rest in... well, nevermind...

sometimes i think that being successful in the music business (or 'making it' as it were) really just means that someone thinks that what you do is worthwhile enough to make a shitload of money for themselves with by screwing you out of your own creation and art. to whit- allen klein died today- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/neilmccormick/100001174/allen-klein-bittersweet-symphony/. remember kids- never buy those $18.99 rolling stones cds- especially if they have ABKCO on the back of them (i'd forgotten about this but a long time ago i'd read about the whole allen klein/abkco debacle and i suspect that that's why i went to the trouble to track down used copies of the stones' albums on vinyl). although, we'll see who the money will be going to now. i'd like to think that whoever it ends up going to will have the decency to at least sell the songs back to those who wrote them... but come on, this is business we're talking about...