So when I was a kid there was a gold rush in the music industry after Nirvana surprisingly became the biggest band in the world.  The result was them trying to sing every underground band in the country to a deal in the hopes of creating the next Nirvana.  Besides the overall missing the point of what made Nirvana popular, it betrayed some gross aspects of the music industry.  I grew up in DC where music legends Fugazi hail from.  They were on (and still are) on Discord records.  This is because they founded the label.  Fugazi being legendary and descending from legendary Hardcore acts were targeted by major labels.  Fugazi always said now.  So what was the next step?  The labels would call Discord records in an attempt to buy out either the label or Fugazi’s contract.  You know, to give the band that just said they don’t want to work with you no choice.  To legally force them to work for you.  In this case hilariously they would get the same person they just talked to who would laugh in their face.  But it betrays a basic aspect of the music industry that is important to remember.  Not only do they not care about music, they don’t care about the artists and don’t even see them as people.  They see them as commodities to be bought and sold.  I point this out because Charli XCX has announced another mix tape.  It seems kind of exciting but why are we getting another mix tape when she has had an album done for over a year?  Because music labels are the devil and need to die.  She like others has found a loophole to get some music out there, even if it isn’t the music she wants out there but legally she’s stuck otherwise.  Somehow in this industry she isn’t free to go to another label that would put out her music.  When they sign you to the classic 7 record deal a label has the right to just never put out your albums.  And you are not allowed to make music then.  Just kind of the end of it.  Thank god for the internet because 20 years ago you were just forced to fade into obscurity.  So what is my basic point here?  I dunno, I am kind of tired and I adore Charli XCX and if the entire music industry burned to the ground I wouldn’t shed a single tear.  It’s a bunch of people exploiting art and making it worse for all of us. They damage the artists we love, they hurt our ability to get the music we love. Somehow small labels manage to survive and make money without being dicks, which tells me being a dick isn’t a necessary business practice, it’s just a side effect of being run by a collection of dicks.  So I am posting to bitch but also because I do love Charli XCX.  Also she was at the GQ Men of the year awards. So new song, new Mix Tape announced, and at an event.  This is the kind of timely and releveant post I make.  Today I want to fuck Charli XCX.