Kurt Cobain died 10 years ago [The Age]. I remember hearing it on the radio in the car, selfishly thinking it sucked because I'd never see Nirvana play live. I remember not stressing too hard about the why, thinking I understood depression. I was wrong but I'm glad I was wrong. I remember an April Fools joke not long after saying Nirvana was to return to touring with a holographic Kurt.

Price wars in Australia's online music stores [The Register] (Telstra vs. Destra). Telstra are selling their songs for 99 cents each. Destra are selling for 89 cents. For April only.

To answer the "loss?" question in the article from what I understand about credit card transaction costs I believe any single transaction under a dollar in Australia would be a loss sale. Buying multiple 89 cent tracks might make a profit depending on what the record company gets per sale.

Neither have the songs I want to buy.

10 years ago today I hadn't heard of MP3. 8 years ago I had.

JJJ vs ARIA. Interview today on Triple J discussing promo copies and how many ARIA employees get. I don't think promo copies and music downloads are the same thing, but ARIA employees (and most radio employees) do get free music on CD all the time. Do artists get a royalty from that free CD? Do ARIA employees ever go and buy a CD? Why bother when they get it for free? For the cover art? Maybe that's why they're so sure people wouldn't buy music if they get it for free. They don't.