Monday, August 14, 2006
I just wanted to listen to their new record.
posted by RICK : 2:10 AM
The new Cursive record Happy Hollow was leaked at the beginning of the summer. I didn't listen. Instead I bought the single and decided to wait for the actual release date. They're one of my favorite bands, and sometimes anticipation can be a good thing.
So I pre-order the record last week and it came in the mail on Friday. Now, my computer is getting old and the optical drive is just about shot. It frequently gags on any disc that isn't your basic, audio CD. Well, the pre-order copies of Happy Hollow are not your basic, audio CD. They have about two dozen MP3s on the discs of other Saddle-Creek bands. My computer won't have any of it. It just spins and spins and spins and the music never comes up. Once, I was able to get the MP3s to come up, but I don't want those. I wanted the god damn Cursive record!
Plan B: give the disc to my roommate and his newer computer. He rips the record and burns it to your basic, audio CD. I try the burned disc. NOTHING. C'mon! I just wanna rock!
So what did I do? Well, I jumped on TorrentBox, found it, and downloaded it. Exactly what I could have done three months ago.
I don't know what the moral of this story is. Perhaps one of you know.
The new Cursive record Happy Hollow was leaked at the beginning of the summer. I didn't listen. Instead I bought the single and decided to wait for the actual release date. They're one of my favorite bands, and sometimes anticipation can be a good thing.So I pre-order the record last week and it came in the mail on Friday. Now, my computer is getting old and the optical drive is just about shot. It frequently gags on any disc that isn't your basic, audio CD. Well, the pre-order copies of Happy Hollow are not your basic, audio CD. They have about two dozen MP3s on the discs of other Saddle-Creek bands. My computer won't have any of it. It just spins and spins and spins and the music never comes up. Once, I was able to get the MP3s to come up, but I don't want those. I wanted the god damn Cursive record!
Plan B: give the disc to my roommate and his newer computer. He rips the record and burns it to your basic, audio CD. I try the burned disc. NOTHING. C'mon! I just wanna rock!
So what did I do? Well, I jumped on TorrentBox, found it, and downloaded it. Exactly what I could have done three months ago.
I don't know what the moral of this story is. Perhaps one of you know.
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