
Radiohead announced today that they’re releasing their new album In Rainbows on October 10th. Right now the only way to order it is from their website. That’s where the interesting part kicks in. If you pre-order the Download version through the site it asks you how much you want to pay.
That’s right; there’s no price. You decide how much it’s worth to you. It’s an interesting concept. And not necessarily one that will lead to people paying less than they would otherwise. There’s a story in Freakonomics about a guy who sold bagels. When he stopped charging a fixed price for the bagels and started asking for people to give whatever they thought was appropriate people actually paid more.
Anyway, I digress. It’s great that Radiohead is forgoing a record label for this release AND playing with new pricing models. Unfortunately I still don’t understand the hype about their music…







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America’s favorite satirical news anchor will be hosting The 2008 Oscars. Jon Stewart first hosted the film awards in 2006, and he was awesome. So congrats to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for bringing him back.

Iron & Wine is the stage name of singer/songwriter Sam Beam. I first heard of Beam when his great cover of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights” was featured in the 2004 indie film Garden State. The song really grabbed my attention, and I quickly tracked down Iron & Wine’s debut album, The Creek Drank the Cradle. What I heard blew me away. 


