I had the pleasure to visit Canada once, went during late December and it barely snowed at all. I was so disappointed. I went to a small town about 150 miles north of Toronto. Can’t remember the name of the town, had a mountain and skying but I went for a girl, of course. I ended up throwing her out about 10 years later, out of Memphis, and she said to me “can’t you find a girl in the US?” That’s when I told her I was going to the Philippines. :) i really didn’t want to toss her out but she kept making plans to leave me with her online boyfriends. I finally got tire do that, was hard at the time but turns out she did me a favor. Still sad though. Oh well, its what she seemed to want.

Even though no real snow I did have the coldest moment of my life in that little town, the wind was blowing of the lake at what seemed gale force right down the main street. It was about -10C. I couldn’t freaking breath!

I like cold weather over hot but that’s too cold!

Where do you live? Canada? Mt. Everest?

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The same street in spring.

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I’ve run a couple of online radio stations.

Perhaps the tax your talking about after I had shut mine down or maybe before.

One of the organizations ramped up prices to a level that would put almost all such stations out of business. But the providers pretty much thumbed their nose at the rule and said sue us.

A better way to avoid the entire mess is use a provider that is not based in the USA.

Don’t even get me started with theses corrupt bastards…the RIAA. They have been, since the end of 2008, lobbying Congress to pass a “Performance Tax” on all radio stations in America for music they play. In 2007, the RIAA tried to pass a bill through Congress that would have all radio stations who stream on-line to pay 7 tenths of $1.00 for each song streamed multiplied by the # of streams. BUt, luckily that bill did not pass. So, now they are trying this Performance Tax Bill. But, it will not even see the light of day because over 230 members in Congress voted to support the “No Performance Tax” bill instead.

But, you know, I lay some of the blame on Congress in the 1st place for, shall we say, allowing the RIAA to get there ‘foot-in-the-door’ to begin with back in 2003 when Congress passed the Millenium Act.

This Act, for radio stations who streams music on-line, states that a radio station can not play more than two songs by an artist, from the same album, in a row; you can not play more than three songs in a row, from different albums either, and you can’t play four song throughout a single show (shows are usually 4-5 hours). This bill allowed the RIAA to get their grunbby foot wedged inside to think they could keep wedging the door open and Congress would give them anything they asked.

What these idiots do not realize is that in the lobg run it would do more damage to their business and the artists they represent if the “Performance Tax” were to pass.

You can read all about the “Performance Tax” vs. “No Peformance Tax” battle @ http://www.nab.org.

I am on the side of the radio stations as I work in the business. I manage a station by day (www.myspace.org/wdbk) and spin music one night a week (www.myspace.com/wbzc)

Well, I’m off to chat with my lovely filipino girlfriend whom I will be meeting in two weeks in Ozamis, Mindanao.

Rock on,
Greg G on the Z

PS: Alice Cooper is an awesome radio DJ! I miss his show; which was broadcast via simulcast here in Philadelphia on WMGK from 10pm to 1am.

From my prior research they can’t sue for sharing, only downloading which doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.