iTunes Says Oops Again

Kelly Clarkson's newest album, All I Ever Wanted was set to release on March 10, 2009, but iTunes in Norway had an error that allowed iTunes users to download the entire album as of yesterday. Typically, people are allowed to listen to 30 second clips of the songs before hand, but this error allowed people to legally purchase the whole album about a month before it was supposed to be released to the public.

This is not the first time that iTunes has leaked music before it was supposed to reach the world. In March 2008, iTunes released The Raconteurs album, Consolers of the Lonely, before the album hit shelves. The group did everything they could to prevent this sort of snafu from occurring by not telling the music world about the album until about a week before it was set to go on sale. Somehow, iTunes accidentally leaked the album just a few days before the March 25, 2008 release date.

Coming from the perspective of the artist, how much of a bummer would it be to build up all this anticipation and then learn that the release date is not going to matter since the people that really wanted the album already have it. These sales before the release date count towards record sales, but they probably skew the opening week sales statistics. This might hurt the artist's chances of getting an award to record sales. On the side of the listeners though, this is a really awesome deal! You can get a head start on the music that you love and have another month to enjoy the album. It is not like the label and the artist won't get paid for the album sales since the iTunes users bought the album the same as always, just a month too early according to the release date. The music world is getting all bent out of shape about these premature releases, but why should it matter so much? It seems to me that they just want another person to blame just in case the album bombs.

The True Rock Star

Jason Dean Bennison, better known as
J.D. Fortune, the 2005 winner of Australia's reality show, "Rock Star: INXS" is now back to being homeless in his car in Canada. Apparently, he went on a world tour with the group developed from the show for two years and when he got back, the group fizzled and he was left alone in the Hong Kong airport.

During the tour, Bennison began a steady spiral down with a powerful addiction to cocaine. Is this not so typical of a rock star? Can we expect anything else? I don't even know if we can categorize a person as a rock star if they do not have a drug problem of some sort. It only continues the tradition of drama established by the first group with the name INXS who's lead singer, Michael Hutchence, supposedly committed suicide. It was either suicide or accidental asphyxiation.

I really feel like this is ironic and typical. The fact that Bennison was able to win the competition in Australia when he was actually from Canada blows my mind. How did he get to Australia in the first place? He must have brought in thousands of dollars from the 2-year-long tour, how is it that the money is all gone so soon? Drugs are expensive, but it must take a substantial addict to burn through that much money so quickly. Even though the fact that he is homeless and living in his car amazes me, it should not be surprising. He is not the first rock star that went broke faster than the drugs could pour in. By this point, it is expected that rock stars do drugs and live risqué lives, why would J.D. Fortune be any different?

The True Rock Star

Jason Dean Bennison, better known as J.D. Fortune, the 2005 winner of Australia's reality show, "Rock Star: INXS" is now back to being homeless in his car in Canada. Apparently, he went on a world tour with the group developed from the show for two years and when he got back, the group fizzled and he was left alone in the Hong Kong airport.

During the tour, Bennison began a steady spiral down with a powerful addiction to cocaine. Is this not so typical of a rock star? Can we expect anything else? I don't even know if we can categorize a person as a rock star if they do not have a drug problem of some sort. It only continues the tradition of drama established by the first group with the name INXS who's lead singer, Michael Hutchence, supposedly committed suicide.

I really feel like this is ironic and typical. The fact that Bennison was able to win the competition in Australia when he was actually from Canada blows my mind. How did he get to Australia in the first place? He must have brought in thousands of dollars from the 2-year-long tour, how is it that the money is all gone so soon? Drugs are expensive, but it must take a substantial addict to burn through that much money so quickly. Even though the fact that he is homeless and living in his car amazes me, it should not be surprising. He is not the first rock star that went broke faster than the drugs could pour in. By this point, it is expected that rock stars do drugs and live risqué lives, why would J.D. Fortune be any different?

Amanda's Bully Pulpit

Im so glad that the elections on UNC's campus are over! why do people have to talk bad about other candidates? Can we just move on, its not like the student body president actually does anything!

On another note, how sad it is that Anoop Desai didnt make it through to the next round of American Idol.