HOLY CRAP - NEW RADIOHEAD ALBUM 10/10/07

[vansmack]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  the digital download site is scheduled to close tomorrow (dec 10).

The obvious question now is why would Radiohead kill the promotion and go back to a traditional sales model if the cash were rolling in?

[distance]

my discbox finally arrived.

[Sage 703]

mine too.  it is really gorgeous packaging.  very glad i made this purchase.

[walkonby]

for some reason i am obsessed with promo copy versions, and waiting to buy albums after everybody else has heard the thing a hundred times.  in rainbows was a whim of no exception.  i can't wait to listen to each song to see what the fuss has been all about.  does anybody think they'll release a grandiose version of the thing, like the library book kid a?  sorry if i wasn't going to read ten pages to see if the answer was in there,

[distance]

Originally posted by walkonby:
  for some reason i am obsessed with promo copy versions, and waiting to buy albums after everybody else has heard the thing a hundred times.  in rainbows was a whim of no exception.  i can't wait to listen to each song to see what the fuss has been all about.  does anybody think they'll release a grandiose version of the thing, like the library book kid a?  sorry if i wasn't going to read ten pages to see if the answer was in there,

you're looking for the $80 discbox version.
 i have it.  it's very nice.
 
  <img src="http://myjukebox.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/radiohead-in-rainbows.jpg" alt=" - " />

[walkonby]

lps are nice to look at and i know they sound superior in sound, but the inclusion of them with that set ruins the finished product for me.  i like how the "regular" store cd comes with stickers.  i'm not a fan of stickers.  some people, when they get older, lose the appeal of putting stickers on cars, suitcases, skateboards, whatever.  how odd.

[beetsnotbeats]

There's a video on  this Amazon page that shows what to do with the stickers.

[sweetcell]

David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music (and the thinking behind In Rainbows, in general)
 
 notable quotes, IMO:
 
   

Yorke: Well, yeah. The only reason we could even get away with this (pay-what-you-want), the only reason anyone even gives a shit, is the fact that we've gone through the whole mill of the business in the first place. It's not supposed to be a model for anything else. It was simply a response to a situation. We're out of contract. We have our own studio. We have this new server. What the hell else would we do? This was the obvious thing. But it only works for us because of where we are.
 
 Yorke: (...) But at the moment we make money principally from touring. Which is hard for me to reconcile because I don't like all the energy consumption, the travel. It's an ecological disaster, traveling, touring.
 
 Yorke: Yeah. Especially in the US. Everybody drives. So how the hell are we going to address that (enviro impact of fans attending shows)? The idea is that we play in municipal places with some transport system alternative to cars. And minimize flying equipment, shipping everything. We can't be shipped, though.

that issue (16.01, Jan'08) also has a great article by byrne on the future of the music industry.  his main point: digital distro isn't a threat, it presents increadible opportunity to all artists.  instead of being stuck in one business model, he sketches out 6 that vary from full control by record company to complete freedom (self-distribution).  a recommended read.

[Brian_Wallace]

per NME the cities  that Radiohead will be playing on the first leg of their US tour:
 
 Atlanta
 Boston
 Charlotte
 Chicago
 Cleveland
 Dallas
 Houston
 Indianapolis
 Los Angeles
 Miami
 Montreal
 New York
 Philadelphia
 San Diego
 San Francisco
 Santa Barbara
 Seattle
 St Louis
 Tampa
 Toronto
 Vancouver
 Washington DC
 
  I'm assuming from the previous Thom Yorke interview, the "Washington D.C." date will be "Gallery Place/Chinatown"
 
 Brian

[azaghal1981]

I was thinking that too but really really really hope I'm wrong.
 
 

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
  per NME the cities  that Radiohead will be playing on the first leg of their US tour:
 
 Atlanta
 Boston
 Charlotte
 Chicago
 Cleveland
 Dallas
 Houston
 Indianapolis
 Los Angeles
 Miami
 Montreal
 New York
 Philadelphia
 San Diego
 San Francisco
 Santa Barbara
 Seattle
 St Louis
 Tampa
 Toronto
 Vancouver
 Washington DC
 
  I'm assuming from the previous Thom Yorke interview, the "Washington D.C." date will be "Gallery Place/Chinatown"
 
 Brian

[jwsnider]

RFK might not be a bad place for the show, considering about every other location that could contain them (except for the god-forsaken verizon center) would not really fit the eco-friendly bill.
 
 

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  I was thinking that too but really really really hope I'm wrong.
 
   

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
  per NME the cities  that Radiohead will be playing on the first leg of their US tour:
 
 Atlanta
 Boston
 Charlotte
 Chicago
 Cleveland
 Dallas
 Houston
 Indianapolis
 Los Angeles
 Miami
 Montreal
 New York
 Philadelphia
 San Diego
 San Francisco
 Santa Barbara
 Seattle
 St Louis
 Tampa
 Toronto
 Vancouver
 Washington DC
 
  I'm assuming from the previous Thom Yorke interview, the "Washington D.C." date will be "Gallery Place/Chinatown"
 
 Brian

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[Brian_Wallace]

Hey, has anyone here seen "Festival Express?"
 
   <img src="http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/32/MPW-16403" alt=" - " />
 
 It's a documentary about when the Grateful Dead toured Canada in the 70's and traveled by TRAIN.  Considering The Band and Janis Joplin were also on board, it would have been a GREAT film if at the end "HORRIBLE CANADIAN TRAIN CRASH CAUSES ALL SAID BANDS TO NEVER PERFORM AGAIN" but I digress.
 
 Radiohead could do that.  Errrm...there's the fossil fuel thing with coal but it's probably more eco-friendly than diesel trucks.
 
  Or they could steal this idea from another British band and perform ON the train.
 
 Brian

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
  Los Angeles
 Santa Barbara
 Seattle

I will call bullshit on their CO2 crap then because those three cities have some of the worst public transportation in America.

[Mobius]

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
  Hey, has anyone here seen "Festival Express?"
 
   

Very cool movie.  Excellent footage of prime-Dead, when Jerry was captain trips and not the more grandfatherly figure he came to be, and particularly memorable footage of Janis (best example of why she was so beloved I've seen).  The footage on the train (esp. impromptu jam sessions) and offstage was very inciteful, and like the Last Waltz, I thought it effectively took you to the mindset of the moment.

[Mobius]

Is carpooling to Bull Run considered eco-friendly?