Artistic integrity: Not dead, just rare

I was quietly impressed by the request of the Deep Purple lead sing Ian Gillan to fans exhorting not to buy a recently re-released live recording of the band performing at the Birmingham NEC in 1993 because it was a bit shit. He could just as easily have let Sony to continue to sell the CD and raked in the royalties but he asked fans not to bother because it was just before the band split and was extremely ropey. On top of that, Sony BMG apparently didn't tell him they were planning to re-release it (which probably miffed him a bit) and it has now withdrawn it form sale. So there are still some musicians who aren't just miserable, grasping egotists who don't give a stuff about their fans. Which is nice.

Listening to: Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness