http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-04-07-accelerate-rems-new-masterpiece.html the blog of Mark Benson, a web developer in the vastness and infinity of cyberspace... Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-04-07-accelerate-rems-new-masterpiece.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 mark Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:31:10 +0000 http://www.markbenson.org/blog/?p=12#comment-6 I believe it was made available as a stream on iLike a week in advance free of charge. Don't forget, until the pressing and release of Accelerate, R.E.M. were tied to Warner Records by a 5-album contact (it's the last album of the deal AFAIK). NIN and Radiohead are free agents. As you probably guessed from my previous post I'm a BIG Nine Inch Nails fan and I was really stoked about the newest release and how Trent worked that, but he had the option of doing what he wanted. I bought the CDs as well as downloading the Lossless audio files, because I want a physical copy of the music (call me old fashiondededed). I think it's great that bands are pulling this kind of stuff off, and I'd love to see more open source music and less crap from the record industry, as I'm sure many others would. I believe it was made available as a stream on iLike a week in advance free of charge. Don’t forget, until the pressing and release of Accelerate, R.E.M. were tied to Warner Records by a 5-album contact (it’s the last album of the deal AFAIK). NIN and Radiohead are free agents. As you probably guessed from my previous post I’m a BIG Nine Inch Nails fan and I was really stoked about the newest release and how Trent worked that, but he had the option of doing what he wanted. I bought the CDs as well as downloading the Lossless audio files, because I want a physical copy of the music (call me old fashiondededed). I think it’s great that bands are pulling this kind of stuff off, and I’d love to see more open source music and less crap from the record industry, as I’m sure many others would.

]]> http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-04-07-accelerate-rems-new-masterpiece.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 Peter Cooper Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:20:54 +0000 http://www.markbenson.org/blog/?p=12#comment-5 Yeah, but if it's not released as donationware or under Creative Commons with $300 fan boxsets making up the slack, is it really worth listening to nowadays? NIN and Radiohead FTW! They could have at least simultaneously released it on cassette and LP if they're going old-school on us. Yeah, but if it’s not released as donationware or under Creative Commons with $300 fan boxsets making up the slack, is it really worth listening to nowadays? NIN and Radiohead FTW! They could have at least simultaneously released it on cassette and LP if they’re going old-school on us.

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