Music for the new Millenium. Read to you by the storyteller at your very own public library.
"Yes, Grandson", I said to the small person sitting on my knee, "There was a time when you could logon and discuss how Gold and Silver money would help the world become a better place. Of course, that was before the copyright wars." "It started as a simple discussion, with a few of the enlightened people offering their thoughts on theft and who was more important, the musician or the publishing company. You would laugh at some of the silly notions they had about music back then." "But Grampa", said my grandson, "Didn't everyone know who should make the music?" "Sure they did Grandson, but that was before we had music police to prevent bad vibes from harshening our mellow. Nowadays, nobody has to worry about the wrong kind of music being played." "Of course we still hear stories about free music being played late at night, in the abandoned recording studios, but those are just to scare rebellious teenagers. You know the kind I'm talking about. They refuse to get up and listen when the Musicmobiles play the national anthem every morning and they only buy the three recording minimum required by law. Why, some of them even refuse to pay the fines for not returning the music when it expires." "But Grampa, don't you have a big stack of CD's hidden right here in the basement? I saw you down here just last night, wearing headphones. Our teacher says headphones ought to be illegal, 'cause nobody can tell what kind of music you're hearing." "Shhh Grandson, those CD's will be yours someday, along with my boxes of Gold and Silver coins buried under the floorboards. Now you remember, Never tell anyone that you've heard the music and for God's sake, don't ever whistle where anyone can hear you." "Yes Grampa, I promise." "That's a good boy, now go upstairs with your parents and listen to the Chairman on the 3D, he wants us all to hear him play "Hail to the Chief" on his harmonica tonight. Remember to clap real loud so the neighbors will know we are listing too. Here's a golden dollar to turn on the 3D set, wash your hands after you use it." "Thank you Grampa" he said, running upstairs as I sat back, put on the headphones and prepared to count my Maples to the illegal sound of Eric Clapton... ----- Next week, We'll be reading to you from the collected works of the Beatles and Janis Joplin. Sorry, no recordings will be available due to the copyright suit against the Library. Thank you for supporting your public library. --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
