I don’t believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms

Into My Arms – Nick Cave

“I think I like what I don’t know about you”

You Am I – #4 Record – What I Don’t Know ‘Bout You

Apparently it was a big hit here. I’m not sure which question comes first, How? or Why? I’m still trying to understand…..

“If I had 3 lives, I’d marry her in two”

The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap – Melbourne

Madonna Ditches Label, Radiohead Go Renegade: The Year The Music Industry Broke

Radiohead, one of my all time favourite bands (mostly because they are so incredibly innovative) essentially reinvented how to distribute an album, and they did it just the way I had been waiting for:

October 1: Radiohead shock fans by announcing on their blog that not only have they completed their much-anticipated new album, In Rainbows, but that “it’s coming out in 10 days,” via download — leading to reams of “this is a taste of the future of albums”-type commentary. The bandmembers, who have been free agents since the release of 2003’s Hail to the Thief, decide to release the album by themselves in two formats: download-only, which allows fans to name their price for the album, and as a deluxe “discbox” version (priced at approximately $80).

It is a shame the results of this experiment have not been published. Personally, I gladly handed over 8 Euros. Their web site did let them down somewhat, though the support was excellent, actually trusting me, the customer, to have done the right thing. 

October 10: In Rainbows is made available for download. Over the next two months, much speculation ensues as to just how many people downloaded it and exactly how much they paid to do so: Early reports have more than 1.2 million fans downloading it at an average price of $8, though later findings by comScore, a company that measures consumer activity online, adds that more than 60 percent of downloaders paid nothing for the album. Neither Radiohead nor their publicists discuss the financial aspects of the download experiment, though the band does issue a statement dismissing comScore’s findings as “wholly inaccurate.”

I shed no tears for the music industry. They are missing out on my money because the only way available to me to get new music is via the purchase of a CD. Guys, it is 2008!

I don’t want to buy CD’s. I move around a lot and nothing sucks more than having to deal with these annoying, fragile little plastic disks. Sure I can store them, but then someone gets into my parents garage and steals them, leaving me completely without a collection.

This is ridiculous, I want to be able to buy my music digitally, and I want to know that in 10 years I will still be able to play that music. And until you give me that I’m not going to buy any music from you. We want a service like Amazon MP3 (horrid license aside) in Europe, I want to give you my money.

As for iTunes, don’t get me stated on that. DRM sucks. I just have to wonder where are all the people shouting monopoly are now? The old reality distortion field reaches pretty far these days.

Rant over.

Thanks for the tip bro, really liking these guys a lot. They have really pulled together, modified and then woven some great samples.

Not since Kasabian have I instantly liked an album as much.

Bicycles That Carry Powerful Beats, and Even a Rider or Two – New York Times