Morrissey- Years of Refusal

It leaked.

He does seem to occupy a place outside "leaking," doesn't he? Nonetheless, actually, his last three albums all have.

He does. To me, that is like leaking a Mozart album (not that I'm comparing Moz to Mozart hehe); it seems that it is able to be waited on.

Though, these days, there's nothing that isn't leaked. Like books... people should just go buy their own copies of Saló. Honestly, I'd rather kill a few morw trees to save the wold from full-on digitalization. Same with music. They created cd-ripping software for a reason... physical records (surprisingly cd's rather than vinyl) are also quickly becoming more and more obsolete. There's my cause for the day; save the physical (and I don't mean hard drives!).

I'm a big believer in BUYING music that is available. I actually still like owning a hard copy of music. God knows how hard it was for me to get a hard copy of Breasticles. But to know that a piece of music (new or old) is out there available to be heard before its on a physical shelf without attaining it for yourself is ungratifying and borderline denial. NOT supporting entertainment/ART is definitely worse. Therefore I can enjoy an album before it is released and actually decide if it is worth buying. And if it is then I have NO problem with buying a physical copy of an album (I still like the extra perks like album art and lyrics).

I buy what I love. I steal what everything else. I'm a cheapskate, but it makes me happy buying the music of bands I adore.

Pretend I didn't mistype that sentence.

SUPPORT YOUR ARTISTS! I just did by buying overly expensive nosebleed seats to see Morrissey for the second time. Buuuuut, I cant deny the man who brought the music of KRISTEENYOUNG and I together.... and he's pretty swell too.

And what I mean by "supporting artists" is: buy what you like from them. If what you downloaded was not worth buying, then don't share it. I don't mean to rant so I'll keep it short. During the GREAT DEPRESSION there was more government funding for art than there is in the here and now (WELCOME to 2009). And we wonder why GREAT artists and entertainers like KRISTEENYOUNG aren't well-known or even better recognized (you best recognize!...). I'm poor too. But my quality of life would be a lot POORER if the artists I LOVE weren't there to make it richer.

Breasticles can be bought on iTunes or Amazon. I bought it out of desperation and then found a physical copy on some German CD site I think (although I do remember for sure how the conversion rate stabbed my wallet).

Yeah I buy when I can, but I'm usually broke and jobless and there's no way I'd go without getting new music if it were available in any form, so I take what I can get.