Comments for innerhippy http://blog.innerhippy.com my innerrant Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Why can’t I buy decent music? by innerhippy http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=266&cpage=1#comment-222 innerhippy Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:25:56 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=266#comment-222 Good news - just discovered another excellent band The High Violets that offer FLAC downloads. And what's more I'VE MANAGED TO PAY!!! Yippeee!! They use http://bandcamp.com to distribute their music - which seems to be a great music broker site. So, thanks to The High Violets for making a great album and allowing me to download in FLAC format. Thanks to Bandcamp for making the download possible Thanks to radioparadise.com for introducing me to The High Violets Oh, what the hell - thanks to my mum for being, well, my mum! blub, blub.... Good news – just discovered another excellent band The High Violets that offer FLAC downloads. And what’s more I’VE MANAGED TO PAY!!! Yippeee!!

They use http://bandcamp.com to distribute their music – which seems to be a great music broker site.

So, thanks to The High Violets for making a great album and allowing me to download in FLAC format.

Thanks to Bandcamp for making the download possible

Thanks to radioparadise.com for introducing me to The High Violets

Oh, what the hell – thanks to my mum for being, well, my mum!

blub, blub….

]]> Comment on Why I Like Pirates by Rob the Musician http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=199&cpage=1#comment-151 Rob the Musician Fri, 07 May 2010 09:21:19 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=199#comment-151 Excellent essay Tom, and when I'm 6 I hope to be as clever as you too. I also hope you don't mind but I've posted the url of your wonderful piece onto facebook and a few other sites where people like to do strange eyebrow-raising exercises (they do it a lot actually, coz I think they'll go blind if their eyebrows fall over their eyes. Urgh scary stuff). I recently found a man who likes to look at Pirates a lot, and he says the ones who share don't rape or steal from your hold any more (though some still do coz they like money). He also says the nice Prates who share for no money are actually the most likely to buy from the people they steal from - isn't that just so cute? This man is a Doctor, so I guess we should trust him. He told me about this romantic love affair here http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/file-sharers-are-content-industrys-largest-customers.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss When I read it something strange happened, and it made me feel really happy. I hope lots of other people can make me feel that way too. That would be nice. But I guess someone should make a movie of this exciting new Piracy coz it's got all the things people like - 1. false accusations from Profit-people who like to enslave and bind artists and actors; 2. Government brutality bashing innocent, harmless people by cutting them off from the World and isolate them as if they were in a new jail (but they're still actually in their own house with their own property but don't have the services they pay for any more); 3. the revolting Pirates then bake lots of Cake and breed cute kittens in protest to take and share pictures of those because (so far) the Government likes Cake and kittens (but only cute ones); 4. everyone lived happily ever after, except the media industry, because no-one wants to listen to music or go to movies any more because they like Cake and cute kittens so much, yaaayyyyyyy. Rob aged 4 and two-thirds Excellent essay Tom, and when I’m 6 I hope to be as clever as you too. I also hope you don’t mind but I’ve posted the url of your wonderful piece onto facebook and a few other sites where people like to do strange eyebrow-raising exercises (they do it a lot actually, coz I think they’ll go blind if their eyebrows fall over their eyes. Urgh scary stuff).

I recently found a man who likes to look at Pirates a lot, and he says the ones who share don’t rape or steal from your hold any more (though some still do coz they like money). He also says the nice Prates who share for no money are actually the most likely to buy from the people they steal from – isn’t that just so cute? This man is a Doctor, so I guess we should trust him. He told me about this romantic love affair here
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/file-sharers-are-content-industrys-largest-customers.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

When I read it something strange happened, and it made me feel really happy. I hope lots of other people can make me feel that way too. That would be nice.

But I guess someone should make a movie of this exciting new Piracy coz it’s got all the things people like –
1. false accusations from Profit-people who like to enslave and bind artists and actors;
2. Government brutality bashing innocent, harmless people by cutting them off from the World and isolate them as if they were in a new jail (but they’re still actually in their own house with their own property but don’t have the services they pay for any more);
3. the revolting Pirates then bake lots of Cake and breed cute kittens in protest to take and share pictures of those because (so far) the Government likes Cake and kittens (but only cute ones);
4. everyone lived happily ever after, except the media industry, because no-one wants to listen to music or go to movies any more because they like Cake and cute kittens so much, yaaayyyyyyy.

Rob
aged 4 and two-thirds

]]> Comment on Why I Like Pirates by Crosbie Fitch http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=199&cpage=1#comment-145 Crosbie Fitch Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:27:43 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=199#comment-145 Don't forget that although pirates make and share their own copies, much to the annoyance of those merchants who still try to enforce the monopoly Queen Anne gave them in 1710, those pirates still like musicians and other artists. Pirates are of course very happy to pay musicians to make more music, to write new songs, and for writers to make up more stories and for actors to play them. Because even though the pirates can now make their own copies, they still love their culture and would see those who contribute new works to it prosper. Even Daniel Defoe who wrote Robinson Crusoe had good words to say about pirates: <a href="http://www.digitalproductions.co.uk/index.php?id=187" rel="nofollow">But would they but do it Justice, and print it True, according to the Copy, they are welcome to sell it for a Penny, if they please.</a> Don’t forget that although pirates make and share their own copies, much to the annoyance of those merchants who still try to enforce the monopoly Queen Anne gave them in 1710, those pirates still like musicians and other artists.

Pirates are of course very happy to pay musicians to make more music, to write new songs, and for writers to make up more stories and for actors to play them. Because even though the pirates can now make their own copies, they still love their culture and would see those who contribute new works to it prosper.

Even Daniel Defoe who wrote Robinson Crusoe had good words to say about pirates: But would they but do it Justice, and print it True, according to the Copy, they are welcome to sell it for a Penny, if they please.

]]> Comment on Once a red Ken, always a red Ken by Hornby Dublo http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=33&cpage=1#comment-80 Hornby Dublo Sun, 17 May 2009 09:20:30 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=33#comment-80 Found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later.. Found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later..

]]> Comment on Official: Jacqui Smith is a corrupt witch by innerhippy http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-63 innerhippy Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:53:22 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=108#comment-63 Because she deserves it. Because she deserves it.

]]> Comment on Official: Jacqui Smith is a corrupt witch by Jane Goody http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-62 Jane Goody Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:04:03 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=108#comment-62 I can tell that this is not the first time at all that you write about the topic. Why have you decided to write about it again? I can tell that this is not the first time at all that you write about the topic. Why have you decided to write about it again?

]]> Comment on Invitation to Breakfast by alison http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=113&cpage=1#comment-54 alison Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:27:51 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=113#comment-54 I really hope Boris is able to make it. I'll make the coffee! I really hope Boris is able to make it. I’ll make the coffee!

]]> Comment on IDiot Cards by Claire Raikes http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=57&cpage=1#comment-29 Claire Raikes Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:21:46 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=57#comment-29 Here bloody here! Here bloody here!

]]> Comment on London's Cycle Network – Letter to Ken by Sara http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=53&cpage=1#comment-26 Sara Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:08:31 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=53#comment-26 On the contrary, I think the tfl cycle maps are a great resource, I use them all the time to plot routes and the first page of the pdf is a summary, showing you an overview of the route, so the order of the pages shouldn't be a problem for you if you just click along the line. I agree that it could do with a summary of the directions, a bit like you get on multimap, but to be honest, if a route's so convoluted that I need one I'd rather find another way. Agree about the bendy buses though. They are a menace to cyclists. On the contrary, I think the tfl cycle maps are a great resource, I use them all the time to plot routes and the first page of the pdf is a summary, showing you an overview of the route, so the order of the pages shouldn't be a problem for you if you just click along the line. I agree that it could do with a summary of the directions, a bit like you get on multimap, but to be honest, if a route's so convoluted that I need one I'd rather find another way.

Agree about the bendy buses though. They are a menace to cyclists.

]]> Comment on Part 3: Nooing by sister kate http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=55&cpage=1#comment-28 sister kate Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:31:46 +0000 http://blog.innerhippy.com/?p=55#comment-28 I still haven't clapped eyes on this new fine (and sadly rather young) piece of canadian totty. Bet she doesn't really exist and you've been backpacking on your lonesome, save meeting one or two other lonely hearts en route. Seen all those photos before - nice one - but cribbing off the tourist board and postcard photo libraries is not becoming for a man of your age. And as for length - do we have a life or are we expected to read your mini novel and simply leave the domestics to the home help. You missed Rogers cricket weekend (no that would have put your better half off for good). Or should I say we missed you - we lost both the cricket and the boules. Finally, sending emails does not get you out of sending postcards - nice witty ones please. Nor does it excuse you from bestowing fine and expensive gifts from your travels upon your arrival back on the shores. Hope you are well and happy - ha! Your most beautiful sister (which isn't hard) - Kate x I still haven't clapped eyes on this new fine (and sadly rather young) piece of canadian totty. Bet she doesn't really exist and you've been backpacking on your lonesome, save meeting one or two other lonely hearts en route.

Seen all those photos before – nice one – but cribbing off the tourist board and postcard photo libraries is not becoming for a man of your age.

And as for length – do we have a life or are we expected to read your mini novel and simply leave the domestics to the home help.

You missed Rogers cricket weekend (no that would have put your better half off for good). Or should I say we missed you – we lost both the cricket and the boules.

Finally, sending emails does not get you out of sending postcards – nice witty ones please. Nor does it excuse you from bestowing fine and expensive gifts from your travels upon your arrival back on the shores.

Hope you are well and happy – ha!

Your most beautiful sister (which isn't hard) – Kate x

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