guns n roses shuts down blogger

i'm not really sure how they do it, but people still seem to care about guns n' roses. hey, i was a fan...when i was 13. really, they were tailing off when i saw them @ shoreline ampitheater at the beginning of the use your illusion tour. the constant hype about the never released records baffles me. when they were on mtv a few years back for the vma's or movie awards or whatever i thought they were pretty crappy.

the other day i heard they were putting out a song that would be on guitar hero or rock band or one of those things. i was surprised, a little amused, but then didn't care. today, i was more surprised to see this headline, "Blogger arrested, accused of posting 9 unreleased Guns N' Roses songs."

wow. i would think axl would be dying to know that people might even care enough to download his new crapfest. sure, sure, it's wrong that someone stole the tracks, and i suppose it's also wrong that someone posted them without permission. but come on, are you going to download them? do you care that guns has an album coming out? doubtful.

really axl, let it go. your career is over. 1990 called and they want their mandanna back.

or, put out something for real this time. stop jerking your three remaining fans around.

(or, this could be a fantastic way to drum up free press with a fake controversy.)

radiohead in rainbows

so, i'm listening to the new radiohead album, in rainbows, right now. i'm about half way through, and it's good. it's very good.


you should get it.*

btw, yes, i did order the box set deal. it'll ship to me in the beginning of december. but, that package deal includes the download version. and a hard copy version. and a bonus disc. and the album on vinyl. and some other stuff. and a puppy.




*if you like radiohead. if you don't, get it, and give 'em a try. you may like it.

radiohead skips record industry

radiohead, who is currently not on a label, is going to try something different with the release of their next album on october 10th.

you get to choose how much you pay. from 0-?, you make the call. the album will only be available for the first few weeks by download and will be able to be played on all digital players.

this is pretty interesting to me. sales of music is allegedly slumping. but, people download, legally mind you, more and more music each day. yes, there still are people out there illegally downloading music. but i would venture that people still buy more music than they get for free.

radiohead knows you want their music, and are making it available to you. i'm not sure how much i'll pay. i really like radiohead. i wish i was in a band that people would compare to radiohead. but, the offer of something for free...may be too much to pass up initially. especially if i do this, "The band will also offer a special edition boxed set for 40 pounds ($82) which will be available later and will include two vinyl albums, a CD version of the new album and a second CD with additional new songs, artwork and photographs of the band." i know, $80 is a lot of $, but you're getting so much. and i like vinyl. so, if i order that, i'm cool getting the digital version for free initially.