toastier.org ; 'In Rainbows' with Radiohead

As you might've heard, Radiohead's latest album, In Rainbows, will be out in 8 days. (The first since 2003's Hail to the Thief!) It'll be available in an actual album form for £40 (a complete "discbox" set with a plethora of goodies) or as a digital download with a price defined by you. So yes, you can pay absolutely nothing for it if you'd like. It's all up to you. And I think that's completely awesome. They're embracing the new music movement. Sure, some people will pay nothing but at least the music will be heard, and that's what Radiohead wants. Most of all, I think they realize that piracy can't really be stopped no matter how hard the music industry tries.

Being a big Radiohead fan, I paid £5 ($10) for it. I'm really excited.

(Yes, I do realize I paid $10 and it's being released on 10/10.)

— 2 October 2007 ; 2 comments

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Leila on October 2, 2007 at 5:19PM

Huh, I hadn't heard about that...what an awesome idea, though. I'm really not into Radiohead, but to choose how much money you want to give them for their music? That's fantastic.

Rachel on October 4, 2007 at 1:35AM

uh yeah that's cool and all but i'm poor so i'm gonna be the one who pays $1 and then uses the other $15 or however much cds cost these days minus $1 to buy food for a day.

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