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...Rainbows, will be out Oct. 10 is not itself big news. Sure, Radiohead is on a sustained run as the most interesting and innovative band in rock, but what makes In Rainbows important - easily the most important release in the recent history of the music business - are its record label and its retail price: there is none, and there is none...
...Rainbows will be released as a digital download available only via the band's web site, Radiohead.com. There's no label or distribution partner to cut into the band's profits - but then there may not be any profits. Drop In Rainbows' 15 songs into the online checkout basket and a question mark pops up where the price would normally be. Click it, and the prompt "It's Up To You" appears. Click again and it refreshes with the words "It's Really Up To You" - and really, it is. It's the first major album whose price is determined...
...runways are set to open in Paris this weekend. Didier Grumbach, head of the French Couture Federation, lashed out at the fashion house. "I find this absolutely scandalous," he told the AFP. "Winning notoriety through people's illness is painful. What we're seeing here is sensationalism by a label, to the detriment of an extremely serious social problem...
...Paper, Plastic or Prada?" [Aug. 27]: years ago, my Italian mother-in-law gave me a string bag (which I still use) to carry my groceries in, explaining how deplorable it was to waste all those plastic and paper bags from the market. Notwithstanding the silliness of the label-conscious, how could anyone buy a reusable bag (Hermès') that stows in a calfskin case? The suffering that calves go through for the production of this vanity item is unconscionable. Nancy Pennington, SEATTLE...
...Giuliani wins the G.O.P. nomination, we'll hear a lot more about his failure to serve on the ISG. And if Clinton gets the Democratic nod, we'll see plenty of Republican efforts to label her a lackey of the left wing and MoveOn. And at that point, one side will definitely be on the losing...