So psyched... just so fucking psyched for this.

I like this. Record an album and put it out right away-- don't announce it nine months in advance like it's the unveiling of a grand new building.

More bands should do it this way.

ME TOO.

I'm really, really looking forward to my drive to work on Sunday morning.

One thing in the preorder that seems odd to me is the WAV vs. MP3 option. Because the Newspaper album package comes with the album on CD (assuming it's not b-sides or something), paying an extra $5 for WAVs seems silly.

yeah i would say most people are going to opt for the mp3 but i think the reason for the option is two things: the first: i recall people complaining about the low quality mp3 they made available for in rainbows (even though it was name your own price), so now they have the option to pay for wav. second: believe it or not, but there are people out there that dont have mp3 player or may still prefer to play most of their music on cd, so this way can d/l the wav and burn it. it makes sense to have options.

Besides how cool it is of what they're doing, I'm equally excited because I have no idea what to expect for music. Completely blank slate for this one.

5. TAILBACK ON THE LUNAR EXPRESS
Radiohead’s most challenging composition yet. Consisting in its totality of a single note on an acoustic guitar played in a metronomic four beats to the bar, it reputedly took the group two years just to build the studio set-up that would allow them to create the perfect take, during which time Nigel Godrich had three nervous breakdowns and began hallucinating that he was a tick on the rump of Aztec king Montezuma.

"If you're good at something never do it for free."

Looking forward to the album, but the format is a big thumbs-up to what I said all along: the whole 'give it away free' thing wasn't an ethical move but a publicity stunt. This time the game is 'make more money'.

I don't know... I thought I read somewhere that they made an average of $8.XX on each copy of In Rainbows that was downloaded via the pay what you want model. If that's the case, charging exactly $9 for the download makes perfect sense.