Radiohead - In Rainbows

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this mp3 quality / multiple format / musical progression discussion *does* feel a lot like beardy dudes sitting around a fire in the 70s discussing King Crimson

Part of the appeal, except now it's the glow of computer screens. Though I suppose the beards are back.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Anyway I got my little update mail.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 01:52 (sixteen years ago) link

Okay people calm down, now. We'll get it when we get it. 160 is not going to kill us either, etc.

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link

seen Control yet, Bimble? ;)

Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 02:28 (sixteen years ago) link

Heheh. Hell, no, dude! It's not scheduled to be here until at least the 19th!

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 02:36 (sixteen years ago) link

Although I guess I shouldn't assume you're a dude. :)

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 02:37 (sixteen years ago) link

hehe yeah, i'm a girl the last time i checked.

Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:35 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh, glad I apologized then! :)

I'm starting to get excited about this Radiohead thing though, in fact, before I saw your post I read my update in my email and thought "ooh this is sexy! We're all downloading from Radiohead at more or less the same bloody time!"

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:40 (sixteen years ago) link

I know! it's a weird sort of communal experience - usually with widely-anticipated albums, people tend to be more like "oh I'll get this tmr" or "i've got to hear this soon" but suddenly everyone's all "I want to hear this NOW".

Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link

viz "beardos discussing prog around the fire"

It's like we're all waiting in line outside Tower Records with our headphones & CD players or something. Old school shit.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:57 (sixteen years ago) link

In Rainbows = a new Harry Potter book.

Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 03:57 (sixteen years ago) link

lol that had not occurred to me

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm going to wait this one out despite having to wake up at a god awful hour. Shouldn't be much longer... maybe 4 hours? That's what, 9 in England? 2am here... better put on the coffee. :)

jbill, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 04:12 (sixteen years ago) link

hmm... I paid for mine (possibly twice) and have received precisely squat. f u radiohedz I will download this shit for free in protest.

rogermexico., Wednesday, 10 October 2007 04:15 (sixteen years ago) link

It's like we're all waiting in line outside Tower Records with our headphones & CD players or something. Old school shit.

This sends me into fits of laughter.

In Rainbows = a new Harry Potter book.

This sends me into even more fits of laughter.

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:10 (sixteen years ago) link

No seriously...it really is like we're all standing outside in the freezing cold, winding around the block isn't it?

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link

i like it. i like actually waiting for music to come out. im not used to it. usually ill find out an album has been leaked and ill get it. or ill get it when i can.

this is nice

gman, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:28 (sixteen years ago) link

Yes, and I imagine this has been said before but what I admire them most for is the whole thing "OKAY BLAM! HERE IT IS! YOU'VE GOT A MERE TEN DAYS!" you know??? Instant's notice, a Gemini's dream. Etc. No anticipation, nothing. Now or never.

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:32 (sixteen years ago) link

in such a short time something like this has become so rare.

it has to be an instant notice thing like that because if not it would never work. it would find its way onto the internet.

gman, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:34 (sixteen years ago) link

downloading!

oo, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:36 (sixteen years ago) link

WAHT

gman, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:37 (sixteen years ago) link

IT BEGINS

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:40 (sixteen years ago) link

does it suck yet?

Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:42 (sixteen years ago) link

holy shit. downloading

gman, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:45 (sixteen years ago) link

almost done burning. no telling. i only heard some breakbeats so far.

oo, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:45 (sixteen years ago) link

i'm getting a lovely 215kb/sec

i bet tomorrow it will be a tenth of that as their server gets slammed by a million fans

ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:45 (sixteen years ago) link

whoa. university network don't fail me now.

Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:47 (sixteen years ago) link

*walking away from the computer for 43 minutes*

oo, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:47 (sixteen years ago) link

stolen signal be true

negotiable, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:48 (sixteen years ago) link

wtf dudes does radiohead hate me

deeznuts, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:49 (sixteen years ago) link

i should be liveblogging this

how can you say you were really there if you didn't liveblog it

ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:49 (sixteen years ago) link

32% of 1 file

this, right now, is really exciting

negotiable, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:50 (sixteen years ago) link

bad news guys: it sounds like radiohead

ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:50 (sixteen years ago) link

did all you guys pay actual money or something????

deeznuts, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:50 (sixteen years ago) link

i didn't.

Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:51 (sixteen years ago) link

does it suck yet?

-- Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:42 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

OMG will someone please post this to the LOL Excelsior thread. For that just about sends me into all the LOL's I'm going to have tonight before I pass out.

WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT THIS IS NOT A SURE THING! THIS ALBUM MAY SUCK ASS! IT COULD BE WORSE THAN AMNESIAC! (whoops didn't mean to start a war about this kind of thing, please carry on, quite sorry)

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:52 (sixteen years ago) link

In the middle of listening to this.

Predictions:
People will say this sounds like HTTT pt. 2
Little "progression"
Not nearly as good as Kid A or OK Computer

three handclaps, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:53 (sixteen years ago) link

Also I think some of the live versions from the 2006 tour were better.

Oh fuck, "All I Need" is amazing.

I need to review what I just said!!

ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

three handclaps, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:55 (sixteen years ago) link

i didn't pay but i ordered it minutes after the order page went up on the 1st, maybe they're rolling it out in batches to prevent the server from buckling

ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:55 (sixteen years ago) link

no alarms and no spoilers, please? lol

Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:55 (sixteen years ago) link

Someone upload this shit already so I can go to bed.

The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:56 (sixteen years ago) link

oh god, christ here we go. The positive hyperbole and the nasty put-downs. Where will it end?

5600 trillions posts by morning.

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:56 (sixteen years ago) link

hahaha sorry, i'll shut up now.
no alarms and no spoilers 4 lyfe

three handclaps, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:56 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh god!!! What if it's one of those albums where 50% of the people like it and 50% think it's crap?

Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:57 (sixteen years ago) link

THE HORROR!

The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link

YES. I have listened to the first three tracks of this, am extremely tired and really pleased with what I heard. Must sleep now.
Bodysnatchers is a little kraut-rock, no?

jonathan - stl, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah i just ordered it today. comforting to think that maybe theyre just trying to be civil.

deeznuts, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh goodness, I feel like one of those hopeless kids about to get a new Harry Potter. (Except in my case cries of, "It's like HTT/Amnesiac" is like hearing that "Harry gets AIDS on page 84 and spends the rest of the book conjuring a cure. He dies on the last page.")

Cunga, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:59 (sixteen years ago) link

ps I'm glad the internet didn't explode.

jonathan - stl, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:59 (sixteen years ago) link

Amnesiacis their best album. And if Harry got AIDS and died that book would've been so much better.

The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:00 (sixteen years ago) link


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