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Re: A question about pay and Influence
When I wrote about music, I always called review copies of LPs "bribes" in my columns. I liked to go on at some length at whether or not it was a good bribe, like the black-and-blue vinyl copy of Bruiseology by The Waitresses. I was less constant about referring to free admissions to shows as bribes. My reasoning was that I wouldn't have anything left to keep after the show, whereas I could always (though I never did) sell the LP. Further, there was no cost to giving me a free admission, whereas the review copy of the LP cost money. In retrospect, I think it was as much that I felt more comfortable referring to freebies from record companies--truly the scum of the earth--as "bribes" than I did freebies from musicians. If I had it to do over again, I'd rethink this. Bring me the head of David Geffen! (Now that's schwag!) There are responses to this message:
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