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  1. no, they wouldn't. if they let people who pre-ordered stream it, a capture of that stream would be all over the internet within a couple of hours.

     

    -justin

  2. deluxe is 13.49 on amazon pre-order. wouldn't be surprised if it even dropped another buck or so. plus, you get the free shipping if you order enough to make a total of $25, which i will have no problem doing. why the hell would i order from the official store and pay almost $25 just for the deluxe and shipping?

     

    -justin

  3. it's okay.

     

    i don't think i'll ever gush over anything radiohead does. their music makes me feel claustrophobic and it always sounds so ...depressingly futuristic, i guess. like, if all those horrible visions of the future in 1980s sci-fi movies came true, the music would sound like this. and that's depressing as fuck.

     

    honestly, i think that's a great description, but the thing is, that is exactly why i adore Radiohead and always have.

     

    -justin

  4. you really think so?

     

    i think it sounds like a mix of The Eraser and the Amnesiac-era b-sides ("Cuttooth," etc.) i also think it is sort of revolutionary and will take time to sink in. i sort of disliked it on first listen, but the second listen really opened up for me. it's an about-face. it doesn't have any traditional chord changes, few catchy melodies and little guitar. kinda like Kid A when everyone said that one was bad.

     

    -justin

  5. i'm a huge fan myself.

     

    anyway, to answer your question:

    i mean, the self-titled EP is easily as good as the debut album, just shorter. one song ("Into The Stream") is actually a repeat. if you are trying to complete your discography, there is a free track he donated to the Yellow Bird Project online (called "A Field Of Birds") and the "King of Spain" single from the new album has 2 b-sides. one is a cover of "Graceland" and another is a gorgeous, gorgeous balled called "Where I Thought I Met The Angels."

     

    -justin

  6. In both Wilco and Loose Fur lyrics, Tweedy makes reference to the season autumn as being that of the devil... is there something in the Bible or some other religious teaching that labels autumn as the devil's month? Who came up with this metaphor first, if not?

     

    uh...wot?

     

    -justin

  7. stuff released this year:

    Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

    The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love

    Bon Iver - Blood Bank [EP]

    Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

    My Morning Jacket - Celebración de la Ciudad Natal [EP] [Record Store Day]

    Iron & Wine - Norfolk 6/20/05 [Record Store Day]

    Iron & Wine - Around The Well

    Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

    Yim Yames - Tribute To [EP]

    Bob Dylan - Together Through Life [Deluxe Edition]

    Bob Dylan - Christmas In The Heart

    The Flaming Lips - Embryonic

    Neil Young - Harvest [Remastered]

    Neil Young - After The Gold Rush [Remastered]

    The Beatles - Stereo Box Set

    Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes [Remastered]

    Bob Dylan - New Morning [Remastered]

    Bob Dylan - Before The Flood [Remastered]

    R.E.M. - Murmur [Remastered]

     

    older stuff:

    The Band - Music From Big Pink

    The Band - The Band

    Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding [sACD]

    Bob Dylan - Infidels [sACD]

    Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming [sACD]

    Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

    Miles Davis - On The Corner

    M.I.A - Kala

    TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain

    The Decemberists - Her Majesty The Decemberists

    Various Artists - Goodbye, Babylon

    Various Artists - American Primitive, Vol. 2

    Skip James - The Complete Early Recordings

    Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

    Tom Waits - Mule Variations

    Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food [DualDisc]

    Beck - Mutations

    The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave

    The Tallest Man On Earth - The Tallest Man On Earth [EP]

     

    holy shit..that's a lot of stuff. i think that is everything. definitely everything that i can remember.

  8. i agree with most of the posters in this thread: i download a good deal of music (full albums) in .mp3 (stealing) and then listen to them until i decide if i want to buy it or not. i have hundreds and hundreds of physical CDs and continue to buy them almost weekly. i want the full quality. i want the artwork. i want a back-up. when digital finally wins out, we'll have lossless downloads. the only reason we don't have them now is that the vast majority of people don't care/realize about sound quality. we have the bandwidth and storage space...we have the technology. that being said, analysts already predict that there will be no technology to supplant Blu-Ray in terms of physical product. what we are moving toward is high-quality (uncompressed) video and audio downloads purchased via the Internet. what happens when your hard drive fails? do you have to re-purchase? do you get to re-download based on your purchase history?

     

    at any rate, i buy all of my albums via amazon and will continue to do so until they stop making CDs. but have you guys been in a Best Buy recently? their CD section has shrunk and the selection is nothing like it used to be even a couple of years ago. same deal at Plan 9, the state-wide (Virginia) independent record store. not to mention they closed half of their stores... i don't think the death of the CD is over-hyped in the least. it is happening, unfortunately. also, i don't think it will have the same hardcore following the vinyl has, because your hardcore music nerd (the person that will still buy physical product), will still be buying vinyl for the superior audio quality and the aesthetic value.

     

    -justin

  9. earlier this year, i was able to get the $105 Goodbye, Babylon box set from a third-party amazon.com seller that mistakenly had it listed at 7.99. my thinking is that it should have been 97.99 and it was sealed and brand new. either way, they honored it... deal of the century if you ask me.

     

    http://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Babylon-Various-Artists/dp/B0000DBOCB/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1254922569&sr=8-1

     

    -justin

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