something of a historical footnote - Tuesday May 23 2000    

Corynna was visiting tonight, getting a massage from her understudy Kim. We sat around talking about various things afterwards.

For dinner, Kim went to the Bicycle Shop to dine with Corynna and Evan. I stayed home, being the hard working no-free-time slave that I have unwittingly become.

Just to see what all the fuss is about, I downloaded some Britney Spears via Napster. I haven't had a chance to listen to any of it yet, but obviously I fully intend to delete the offending MP3s the moment I've heard them. If I actually like the music, I'll buy the Britney Spears CD at the highest price I can find in Beverly Center. This has been a paid advertisement courtesy of RIAA.

Actually, to tell you the truth, published CDs are still more interesting, convenient and reliable than Napster-nabbed MP3s. The other day I downloaded an MP3 purporting to be an obscure cover by Nirvana of the Metallica song "Enter Sandman." But when I went to listen to it, it turned out to be a goofy little home-produced diddy urging me to suck someone's dick. Some day soon, of course, a thousand MP3s will fit in a pocket watch which will be able to beam them to any stereo or computer. At that point all anti-copy hysteria will be, well, something of a historical footnote.