It is that time. As it’s 4:20PM PST here that makes it 12:20AM GMT in the UK so that new Radiohead album should now be slipping out as MP3 files. Mike Smith of Nothing But Green Lights and Flick from Puddlegum are live blogging here about the album’s internet roll out.
I wrote the opinion piece below for our local paper, The Oregonian, but it didn’t run so I thought I’d expand on it here so that you, the infinitely wise and more-intelligent-than-me reader, can leave your comments. I wrote this because it dawned on me that as the CD disappears so too does that CD [...]
Jay Babcock, editor of the fabulous Arthur Magazine, just posted a bit called “Nothing Left to Lose: What Happens When Music Becomes Worthless?” on the Arthur blog over at Yahoo! Music. It uses the new Radiohead release (and how millionaire bands are less impacted by the decline of the prior state of the music industry) [...]
Of course there is always a chance that once the element of the Radiohead new, new thing has worn off we will still be stuck debating what the future of music holds.
A hint perhaps of what I’ll be hearing on October 10th…
Radiohead - 15 Step (Live) [MP3]
Thom - “Hey Jonny, is this Starbucks coffee?” Jonny - “You gotta be kidding….”
LA Times opinion about all of this.
The great news is that Radiohead have finished, and will release, a new album. Even better news is that they are taking things down a different path when it comes to delivery - no record label. You buy the album from them. You can order it today and the ‘Discbox’ will be delivered to you [...]
Ok, now I have TWO Joy Division films to see! Grant Gee is known for his work with Radiohead.
Josh k
Link from Boing Boing…
MP3 Interview with director Grant Gee