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?)