TooTall's blog

When I was a kid I would get up on Saturday mornings, grab my portable ( for those days..it was the size of two bread boxes) Phillips tape recorder, load a fresh reel of Shamrock tape, hold my ceramic microphone in front of the TV speaker and record all the songs on The Beatles cartoon show.  Was this the first incidence of illegal downloading?  When asked recently about illegal downloading Bob Dylan replied..."Well why not...it ain't worth nothing anyway".  (Dylan's new album Modern Times is available for sale on ITunes by the way).  But it seems the problem of free downloading versus paid down loading has finally been resolved.  SpiralFrog is offeringa new advertising-supported music service.  Go to spiralfrog.com and download for free, legally, music from Universal Music Group. The only hitch is that you have to watch advertising while you are downloading.  I don't know if you are obliged to watch these ads.  Will the download stop if you look away or check you email or play Free Cell.  By the way if you hear me using this bit this weekend on the air feel free to play free Cell if you've already read this.