Was just browsing Slashdot and stumbled across the news that albeit Radiohead offering their newest album for download (something that I a) did not know and b) wasn’t able to find proof for) it was still traded more often then officially downloaded. Well how about that? Here is a band that seems to offer us, the listeners, a piece of their effort for free and instead of picking up on that, we desperately search for a suitable bittorrent. Well… I am inclined to take sides on this discussion. I believe in, and would like to support, affordable music (downloads, I personally support emusic and am already looking forward to amazon offering legal download without DRM). Nonetheless, when Radiohead breaks up the usual structure and offers theirs as they did, we (the community) should support the effort given we like what they have to offer. Then, we should see the show (as a side note, I saw the OK Computer show in the Bisquithalle in Bonn a couple of years back and it was awesome. Great show, cool t-shirt). So check out the music at your favorite music blog, download it legally and go and see the show. Support your faves! Perhaps, in some not to distant future, the kind and amount of music available at legal download services as the mentioned emusic will improve. Out of lack of more words, and admiration of words well said (and a song well sung) I present Loudon Wainwright III. As always, he says it right (especially what he says about Metallica). Spread the word.