Summary
"Ripped" tells the story of how the laptop generation created a new grassroots music industry, with the fans and bands rather than the corporations in charge. In this new world, bands aren't just musicmakers but self-contained multimedia businesses; and fans aren't just consumers but distributors an... Full description
- Intro : chaos and transformation
- Consolidated to death
- Payola blues
- Napster vs. Metallica
- Customers or criminals?
- Is Prince nuts?
- "Do not insult Death Cab"
- Conor Oberst : "He was 13 and kicking our asses"
- "Screw the record companies, screw MTV, just go out and play"
- Everyone's a critic
- Arcade Fire : chocolate fountains everywhere
- Innovation out of necessity
- Girl Talk's illegal art
- Future shock from wham city
- "George Bush doesn't like black people"
- A new boss, same as the old boss
- Steve Jobs and the iPod "burglary kit"
- "The feedback loop of creativity"
- "I love picking fights"
- "It's up to you"
- "Steal, steal, and steal some more".