Thom Yorke spells out the downside of pay-what-you-will

This is a very interesting post from The Trichordist, which eloquently sums up my feelings on how music is treated. Yes, it’s always been a business, but, ironically, at least Sony et al actually cared.

‘”We were so into the net around the time of Kid A,” he says. “Really thought it might be an amazing way of connecting and communicating. And then very quickly we started having meetings where people started talking about what we did as ‘content’.’

– Thom Yorke talking to the Guardian

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The new rules of growing old gracefully

I was reminded an old post I made here, back when I could write. It’s not that I’ve forgotten how to do it, or magically been zapped by some wicked witch, but I’ve just run out of time and enthusiasm. I wonder if that’s what happens to everyone in the end. When was the last good Metallica album you heard? Isn’t the best recent Ministry album a pale copy of Psalm 69? I might hope for a good new NIN album, but we’ll likely get a dull slab of corporate dad-rock with some tinkly bits.

What happened to us all?

We got old. Rock ‘n’ roll comes with a deadline, and when you reach it, time to die or move on. You’re not supposed to still be there at 50. 

Thom Yorke is dancing again (plus some other classic crazy dancing in rock)

Here is Thom Yorke dancing again in Atoms For Peace’s new video, Ingenue: 

Stream that Radiohead-Chili Peppers-Ultraista album: Atoms for Peace – Amok

Remember Atoms For Peace from a couple of weeks ago? That collaboration between Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich and a few others?

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