tom shutting up the guy talking about the S&W cd's on Emusic.com last week.

[orangewhip]

Was it a "I don't want to plug my personal interests" thing, or was it a " I'd rather people buy the cd's and don't want to promote the Emusic.com thing"?  I'm assuming it was the first.

[Jouster]

The first one, yeah.  This was covered a bit in this thread: http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,2042.0.html

[KickTheBobo]

I've always thought that it had something to do with keeping the Newbridge Universe from tearing apart at the seams. In all the shows I've listened to, I don't think I've heard Tom ever mention having a "partner", or what that guy's name might be. Making mention of W*****R or M**K kinda messes with the image of Tom that I have: a lower-middle management schlub at a cardboard factory, who just happens to date this fine lady:



...and does a radio show on tuesday nights.

[Dorvid Barnas]

We're not supposed to mention Mark from Ork?  I wish someone had told me.

[yesno]

Patton mentioned "W*rster" once and I think it's the only time someone did so and didn't get GOMPed.

[Omar]

5/30/06:

"Red, a history buff from Newbridge, calls (starts at 1:45) to ask Zach what comedian he would kill if he could go back in time. Zach remembers working with a guy named "Wurster" that he would probably ice, but goes with the more well-known Fatty Arbuckle.  Red thinks it's an interesting choice, though he would have said Milton Berle, because he's sorta creepy. Red also wants Zach's take on the The New Cars tour with Todd Rundgren taking over for Rick Ocasek and Utopia bassist Kasim Sulton replacing the deceased Ben Orr. Zach compares this lineup to Huey Lewis and The Cult Jam, which sounds good to Red. Zach wonders why Ocasek is not fronting the band, and Red thinks he's got hurt. Tom thinks he just has better things to do, such as unearthing the master tapes for Weezer's "blue" album and continuing to tinker with it."

[Gilly]

How much of a cut does an artist get from EMusic or something like Rhapsody? I've never understood the whole Rhapsody thing. I use it, but I don't understand how the artist collects from that other than exposure. Is it pretty much like radio where it's all about royalties?

I see there is talk about ITunes getting on board the subscription train which would be amazing.

[orangewhip]

According to Windy Webber (of Windy & Carl) checks show up now and then.  She didn't say how much.  According to Mick Collins (Dirtbombs) he's never seen a check from emusic (but this was a couple years ago).  I have an emusic subscription, and I love it.  Tom should check in and let us know if the cut the artists get is enough to not make me feel guilty about paying 20 bucks for 90 songs.  (which makes the S&W cd's damn cheap.

[John Junk 2.0]

I'm assuming the savings stem from not having to manufacture and ship CD's.  Since those are released through tom and jon's own label, i'd assume they'd get paid alright.

[ben]

Patton mentioned "W*rster" once and I think it's the only time someone did so and didn't get GOMPed.

I think when Jim Gaffigan was on the show a couple years ago he asked for 'Tom and Jon', I guess he didn't know any better?

[yesno]

Emusic was the best thing ever when it was all you can eat.  I discovered it about 6 months before they dropped that plan.  It really helped me get into bands that I had skipped over before, like the Wedding Present.

[Gilly]

Emusic was the best thing ever when it was all you can eat.  I discovered it about 6 months before they dropped that plan.  It really helped me get into bands that I had skipped over before, like the Wedding Present.

I didn't know that it ever was. Were they high quality-no DRM files like now?


I always expected subscription plans to go the way of the dinosaur so it really surprises me that it now might become option #1 if Apple gets on board.

[yesno]

Emusic was the best thing ever when it was all you can eat.  I discovered it about 6 months before they dropped that plan.  It really helped me get into bands that I had skipped over before, like the Wedding Present.

I didn't know that it ever was. Were they high quality-no DRM files like now?


I always expected subscription plans to go the way of the dinosaur so it really surprises me that it now might become option #1 if Apple gets on board.

They were high-enough quality, and no DRM.  The all-you-can-eat plan stopped in 2003 or 2004.  Their selection wasn't as good back then, but they did have basically the whole catalog of some pretty amazing labels, like Beggar's Banquet.  I've pretty much flitted like a butterfly from one music service to another.  I even briefly used the way, way shady allofmp3.com.  I am leaning towards Amazon now, although I do think that a broadband surcharge or some other blanket licensing scheme is the only long-term way to keep a steady flow of money going to artists.  (Sorry for nerding out, this is my area of particular interest.  And I'm right now waiting to meet some people from the EFF.)

You know, on one point, I actually don't like it when mp3s are too high of a bitrate.  Like 256 or higher.  At that point, why wouldn't I just go lossless? Super high quality mp3s seem to be a weird compromise position.  (Most of my music is 128/160/192 AAC or 160/192 MP3, and I'm pretty fine with it.)