Ares needs to get on it...

It wasn't long ago that i discovered my love for the Indigo Girls. Closer to fine is a song I'll never get tired of ("...the best thing you've ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously. It's only life, afterall"). And, although I've found that Mot may be the only person who agrees with me on this one, their rendition of Dire Strait's Romeo and Juliet is amazing.

However, these girls are more than musically talented, they're genius as well. They've managed to keep their music from being downloadable (no, i dont know if this is a word.) The number of songs of theirs that download correctly are few and very very far between. It's even hard to find their lyrics on simple cites such as lyrics.com.

One might think their talents stop at musically gifted, smart and hot, but no! They're clever, too. You can find the song in the search engine, you can download the song, you can play the song, but this is what will happen: You get excited because, alas! this is the song you've been searching for...the first few lyrics tell you that, but then, wait, what is this? Is the first verse of the song repeated time and again until the song's end? Did they really only come up a couple of lyrics for this song? No, they didn't. They just tricked you...and me. My experience with Ares was not unlike my experience at lyrics.com. Sure they have every song listed, and yeah they're clickable (again, read the word, know what i mean, don't judge, and continue), but all you get is a page that says: the page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Those talented whores.

So, I'm left with the only option the girls wanted me to have: find the cd's. The only problem is that i dont buy cd's. don't believe in it. I got rid of the old fashion idea that paying 16.99 for a Mariah Carey 10 track disc is O.K as soon as illegally downloading music became so easy. It's true I wouldn't rob a bank, I wouldn't even take a few dollars from my mom's purse without asking, but when it comes down to paying for a cd or downloading it for free, I always choose the latter of the two.

Some people wonder how we file-sharing felons can sleep at night. Well, if it's true that a clear conscience is the best pillow, then the reason i get 10-12 hours of sleep a night is because I've rationalized this free downloading habit of mine: I pay for the blank cd...and while spending a total of 40 cents on a cd is a little selfish on my part, paying the price the average cd costs is just stupid on my part. I pick intelligence any day of the week.

However, when a problem arises such as the Indigo Girls catastrophe, plan C comes into play. I will track down every cd they've ever made (i know i have some friends with good taste in music), thank the Lord that my computer comes equipped with two cd burners, dust my shoulders off and get back to stealing music. Those girls didn't keep in mind that there might be someone out there who is just as smart, and a little more stubborn.