Grateful Dead

_________________________ -- Olompali said -- "Aren't many, if not all, of the initial CM BT's available at an "invite only" site (which will remain anonymous here, by request) and that's because of many, many "kind" Deadhead leeches who just couldn't hang on long enough to reach a 100 per cent ratio thus reducing the seeding and thereby creating an "exclusive" trading site?" _________________________ I get mine (CM BTs that is) from e-tree and dime-a-dozen - I'm sure there are other sites as well. E-tree does not have an 'invite policy' and Dime requires you to register first but I wouldn't say that registering is the same as requiring an invite. If there is a site for 'initial' CM BT's, I do not know of it and, regardless, even if there were one, it seems that the CM BTs make it to e-tree and dime soon enough. As far as there not being enough seeds - if you see a BT w/o any seeds, a request for seeds generally produces several - therefore I believe that your statements regarding 'exclusive' sites and 'not-so-kind' Deadheads is somewhat misplaced.

Good one mngolf.

It seems to me that the last few month that we have all enjoyed this fountian of music we have actually been participants in a test. Not unlike pharmacutical testing, but far less risky.Won't we all admit that it all seemed too good to be true? I had my moment of "Holy Shit!" when I realized I could right-click and save the target of each song over to my iTunes. Hell, I even got picky after a few months and started turning my nose up at the less than pristine tracks, and the admittedly horrid presentation of some songs (remember the band respects us more when we are honest- and to think Jerry gave one rats ass on that Vince led "Watching the Wheels" is proof you are kidding yourself. My buddy joked to me that instead of haring Vince yell out the chord changes, we wish he would have said- you could chime in any fucking time with a bit of a solo Garcia!!!!). I remeber my same pickiness in achive.org. Boy, I wish I would have taken more of that now that it is gone. So, we knew. We all knew. So what was the test? They give you a little for free and see how many take it, and how often you come back for more. We all took it, and we all came back for more. We all came back for more this past Monday, and WHA!! the dealer was gone! Now they know. Now it is time to charge. So the question you need to answer is this: will you pay 99 cents for each selection in David's taper section? Will you pay $1.29 for a GDH? You all argue that these freebies have not stopped you from spending $$. I myself have not bought the 3rd vault release yet, and I would blame that heavily on my Monday morning fix taking care enough of my jones. On the other hand- I would be happy to scan the tapers section and buy a hot rendition of Estimated-Eyes that sends me into that lovely orbit for 99 cents. Bring it on. and I assume that Apple would begin watching the dead.net section like a test and if enough of us buy, then they will want to get the songs on iTunes. That seems to be the way the world works today- but at least our brothers in the Dead world gave us an 8 gigabyte headstart for free. Just like the best fans in the world, the best show formats, and the best vibes- we hve the best thing going in our hearts, but nothing comes for free for very long. So yes- vote me in as pissed. I have had an image of Lemiux as this naughty kid in the store who was actually getting this stuff out the back door to us for free without the suits knowing. Maybe if we would have all kept quiet we could have kept it going. He knows we like it, we know the deal... kind of like the cool laid back dude at the shows who never overcharged for the blotter, and always had the cleanest stuff on the planet. No one ever boasted about him to the suits. Or actually, I guess someone did, and that is what made the walls come crumbling down instead of calmly melting for us.... Lost to the world on that 50 cent jive