Sorry, I tend to get a bit excitable and then unnecessary rhetorical flourishes happen. My main point was that the skull cassette logo is super-great.
However, I want to respond to this:
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Interesting how not many do though isn't it?
Assuming this is true, I think this tells us something about how our society constituted and about artists' expectations, but not much more.
Ours is a culture where the merit of music (for instance) is recognised and rewarded by recording contracts, exposure, sales, etc... but it isn't that much of a stretch to imagine a society where artists are motivated by non-financial carrots - e.g. the kudos and recognition that a great song will bring.
But I'm not sure that it is true that there isn't loads of 'free' art available. I invite you to have a look at soundcloud.com - artists are giving loads of music away there. It is true that they aren't famous for the most part, (perhaps understandable when they don't have a phenomenal marketing budget) but there is a considerable amount of interesting music there, of at least modest artistic merit.
And even in our culture where money and success and recognition are tied together much closer than need be, it isn't unheard of for a famous band give a record away for free.
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