I finally got around to ordering a bunch of new music CDs, including Stereophonics‘ most recent album, Pull the Pin. In the process of doing so, I made a few interesting discoveries: For purchasing a single CD, it is now essentially cheaper for me to order CDs online and have them shipped (even with a …
Category Archives: Music
The pot of gold in rainbows…
If this is to be believed, Radiohead are now approximately $10 million richer. I’m also a cheapskate, apparently, because I only forked out 2 quid. The album’s alright, BTW.
CDs going away?
The Compact Disc is increasingly becoming a delivery format rather than a playback format. It’s hard for me to say when this became true for me — probably in the last couple of years, during which time I can’t remember the last time I turned on, much less used, the CD changer in my entertainment …
It’s Up to You
Radiohead has taken the interesting step of self-publishing their new album in downloadable form, for a user-defined price. People who pre-order the album (due October 10th) are presented with a form where the price for In Rainbows can be filled in, along with a question mark. Clicking the question mark leads to a page that …
Old ’90s music videos
Someone started an aggregated list of music videos seen on 120 Minutes. Pretty cool — I spent a lot of time just wading through and watching some of the ones I’d never seen before. A lot of the styles shown in the videos make me laugh now, but of course, they were cool back then. …