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bad day, lo-ki? has your doppelganger taken your place?
lo-ki certainly doesn't need me to speak for him, but i gotta say that
the coupla times i've run into him at clubs he's been quite the groovy,
and, well, low-key guy, and i can't quite reconcile that post with the
generous guy he's always seemed.
that all said, i can't help but point out the hidden (as opposed to the
obvious) bad karma of what he said. are those promos and white labels
you were able to buy the ones marked "NOT FOR SALE; PROPERTY OF XXXXX
RECORDS?" you know, the ones that provide no royalties to the artists,
but instead cannibalize the sales of legitimate records? the same ones
that dj's are sent for free, with the explicit understanding that they
not be sold to retailers? hmmm, thought so. did you hear about the
feds busting a couple of downtown records stores last week for selling
bootleg and PROMO records? ain't no joke, homey. there's an executive
at warner bros. whose career has been destroyed by accusations that he
knew employees were stocking up on promo records that were supposed to
go to dj's (like you) but instead were sold by the employees to retail.
is this an immense problem? naaah. is it something to think about when
you insist that a true music fan should hunt high and low for promos and
white labels? i think so.
lo-ki's still a good guy, tho.
kevin k
mr fliz