If the best band in the world doesn't want a part of us, I'm not sure what's left for this business
It's rather interesting news (Time, NPR). While there has been much debate amongst nerds about whether the changing music industry is better or worse or unchanged (and debate about the debate, since that's what nerds do--that and throw around words like Pareto efficient) there has been no debate that the music industry is different today than it was ten years ago.
And in ten years it may be drastically different again if large enough bands like Radiohead (who have the best band name ever) continue to produce albums without the help of record labels. Prince has given records away and Trent Reznor has asked you to "steal his music" (though in fairness, it isn't actually stealing). Now Radiohead has taken a step further in asking you to name your own price when downloading their new album. The economics nerds will certainly go crazy over that. And certainly will the Radiohead nerds.
Take a look at the site yourself (and download what promises to be another excellent album, if you wish) or at least take a glimpse at the images below.
Feel free to tip and is honesty the best policy?
5 comments:
So did you bid? And how many hours did you spend in the analysis to determine the optimal bid price? GRIN!
hmmm...best band name ever? really?
yeah. radiohead. both unique and mundane, current and classic, simple and profound, the perfect name for a perfect band. nirvana was good too, but most band names are tedious, quirky, or more esoteric even than their music. unless you start comparing bad band names you really don't get anything noteworthy. but we can talk all day about some of the better worse band names like wolfmother, toad the wet sprocket, the goo goo dolls, and the butthole surfers (which i think would be a great name if not for the horrifically offensive double entendre, though that is their style of music).
i had a long intellectual/moral struggle but finally decided to pay 4.45 pounds after fees. i do hope they're keeping data on downloads. certainly someone at the LSE would have great fun analyzing the results.
your wife have determined that 0 pounds is how much she would like to pay. because if it's have-able for free, then one ought to have it for free. market mechanism be derned!
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