Angry Cooper Rants: Concerts (Again)

I'M BAAAAAAACK. In an effort to revive this blog we've come back with a new outlook on how to post, when to post, and what to post. Logically most of this background discussion and the little break we took was directed at making sure I'm not posting stupid stuff 20 times a day. Have no fear though, I'm still angry. And according to the people whom I drank with this weekend I keep ranting.

So I might have done something like this before but I happened to go to a concert last weekend and Evan's been pressuring me to get something done by Wednesday. So here we go, ten things that bother me about concerts.

First off, the loud concert. (Notable offenders: Every rock band ever)

piss off

Could this be any more epic?

I'm going to pay Jack Edwards to give a locker room speech before my next game.

In honor of the new "Pirates" movie, a rant about piracy

So Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is released this week. I've also been downloading a lot of music in my spare time since the PlayStation network has gone down, so now seems like an appropriate time to discuss piracy. Specifically the music and movie variety.

Without getting into too much of the whole right vs. wrong morality angle of the whole thing, I'm pretty much going to rant about how awful the music industry has handled this situation.

So downloading music illegally has been pretty mainstream since Napster. And before that people just used cassettes to record their favorite songs off of the radio. Not wanting to pay for music is nothing new, but technology has reached a point where it's never been easier to "steal" stuff. I mean, EVERYONE knows what an mp3 is.

Whenever a new development affects a particular industry, it's forced to adapt. That is, unless it's the music/movie industry when it comes to the whole piracy issue. Instead of saying, "People aren't going to stop, maybe we should find other ways to make profits. At least they're still interested in listening to our songs," they've basically said, "This is so fucking illegal. How can people get away with this? How about we sue the pants off of a few people who we'll randomly pick out of a hat to make an example of?"

That seems like a great strategy.

An open letter to people who send out spam e-mails

Dear Spam (I realize spam comes from an automated system, and not from actual people, but just work with me here),

I have a bone to pick with you, mister! Why me? I was just trying to win that 50'' flat screen when I signed up for that sketchy e-mail list. Hindsight is always 20/20, but is it too much to ask that a brotha just wants to save a few bucks here and there?

Secondly, get a space bar and stop making it seem like the "sender" is the subject line.

Finally, daaammmnnnn. You must have a lot of time on your hands. Get a job man. Stop trying to live off the system. Spam averages 78% of all e-mails sent.

Basically, get out of my inbox. It's as simple as that. I'll admit I get a little excited whenever I receive an e-mail because it makes me feel like I have a reason to communicate electronically with the outside world, but you just annoy the shit out of me. Now, excuse me while I go find "PlusSizeClothing" for those "BigAndBeautofulSingles."

Sincerely,
rmed

P.S. Apparently the federal government is asking you to spam them. Forward your spam to this website.
P.P.S. Spam really grinds my...no, sorry. I can't do it.