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October 10, 2007
New Radiohead: In Rainbows
The radiohead site crashed from all the hits it took today. But here are two other places to get the new album from:
1) http://www.radioheadlp7.com/downloads/inrainbows.zip
- Right click on the link and then 'Save As..' (or 'Save Link As..' if using Firefox) and save to your desktop. You will have to unzip the file when it is finished downloading.
2) http://www.sendspace.com/file/c77mt6
- Scroll down the the bottom of the screen and then right click on the link. Then 'Save As..' and save to your desktop. Unzip the file when completely downloaded.
NOTE: I was able to download faster from the 2nd link. The first one might be slower because it may have heavy traffic. Happy downloading.
P.S.: Thanks to Radiohead and it's Label-less efforts in distributing their music. Also, good luck to Oasis, Jamiroquai, and Nine Inch Nails in following suite. I hope this is the start of a new way to distribute material.
P.P.S: I'm all about free stuff.
Update
So apparently I have to buzzkill, what I thought was a funny post, with an explanation of my intentions. I did, in fact, throw some cash in the Radiohead tip cup and 'pay' for downloading their album. This was my intentions from the start. It's was just a pain in the butt to go through all the registrations and refreshing for verification codes, and what not. So here's some of the low-down in what's involved. It may be confusing to navigate through, so here's some help.
1) Go to http://www.radiohead.com/ - look for the rainbow colored page. Click Enter.
2) Choose from Diskbox or Download. Which ever one you want, click the 'Pre-Order'. Even though it's available now, you still have to click 'Pre-Order'. An alert window will tell you it's been added to your basket, but not show you any change of status. You have to 'View Basket'. This is where it gets more confusing.
3) IF you want to give to the little stream, you have to give in British Pounds. There's a link to a Currency Converter, but it's the most confusing one I've ever used. It's easier to Ask.com 'Currency Converer' and there's one that comes up quick. (GBP -> USD). It's close enough.
4) 'Update Basket' then 'Pay Now'. You will then have to Register to order. Then comes the "Enter your Credit Card", "Enter your mobile phone number", and then the dredded "Hit Refresh to get your Security Code". This may take a few refreshes to get. You will know when you get it.
5) After all is said and done, you should be given a link that downloads "inrainbows.zip" to your Desktop.
So there's the long road to getting what could be a free album...or you could just click one of the links above.
I think I should have gone with my other idea and posted about the new 'Thundercats' movie to come out