I LOVE SPOTIFY SO MUCH I MARRIED IT. LAST WEEK WE WERE BLESSED BY THE BIRTH OF OUR FIRST CHILD, A SON, WHO WE NAMED STREAMER TWEET VEE.

When forced to choose between actually writing a new song and retirement, they chose retirement.

Big news, guys! I love Spotify so much I married it in a quiet civil ceremony in Hawaii a few weeks ago and now, well, we're expecting our first child! He or she is due in August 2015, and we couldn't be happier!

…he's right enough not to care, but when you amend his quote to be more accurate, it has a little less impact: “I want people to hear our music, I don’t care if you pay $.0084 or fucking $20 for it, just listen to the fucking song. But I can understand how other people would object to that.”

…Amazon pays nicely too, don't worry!

Totally: We need high-profile artists to take a stand so as to alert folks to the total scam that is the current state of streaming music. I'm in one of those little bands that nerds love, and our Spotify checks – even with a decent number of streams – are so depressing. If a tenth of the people bought our stuff on…

Yeah. "It's better than nothing" has always been a morally defensible position. They are replacing something that is morally indefensible with something that is *barely* defensible given the poverty that it imposes on artists. But John and Joan Cu(sack) Public don't seem to care – they've been trained that music is…

If Spotify was just for sampling new artists, that would be fine. It could limit you to just three streams, then you'd have to pay more…that seems fair. But what it actually seems to be doing is *replacing* purchases while only paying a fraction of the value of a purchase. That is dangerous.

I love that the crux of Spotify's argument is basically "at least we pay artist SOMETHING." Spotify has accomplished the handy feat of replacing more lucrative revenue streams (digital and physical record sales, airplay) with a service that produces an anemic trickle of income for artists. I don't know how Ek sleeps…

I have ads from old zines touting BOTH versions (of this and their Gene Clark releases) that are years old…I wish my job played so fast-and-loose with deadlines!

Those guys MUST by High. They announced this release in 2011…glad to see they're gettin' around to it.

…this list is basically perfectly encapsulates the illicit thrill of cheating on your wife with a younger woman, from "Yes, I'm Ready" to "What You're Doing" to "Stained Sheets."

THREE EPISODES IN AND STILL NO RAFFI!!!!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!

Yep. You're the first person to ever be captivated by the dark mystery and wonder of the Paris catacombs.