The Internet is for pr0n, a little music industry Schadenfreude, and Tool Time Math

I saw Avenue Q at the National Theatre tonight, and I have to confess that I’m a little bit scarred.  I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today, The More You Ruv Someone, and the aforementioned Internet song are part of this twisted “Sesame Street for adults” musical.  Closeted homosexuals, Internet-addicted monsters, and acrobatic puppet sex (oh, the humanity!) make for a good evening…..for now.

For a music lover, I elicit quite a bit of enjoyment at watching music industry execs flail about like epileptic chickens in the face of the challenge that the Internet represents.  I particularly enjoy reading about Universal Music CEO Doug Morris, who comes across more like the Sheriff of Mayberry than the head of one of the world’s largest entertainment companies.  They canceled their contract with iTunes to hawk another subscription-based music download service, because Universal wants to be the most popular turd in the punch bowl.  Their novel twist on the subscription model is that they’ll hit up manufacturers of music players like Microsoft to subsidize the cost of the service for users.  Mr. Morris, will subscribers to your service be thieves?

Someone with far too much time on their hands performed this analysis of Tool’s Lateralus, comparing the time sequences of the song with the Fibonacci Sequence.