Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke sent out a a rather quIRky meSSage to his TheEraser.com email list. In it he reminds us of the recently released series of remixes or "rmxs" of 3 tracks from The Eraser(XL), his solo album released July 2006.
Although the tracks are 'available for download' they are not free. Boomkat.com has priced all 3 tracks at a non negotiable £2.95. No In Rainbows free ride here folks.
As for In Rainbows, AKA the free Radiohead album, the group's change in paradigm could be seen and purchased yesterday(Dec. 25) in Japan. The album made it's debut as a standard CD and vinyl version available in stores. Elsewhere around the world, it will be released on December 31.
Yorke's message:
please excuse this addiTion to YouR pile of email.
ThIs is not stricTly junk.
this is a quick notE to Let YoU know thAT there will be shorttlY be a bunch of rmxs of some of the songs from the ERAser album made available to download from boomkat.com.
on the 17th of Dec a BURIAL rmx of anditrainedallNight a ModeSeleKtOR rmx of skipdivideD & a VAriouS rmx of aNaLYse
on the 18th of Dec a FoURtet rmx of AtoMS for PEace & two Christian Vogel rmxs of 'Black sWAn'
on the 19th of Dec the SuRGEon rmx of the CLock a rmx of HarrOWdown HiLL by THE buG & a rmx of Cymbal RUsh by The FIEld
that's it. apoloGIes for the disturbanCE. check themm out if you get amoment.
i Hope yours is a pEaceful CHRistmas.
>
thom yorke.
The remixed tracks by Burial, Modeselektor, Various Production, Cristian Vogel, Four Tet, The Field, Surgeon and The Bug?! can be sampled. CLICK HERE
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tHoms WoNky EyE Is paYInG HavOc wITh HIs TypiNg, eH? (brilliant --remixes-- rmxs, tho'.)
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Will these added tracks be available on Rhapsody? - Just kiDDinG.
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well that was nice of him! i have the remixes and theyre okay i guess. the four tet one is my favor.
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Since Radiohead has announced that no one but they know the financial results of their In Rainbows experiment, the telling point will be if they do it again. This is not an encouraging sign that it was successful.
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How could it not have been successful? No overhead for marketing/manufacture excepting the physical box - which is an amazing package - means profit from MP3's.
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I think there's a sensibility on display in this email that perfectly illustrates why I just don't get Thom or his band. Like, why make everything so difficult? Why not just adhere, more or less, to standard capitalization and spelling? I mean, okay, there's being a rule-breakin' rebel, and then there's just being difficult. What's the point of making your self-promotional email hard to read? Same deal with the content of the email. If someone's signed up for his email list, it's presumably because they want to get these kind of emails. Why the apology? Like I said, I just don't get it.
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Colin, you had to hurt my eyes didn't you....
Sturg, that's a pretty price for one song....but thanks to Thom for clearing it up for us huh???
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nice of Thom to phone--text--that one in. Christ.
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Dermahrk is an idiot... the album was #1 on Billboard after its free release.
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mrscry: #1 on Billboard doesn't mean anyone made a profit, and on MOG we do not call people idiots unless they've earned it. I assure you D has proved his chops here.
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Mktackabery, you're one ugly moron. I bet your fatter than your photo conveys, and the photo conveys 44 lbs overweight. But back to you being an idiot, look at your friend's posting, and then look at mine, and it should make sense.
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It's so easy to stand in the shadows and offer broad cliched insults in a hope they hit the mark, especially shot from the bow of the invisible poster lacking credentials After all, every female in the world is worried about her weight, and how others interpret her looks and intelligence, aren't they? Sturgell, I apologize for this infant pissing on your blog.
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I'm not standing in the shadows... here's my MySpace profile, fatso...
myspace.com/puffysilky