Freakonomics behind Radiohead's free album?
I am pretty bored of all this Radiohead fiasco to be honest.
But I liked Freakonomics (ta for the tip, E!) and occurences such as Radiohead is proof that the music business is pretty stale bread.
As an industry, music offers no new exciting perspectives on human interaction (and all these years, the naive me thought it was all about offering excitement, be it good or bad. yes there is a sinister me as well). It is definitely lagging waaay behind in the thought process of contemporary society. Aaanyway one to read with your coffee/tea.
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Freakonomics behind Radiohead's free album?
By Simon Goodley
Last Updated: 12:40am BST 08/10/2007
"Just as you'd expect from a bunch of public schoolboys, Radiohead appear rather well read. They're a big rock band – so famous that even I've heard of them – formed while attending Abingdon School in Oxfordshire and who now have begun a fascinating piece of economics coursework.
From this week, those wanting to listen to the boys' next LP, In Rainbows, can pay as much or as little as they like for the album, which will be available to download on the band's website.
It is a classic honour system, most famously described by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner in their bestseller Freakonomics (which inspired this stunt, some eggheads insist)."
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