Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Radiohead figures out how to make a dime in a world of internet piracy



Not a bad scheme: cut out your record label, ask people to pay as little as they want for your album, and distribute it to everyone yourself.

Download Radiohead's new album In Rainbow for whatever you feel you should pay for it on their website Radiohead.com. If you just can't live without a hard copy, order that too for nothing but the price of shipping.

They'll probably make more money than if they tried selling it in stores.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Tapscott and Williams' International Bestseller is actually worthwhile.

When it comes to books the team here at Grundlecrank is rather picayune. Commitment to art or literature is worn like a thin veil-- more for feminine mystique than a pursuit to some higher form of being. We rarely come across a book that interests us. When we do we're never hesitant to put it down when it bores us in the third chapter. However, Grundlecrank believes Tapscott and Williams' Wikinomics is a rarity worth reading.