HOLY SOUND OF THE CITY EXCLUSIVE! WE JUST GOT AN E-MAIL FROM THIS DUDE WE KNOW NAMED JOHN BOY OR JON BOIS OR SOMETHING WHO CARES BECAUSE HE WHO HACKED INTO A TOP-SECRET PRIVATE MUSICAL GENIUS CHAT ROOM [password: “ILUVME”] AND GOT A SCREEN CAPTURE OF THOM YORKE TALKING WITH RZA AND PRINCE (AND MORE!) ABOUT IN RAINBOWS! OMMFG! FIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSTTT LOOOK!
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**OnlineHost** Welcome to Musical Genius Chat!
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robert_digital: So I heard you guys are giving away the new Radiohead album for free. |
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SergeantYorke: well actually we will make the first disc available to download for whatever price you want. we will also be selling a discbox for about $80 which features a
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robert_digital: WHOA FREE ALBUM
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SergeantYorke: not a single person has let me finish that sentence so far
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SergeantYorke: but still, with this decision we plan to make history and revolutionize music forever
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TheHalfBloodPrince: You know, I should remind you that I gave an album away for free a few months ago. |
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SergeantYorke: was it purple rain or the black album or joshua tree
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TheHalfBloodPrince: No. And I didn’t do Joshua Tree. |
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SergeantYorke: all right then nobody cares about your ninety billion other albums that all sound like the year 1991 farting
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TheHalfBloodPrince: aw gee |
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Sufjan_Succotash: are you sure you want to do this, dude? you could destroy the music industry forever |
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SergeantYorke: pffft
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Sufjan_Succotash: look at it this way
say your album’s worth $20 but you give it away for free. it will knock down consumer expectations across the board
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Sufjan_Succotash: most albums printed these days are total crap so they’ll be worth a negative amount of money. anyone who owns a jack johnson album will owe the IRS like 10 bucks
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SergeantYorke: well go grab a piccolo and write a song about how it relates to the simple but proud people of, like, wisconsin
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**OnlineHost** Radiohead has effectively released its album for free over the Internet.
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**OnlineHost** The music industry has been completely destroyed.
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SergeantYorke: AAAAAAHH
LAID WASTE BY MY OWN HUBRIS
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**OnlineHost** JackoffJohnson has entered the chatroom.
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JackoffJohnson: GUYS I’M IN DEEP SHIT, I’M WORTH LIKE NEGATIVE 50 TRILLION DOLLARS
YOU HAVE TO LET ME HIDE OUT IN HERE
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TheHalfBloodPrince: How did you like Musicology? |
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JackoffJohnson: I never heard it.
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TheHalfBloodPrince: all right he can stay |
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(Apologies/respect to RR)