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A comment on The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988).

Re:The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988) by mchahn on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @10:19PM (#17563532)
That's easy?
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Re:The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988) by coldtea on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:27AM (#17567202)
Compared to practicing your instruments for 5+ years, getting along with a bunch of people, touring, etc, taking the piss for a few days in a studio is easy.
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Re:The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988) by tialaramex on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:50AM (#17567432)
Perhaps most importantly the Manual explains that you won't get fame and fortune by this route.

Indeed, you almost certainly won't get fame and fortune by any route. Hence Steve Albini's treatise on a similar subject, often called by its last line: "Some of your friends are probably already this fucked".

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Re:The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988) by neilharbinger on Friday July 20, 2018 @03:04AM (#17573033)
https://www.negativland.com/news/?page_id=17

A concise and provocative perspective on the value of understanding and projecting cash flow and revenue in new enterprise with experienced suppliers.

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Re:The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988) by nvr219 on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:48AM (#17565694)
It's all relative.
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