vinyl is much better, and when it comes to portability, digital is kinda the way to go. i concede that cds sound much better than compressed formats, but really, cds are no vinyl. the only time you can listen to a CD where you can't listen to vinyl (other than the archaic notion of the discman, and i definitely don't have skip protection) is in the car.
ok, where was i going with this?
my favorite record label, touch & go, was the first that i knew of to offer free digital downloads with the purchase of vinyl. i don't know if they were actually the first. but now it seems ALL the indie labels are doing it, and my vinyl collection has benefitted greatly from this trend.
my favorite artist of all time, elvis costello, seems to see things the same way. a few years ago, he released an album, the clarksdale sessions, exclusively on 10" vinyl. and now he's my hero, because he will be releasing his new album, Momofuku, on vinyl only, with a free digital download. the other interesting fact to note here is that he had said he wasn't planning on releasing any more music until the music industry figured itself out. i guess he figured it out himself, with a little help from the indies.
so this means elvis costello does respect the modern music fan! this current round of bs reissues kinda had me worried for a second there.
the other thing: the album is due out april 22nd. as in about one month from now.
what a great news item to read after being sad that LOST won't be back until april 24. the new EC album comes out BEFORE lost comes back!!
kinda curious what direction he'll take with this one. his last 5 albums or so have been completely different from one another. "rowdy rhythm," "whiskey soaked southern rock," "classical," "jazz," and "new orleans soul" are some words to describe his most recent albums. any speculation on the new one, given the title MOMOFUKU? maybe paul simon-style world music? hip hop? actually the title seems like it could be japanese. maybe he's embracing japanese culture. what if he releases his inner polysic on this album?!
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Momofuku is a restaurant in NYC that has been changing the way people are eating in the city. I see a parallel between Elvis forging the CD format and naming the album after Momofuku the restaurant. Both have shrugged off the mainstream status quo. That is my take, could and probably total off.
it's possible...but it seems weird to name an album after a restaurant. upon a google search, i found that momofuku is not only the name of this restaurant, but the guy that invented instant noodles. like, the cup o noodles. which could make it a comment on cheap food, how music has gotten so cheap and disposable these days...
or not. but i'd like to hear another angry song about the industry, a la radio radio
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