It’s a sad day for OiNK-ers

Whether an artist is interesting is a matter of personal OPINION. The FACTS are as follows: SLGTM write their own music, record and distribute through independent record labels (which often have 50/50 profit sharing for artists), don't depend on payola to FM radio stations for promotion, and aren't treated like prostitutes in general by any type of corporation, record label or otherwise.

Hannah Montana, on the other hand, would not have a TV show or a record contract if her father wasn't a country music star. She is a no-talent sideshow clown who will inevitably disappear from the public eye once she no longer suits the needs of money-hungry Satan-worshippers. Anyone connected with Hannah Montana -- from the person writes her lyrics to the imbicile who buys her albums -- is a sell-out and a fraud.

In regard to the Oink comment, here is the reason why it mattered: It wasn't about stealing music. It was about undermining the tyranny of music content corporations who, over the past 50 years, have done everything possible to control music as a product intended for consumers. Music is not a commercial product -- it is an artform. If someone downloads music from a peer-to-peer network, they can then buy albums that they think are worth buying (or go to concerts, buy t-shirts, etc). However, now people are buying music straight from the artist, or from the indie labels who give a fair profit to the band.

Furthermore, the nature of this decade has been a revolt against that top-down power in the music industry. That's why terms like "indie rock" reign supreme right now. Independence is a valued concept, and people are realizing that they can bypass traditional ways of finding music (i.e. - FM radio) and STILL SUPPORT THE BANDS THEY LOVE.

The bottom line is that there are dozens of methods of finding new music on the Internet, and all of them are better than submitting to whatever crap your FM radio DJ is pushing down your throat. It is not necessary to submit to the power that major record labels are barely holding on to. We can do better...and now we are.

The music Saturday Looks Good to Me makes isn't much more interesting than the stuff from Billy Ray Cyrus's kid. If it costs money to not deal with either, it's money well spent.

why does not having OiNK mean we are all going to fail ourselves in the finding of new music? Is the "underground" music scene so overly-conformed that people must dedicate hours upon hours to sitting in front of torrent search engines and Pitchfork all day long? If you want good music, go out and find it. and as far as downloading it illegally through torrents, think about the artists making the music. It isnt their fault that large record labels are seen as money-hungry pigs in suits raking in the profits as the bands squeak by financially. The best thing we can do is get out there and buy their albums, shirts, concert tickets, et cetera and give them whatever help they can; even if that means filling the pockets of those higher in the label than they.