I Love Radiohead

Wow guys I’m excited. As I woke up this chewy chi-ide Tuesday morning, and somehow worked myself into my cubicle, I had no inkling as to what was awaiting me.

Traditionally (like since the last 6 months) I start my day at work by wondering through the articles on news.com.au and smh.com.au. It is afterall, no matter what your profession, important to keep up with world events. I have on occasion found out about things we are doing up at Olympic Dam from the mornings business section.

But enough of that, onto the substance of the blog, Radiohead are releasing a new album, and unlike most times you hear the big news, its due out in less than a week. We don’t have to wait for 6 months with blank looks, and go sleep sweating, while the record company endlessly promotes the album to be released in an eternity.

Radiohead, as they are now not under contract, have decided to release their newest album ‘In Rainbows’ on the internet in a weeks time. And get this. You decide what to pay for it. That’s right, you heard. When you go to the pre-order section on there website, click on pre-order for the digital download, and up comes a box that you can fill in, with how much you want to pay. And when you click on the question mark next to it, a screen comes up that merely says ‘Its up to you’.

What a brilliant idea. I actually feel like paying for it, cause I think its brilliant. The fact is I would’ve downloaded it for free anyway, so they are going to get more from me than they would have. Also available is a ‘discbox’ for 40 pounds anywhere in the world, which has a cd, two vinyl records, and a cd of photos and artwork. How cool. I am going to get that as well.

And so Radiohead, having proved themselves brilliant, controversial and trend-setting on the musical stage, are now trying to also do so on the music distribution one. And in conclusion, are we ever going to see a blog from The Moff again?