King Of Limbs

Just pre-ordered the new Radiohead album King of Limbs - downloadable on Saturday 2/19....T minus 2 days till audio bliss....

The last album Thom and the boys released, In Rainbows, was available to consumers to download at any price the consumer saw fit - this album is being released as the "world's first" Newspaper album and will come with the following...

• Two clear 10" vinyl records in a purpose-built record sleeve.
• A compact disc.
• Many large sheets of artwork, 625 tiny pieces of artwork and a full-colour piece of oxo-degradeable plastic to hold it all together.
• The Newspaper Album comes with a digital download that is compatible with all good digital media players.
• The Newspaper Album will be shipped on Monday 9th May 2011 you can, however, enjoy the download on Saturday 19th February 2011.
• One will be signed by the band

Pretty cool concept - I opted for the $9.99 digital download but am hoping a buddy will get the Newspaper album version so I can see the artwork etc.  Radiohead has always been a musical pioneer with their sound - I love that they are continuing to test new pricing models and distribution formats to transform the music business - iTunes can't compete with that strategy....

Now - what is a Newspaper Album - guess no one really knows - but Death and Taxes seems to have the best guess....

"What exactly a “newspaper album” is is anyone’s guess, but the packaging and marketing of the album, combined with calling it a “newspaper” album do seem to represent the conundrum newspapers find themselves in in the digital age."

Thirsty Thursday

So thirsty...for new tune-age...

On my radar this week is Songza (thanks Manger!) - it's the best of Pandora and Grooveshark with a built in social element so you can create stations with your buddies....anyone want to share?

Check out my first station Songs Will Roll (thanks Yeah Yeah Yeahs!)...this station is based on my favorites of the moment - Arcade Fire (have you done this yet?), Diddy Dirty Money, Bruno Mars, Cold War Kids, GaGa, Glee Cast, Brad Paisley, The Flaming Lips, and The Killers....random I know....but they say variety is the spice of life....

For those of you who are looking for an instant thirst quencher- try the latest Girl Talk album (free download). Grammer sent me this Mashup Breakdown which shows you the songs being mashed....LOVE LOVE LOVE

This week I'm also listening to Adele's new album 21- free listen here.

Yeah I'm gorgeous and super talented - jealous much?

Lover her voice - Amy Winehouse with the soul of Etta James and youthful talent of Norah Jones - hopefully she will cross the pond and tour in the US...would love to see her in concert...

Happy Listening!

Free Christmas Tunes

Target has a FREE Christmas album for download here.  Warning its an album of originals which I always think is a bit strange.  One of the things I love about Christmas songs is that you know them by heart and only get to listen to them for a month...or as my father calls it....the month when his favorite radio station (light 98) turns Holiday and he rides around listening to his Jay and The Americans CD.....

Another great way to listen to FREE holiday music (old favorites) is PANDORA - love it - especially the holiday station I created using Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas...check it out.... definitely makes rocking around the Christmas Tree more fun!

Imagine all the people...GOOGLE-ing for today...

John Lennon would have turned 70 tomorrow - in honor of his birthday Google has Doodled Lennon into the search engine today....click on the Google logo to watch the doodle video....pretty cool...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one 

History Lesson from Professor Timberlake

Justin and Jimmy Fallon - history of Rap!  Pretty much obsessed with Justin...and all of these songs....

Wish Justin would record a new album - Meghan and I saw him bring Sexy Back at the 930 Club in DC during his club tour - and it was AMAZING!  My heart started beating to the rhythms of "Cry Me A River" - I kid you not!  He is popping up everywhere this week....see below for the EW cover - "LIKE" doesn't even cover it...

Did you know the lead singer looks like the IT guy?

Very well said Brian....Monday night we checked out The Hold Steady at The National here in Richmond.  It was a great show - watching the lead singer Craig Finn's crazy arm gestures could entertain me for hours (we've decided he looks like a cross of Mozzie from White Collar with a splash of Pee-wee Hermans moves)...but really it was the amazing guitar solos that made me want to quit my job and play rock band full time.....

Today I Wikipedia'd the group to learn more about their humble Brooklyn beginnings and learned the following....


"In 2003, Minnesota-raised vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist Craig Finn and New York City bartender and bassist Galen Polivka began talking about starting a band. Finn and lead guitarist Tad Kubler (both formerly of Lifter Puller) developed the idea of The Hold Steady when, while watching The Band concert film The Last Waltz, Finn asked Kubler, "Dude, why aren't there any bands like this anymore?" - Wiki

Interestingly enough I first met Brian at a cover band of the band (The Last Waltz Orchestra) show here in Richmond....hmmm...guess music has been connecting us from the beginning...


Great show - hope to see them again on their next stop in RIC!  Below is a pic I took a the show...

1st Night of their fall tour...RIC, VA