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Dell Glover manufactured CDs for a living, but he began to wonder: if the MP3 was just as good, why bother with the CD?

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

With that headline, I thought it was going to be about Simon Cowell or the CEO of one of the 3 corporations that own the rights to all music..

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The music scene was the one single thing the UK had left

Simon Cowell will rot in hell with a burning chicken shoved up his colon

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

A full English is the best breakfast there is, so at least you still have that..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Full Scottish but point taken

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the difference between the Scottish and the English?

I'm speaking specifically about the breakfasts, mind you, not the people 😁

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Square sausage. No kidding either

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It lacks grits. Properly done grits make an English Breakfast that much better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I had no idea. Next you're going to tell me that indie MOVIES exist, or some such nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Long read, but really interesting bit of music history

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Missed opportunity for his parents to call him Danny. Then he could say "I'm getting too old for this shit".

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That line appeared in "To Live and Die in LA" in exactly the same circumstances two years before "Lethal Weapon". TLaDLA also had the first wrong way car chase that's now a staple of every action movie. It's funny how it was so influential in the industry but has so little lingering cultural impact.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for sharing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That movies unexpected turn in the third act messed with my head.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't expecting such a long read. Definitely interesting!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Read How Music Got Free - it's a book based about these same events.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

TL;DR: It's about the warez "scene", specifically about music pre-releases. A decent read, but one you may have seen before.