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Posted by dave on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 11:48am in

...and their music is pretty good too.

I'm really pleased with them, I'm pleased they are offering their album in this way. It is so smart. It is also such a big f%*& you to the record companies. Of course it is the case that they can do this and make a lot more money than some random indie band, but it is a major statement that they are choosing to let their music out this way.

My friend Ted said something interesting and profound the other day about the current state of the music industry. I'm paraphrasing: "the reality is that music now is free--there's no way around that--but you are also free to buy it or to figure out how to make money off of it." This is what Radiohead is investigating. I gave them about $10.00 (whatever five pounds is in U.S.$), and I felt a little guilty I wasn't giving more...is that clever of them or what?