Now, thanks to iTunes and other music-mongering download services, fans can cherry pick their favorite songs and leave the others tracks sitting silently online and, even more importantly, unpaid for.



Music execs have voiced increasing pain due to the extractions. In fact, the pain has now reached such intensity that the execs have appealed to fans to desist or contribute to a fund intended to provide their aching bottom lines with a steady supply of Novocain.

The executives hope that, once they're awash in that remarkable anodyne, they'll be able to reverse the timeworn training expression "No pain, no gain" and console themselves with, "No gain, but no pain."