Mike Chamberlain wrote:
It's funny to me that a large part of Zorn's record collection, which certainly contributed to his inspiration, was, in fact, stolen back in the day when Zorn was relatively impecunious. I wonder (not!) if he's ever gone and repaid any of the poor artists whose music he ripped off.
No small irony there, especially when people make a big deal about stealing from artists, but of course Zorn was only stealing from his retail outlet, which had already paid the distributor. Nonetheless, Zorn's practice is instructive: Buy what you can. Steal (burn, that is) what you can't. And burn to distribute, too. I've been sending CDRs to friends for quite awhile now. Oh and where I live, I can go to my university library and borrow any book whatsoever and then call a guy on a phone who drives over and picks up the book, takes it to his print shop and prints up a nice, bound paperback copy of the book for the nominal cost of a few bucks. Why do I do it? Because I can. :-)