recently radiohead turned everyone's head in the music industry spinning about 360 degrees and frothing pea soup at the mouth as if they were the demonically infested child from 'the exorcist' for one simple idea:
they put up the tracks for their upcoming album 'rainbows' on a server and suggested that the visitors 'pay what it was worth to them' and download the track.
critics and pundits were the first to cry foul (prompted probably by the strong arm of corporate nitwits who were screaming like that little green monster in the nicorette ads) and kept crying that 'it's the end of the age - the doom is upon us'.
funny thing that. after the album was downloaded, the band had made about $3 million dollars and the average payment was around $6. with no corporate payments - this was raw income free from the suits!
futurist song writer, former 'talking heads' front man, business experimenter david byrne sits down with lead singer thom yorke to talk about not only the controversy but also seek to find 'the true value of music'.
Showing posts with label digital. Show all posts
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i remember comic books quite fondly.
what i don't like about them now is this - they cost way to much for the pretty pictures and the rather overblown storylines. my dad called comicbooks soap operas and he was right but who cares - give me ororo monroe, charles xavier, peter parker, jean grey and the like (along with that brit constantine and his wry smile and trickster ways).
i don't like the price. let me repeat myself.
however, marvel online has done something marvelous (pun intended). what you get with a free email subscription is the chance to read select issues free. it's a randomn grab bag of goodness.
for example, the movie based on the 'ghost rider' comic is out this weekend. since it was held back from the critics i'll not be holding my breath on expecting it to be a great work of art. i just hope that it's at least true to the story. that's really all any comic fan wants. the special effects, the acting, the costumes in 'x-men' was nothing compared to the relief of seeing characters that i had grown up with matching on screen what my mental image of them was over the years.
marvel online
what i don't like about them now is this - they cost way to much for the pretty pictures and the rather overblown storylines. my dad called comicbooks soap operas and he was right but who cares - give me ororo monroe, charles xavier, peter parker, jean grey and the like (along with that brit constantine and his wry smile and trickster ways).
i don't like the price. let me repeat myself.
however, marvel online has done something marvelous (pun intended). what you get with a free email subscription is the chance to read select issues free. it's a randomn grab bag of goodness.
for example, the movie based on the 'ghost rider' comic is out this weekend. since it was held back from the critics i'll not be holding my breath on expecting it to be a great work of art. i just hope that it's at least true to the story. that's really all any comic fan wants. the special effects, the acting, the costumes in 'x-men' was nothing compared to the relief of seeing characters that i had grown up with matching on screen what my mental image of them was over the years.
marvel online
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