Oh you guys..you should be happy the album is out already (well almost :D)!

And you gt it for the price you wanted! Nothing wrong with 160kbps.

My email has come :D

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

I STILL HAVENT GOT ANY!!

Check your junkmail? Mine got stuck in my spam filter.

 

On the other hand, I think I'm getting an inkling of how they're going to stagger things to keep them from crashing...

:nice: yes junkmail..

 

 

:heart:

160 kbps is really not that bad, although i expected better. i suppose they also had to look at how much traffic their servers could handle without crashing within the first 10 minutes. so...i'm just glad i'll get to hear the album, finally. besides, the difference between 160 and 192 kbps is very minimal, you probably won't even notice it anyway.

I've got to say at a time like this Radiohead should've invested heavily on a stack of servers providing at least 192kbps constant supply to those who have pre-ordered. This album is big news to the industry and will be so in 50 years time. It's the equivalent of the first CD sale in c1985, but just the next step in the music industry evolution. A couple of thousand pounds on even 48 hours worth of server lease is nothing to Radiohead, but to provide a CD quality finish download to an album release (no matter how good or bad) that will be remembered in music history is essential.

Screw WASTE. I never received a confirmation or an update. I probably won't receive a code either. :veryangry:

You're not that important :P

I just got my e-mail a few minutes ago. Don't give up hope!

:( I fail. WASTE must have something against Yahoo mail.

well there's your problem. At least you didn't opt for Hotmail :dozey:

BWE CONFIDENTIAL: Our Exclusive First Look At The New Radiohead Album!

 

 

As any self-respecting indie rock fan worth the price of their designer jeans already knows, the latest musical masterpiece from Radiohead is set to be released in less than 24 hours, though a visionary self-distribution experiment in which you’ll be able to download the record directly, paying only what you think is fair. While the band has stated that there would be no advance leaks or promo releases for the press, BWE.tv has already managed to get our hands on these highly anticipated musical 1’s and 0’s through our shadowy network of illegal downloading operatives. Now that we’ve heard the first disc of the double album (suck on THAT, Pitchfork!) and fully comprehend it’s life-changing brilliance, here’s our first impression of the tracks:

 

1. 15 STEP - A lot of squiggly computer noises (or maybe a theramin), then a big explosion of some sort, a loop of a kitten dying, and the song fades out. Moving, beautiful, important.

 

2. BODYSNATCHERS - Some noodling around on a guitar, someone appears to be crying, with ghosts moaning in the background. I’m really starting to get into this record.

 

3. NUDE - The whole song is Lee Greenwood’s’s “God Bless the U.S.A.”, played in reverse, on a kazoo. Exquisite and haunting.

 

4. WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI - Dan Rather is reading about war on the evening news, but his voice slowly morphs into some kind of satanic robot, and the whole song ends with a little girl humming the Hallelujah Chorus.

 

5. ALL I NEED - After opening with the sound of a Jack-In-the-Box, the song explodes into unholy brain-demolishing death metal while Thom Yorke screams and screeches in Space Alien language gibberish. Stunning, their finest achievement since OK Computer.

 

6. FAUST ARP - I’d say this sounds like sort of a hardcore hip-hoppy version of the opening theme music from The Price Is Right. Definitely gonna be a bangin’ club track.

 

7. RECKONER - This just appears to be REO Speedwagon’s song “Can’t Fight This Feelin”, in its orginal form, untampered with. Strange, but amazing and genius (just like we’ve come to expect from the boys in Radiohead)!

 

8. HOUSE OF CARDS - An infomercial about people who suffer from Lupus, scored by a full philharmonic orchestra? A thing of heart-wrenching beauty.

 

9. JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE - This is literally an industrial-grade jigsaw cutting through concrete for a minute and a half, then shutting off. A perfect change of pace.

 

10. VIDEOTAPE - This is just 37 seconds of silence, followed by a gunshot. Really catchy, the perfect conclusion to what will undoubtedly be the most accomplished, challenging work of musical genius we can expect to hear this year!

 

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2007/10/09/bwe-confidential-our-exclusive-first-look-at-the-new-radiohead-album/

 

:P

 

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2007/10/09/bwe-confidential-our-exclusive-first-look-at-the-new-radiohead-album/

 

:P

 

Brilliant! All these squiggly noises and gunshots sound awesome! :laugh3:

well there's your problem. At least you didn't opt for Hotmail :dozey:

 

 

I have hotmail, but it barely works for regular messages...let alone something as important as this. :glasses2:

well there's your problem. At least you didn't opt for Hotmail :dozey:

What email program do you use?

 

5 hours 28 minutes.

I got the email at like 10 in the morning today and it said it'll be out in the morning UK time..? what does that mean? what time would it be? I have to leave the house at 7am tomorrow (EST) (noon UK time) and I'm gone for three days. Will I be able to get it tonight?

 

This is the email by the way:

 

THANK YOU FOR ORDERING IN RAINBOWS. THIS IS AN UPDATE.

 

YOUR UNIQUE ACTIVATION CODE(S) WILL BE SENT OUT TOMORROW MORNING (UK TIME). THIS WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE DOWNLOAD AREA.

 

HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD:

 

THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB ZIP FILE CONTAINING 10 X 160KBPS DRM FREE MP3s.

 

MOST COMPUTERS NOW HAVE ZIP SOFTWARE AS PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM; IF YOUR COMPUTER DOES NOT, YOU NEED TO GET WINZIP OR ZIPIT INSTALLED PRIOR.

 

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM HERE:

 

PC: http://www.winzip.com/

MAC: http://www.maczipit.com/

 

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING YOUR FILE, PLEASE CONTACT OUR DOWNLOAD CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM AT

[email protected]

7. RECKONER - This just appears to be REO Speedwagon’s song “Can’t Fight This Feelin”, in its orginal form, untampered with. Strange, but amazing and genius (just like we’ve come to expect from the boys in Radiohead)!

 

 

 

That's a piece of genius. And I realised it was a joke straight away. Honest. The quote above is my highlight.

5 hours 28 minutes.

 

 

What's this number mean? :stunned:

What's this number mean? :stunned:

 

I got it from the LP7 boards, the countdown timer, but it could be wrong.

I got it from the LP7 boards, the countdown timer, but it could be wrong.

 

 

I sure hope it is correct!

just kidding about my question...I found that timer too, so apparently it's going to be out at 5am EST. I'm getting up early! I'm pretty sure this countdown is right, I mean this is the official In Rainbows board.

I'm so glad that so many people came:)

 

Coldplay fans, I apologize for instigating this!

No need to apologise, its all musiclove ;)

sooo excited. I guess we don't get it at midnight. cos if the timer says now 5 hours 28 minutes....It'll be midnight in the U.S. meaning Oct. 10th!!!!

I'm hoping to get it tonight but then again I won't sleep at all again and that's def. not good. So I'll have to wait til Wed. night...damn.

just kidding about my question...I found that timer too, so apparently it's going to be out at 5am EST. I'm getting up early! I'm pretty sure this countdown is right, I mean this is the official In Rainbows board.

 

Haha just kidding again. It's not the official board. I'm so inattentive!!