IP: Teen angst, Rundgren-style

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:25:37 -0700 (PDT)
> From: John Wharton <jwharton () netcom com>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Teen angst, Rundgren-style
>
> Dave--
>
> I caught the end of some Charlie Rose-type business/finance show
> on CNBC this morning.  Todd Rundgren was the guest, discussing new
> business models for the music industry in the age of Napster.  Todd
> was advocating various patronage models or pre-paid subscription
> services in the mold of cable TV.
>
> Not unlike the discussion thread on your IP list last week ("Re: WHEN
> people can easily copy anything digital...").  Interesting that such
> proposals are already filtering into the mass-media.  (You can't get
> more mainstream than CNBC.)
>
> But I was most amused when, after a commercial break, Todd played an
> angry, grunge-like cut from his latest album/concert tour.  Its title
> (and refrain)?:
>
>
>                   " I Hate My Frickin' ISP! "
>
>
> Ah, for the days when rebellion was against War and Social Injustice!
>
>   --john wharton
>
> Footnote: The CNBC interviewer had also arranged a reunion of sorts:
> a former drummer of Todd's band, Utopia, sat in on the session.  Seems
> he'd left the group years ago to become a Certified Financial Planner.
>
> (Ah, for the days of rock stars overdosing on drugs.  And drummers
> bursting spontaneously into flame!)  (Trivia allusion, anyone?)