Warner goes to Whoreville... er, Washington

(link and other info via Ropeadope)

The Warner Music Group recently fired 1,100 employees and has shut down key label operations. Tough shit, I say. (to Warner, not the people suddenly out of a job)

Part of the reason why I'm so hostile to Warner, in addition to being hostile toward the RIAA in general, involves what they have decided to do in addition to what's mentioned above. They have decided to open a lobbying office in DC. They are apparently foaming at the mouth at the prospect of influencing public policy to suit their agenda at the expense of music lovers here in the USSA.

I'll let Frank Zappa's t-shirt provide the closing remark for this post: