Radiohead

[hbh2oguard]

yea I've explored. So should anything in red under the download be avoided?

[acelockco]

I don't know what you mean about anything in red. Please explain and I will let you know.

[hbh2oguard]

once you click on the file you want to download, a part opens that you can scroll down and see everything that's included in the download. Some is green and some is red, some is even bold red. That's what I was wondering about, if that makes any more sense.

[acelockco]

humm....I don't really know.

Maybe you are talking about the additional files that are added to the download (tracker files)?

I am under the impression they are necessary for the download to go faster, but I am not sure on that. I always download them and then delete them later. They are small files and my virus software is updated daily.

The only place I have found viruses are embedded in some programs. Just check the file size and make sure things look right and keep your anti virus updated and you should be fine.

[hbh2oguard]

yea I meant the tracker things, but I've run a few full system scans after downloading and nothing has come up. Thanks for the advice.

[PinayDiver]

yea it is, but it's a very risky marketing decision that will probably pay off.

CNN aired this (Radiohead letting fans buy their music at the price they want, Prince releasing his music over the internet, Madonna signing up with Live Nation, for example) today, how digital music has overtaken CD/physical formats and how, with plummeting record sales, the money is in live concerts. So yep, the buzz/goodwill is apparently designed to draw in the concert ticket-buying crowd.

[hbh2oguard]

very true but are they even kicking off a tour?

[PinayDiver]

A general "selected cities in 2008" is the tour announcement for Radiohead, so far, and fans on message boards everywhere are getting antsy (complete with mock-announcements by stir-crazy forum members, met with violent responses for getting hopes up for nothing).
I just remembered that CNN also mentions Nine Inch Nails in the same breath in their discussion of bands who divorced their labels, gave away music on the net, and are gearing up to tour.

[hbh2oguard]

oh thanks for the info