Wasn't that more 1998?

That made me throw up in my mouth a little, and also made me doubt the last 10+ years of reading his journal.

That made me throw up in my mouth a little, and also made me doubt the last 10+ years of reading his journal.

Wow, really? In her blog it was "because I didn't want the music here to suck" or some such. That was insulting enough, but — da-yum.

Wow, really? In her blog it was "because I didn't want the music here to suck" or some such. That was insulting enough, but — da-yum.

She was bitching about how Kickstarter and Amazon each took 5% of the money. If she'd sold her album as 'pay as you wish' and offered the same level of rewards on Paypal, she would have only had to pay them 2-3%. So she abused the social rules of Kickstarter (only go more elaborate once you've raised the money to do…

She was bitching about how Kickstarter and Amazon each took 5% of the money. If she'd sold her album as 'pay as you wish' and offered the same level of rewards on Paypal, she would have only had to pay them 2-3%. So she abused the social rules of Kickstarter (only go more elaborate once you've raised the money to do…

This is the exact same calculation that Chik-Fil-A is doing by no longer supporting anti-gay institutions. Having taken anthropology, I can describe the process as such:

This is the exact same calculation that Chik-Fil-A is doing by no longer supporting anti-gay institutions. Having taken anthropology, I can describe the process as such:

VICTORY FOR THE COMMON MAN!

VICTORY FOR THE COMMON MAN!

@toastpup:disqus - Okay, I must have misread that section of her post. But if she borrowed 250K to make her album and wanted to pay it back, why didn't she just set up a Paypal link on her website and set it as "pay if you wish" and tell her fanclub her costs? Why get involved with Kickstarter at all? In her post she…

@toastpup:disqus - Okay, I must have misread that section of her post. But if she borrowed 250K to make her album and wanted to pay it back, why didn't she just set up a Paypal link on her website and set it as "pay if you wish" and tell her fanclub her costs? Why get involved with Kickstarter at all? In her post she…

@toastpup:disqus - The whole point of funding things through Kickstarter is that if your project doesn't get funded, you don't do it and you return the money you received. If she didn't get the funding through Kickstarter, was she not going to put out the album after recording it? Did she really pay her band on beer…

@toastpup:disqus - The whole point of funding things through Kickstarter is that if your project doesn't get funded, you don't do it and you return the money you received. If she didn't get the funding through Kickstarter, was she not going to put out the album after recording it? Did she really pay her band on beer…

They're not even jamming with her: they're the opening act.

They're not even jamming with her: they're the opening act.

@avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus - What about the part where she used the Kickstarter money she raised to pay off old debts? Are her fans responsible for her bills?

@avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus - What about the part where she used the Kickstarter money she raised to pay off old debts? Are her fans responsible for her bills?

Not to mention that a significant fraction of the money she raised in the Kickstarter was to pay off old debts…