(The label on the packaging says that it works with Windows, presumably in some "secure" DRM mechanism. I can understand us Linux-using nonpersons being snubbed by the recording racket ("get a copy of Windows, you bum!"), but EMI's big fuck-you to the Macintosh-using audience, especially on a Massive Attack disc, is harder to justify. Let's hope they change their minds before releasing the next Morrissey record.)
(Btw, is 100th Window released in Red Book-compliant, non-"copy controlled" CD format in any other territories?)
I did, however, pick up the new Architecture in Helsinki album, Fingers Crossed. The packaging is very cool, and on first listen (six tracks in), it sounds pretty good, in a garage-indie-pop-meets-electronica vein. Some of the tracks sound a bit unpolished (though that's probably deliberate), though there are some real gems; especially Scissors Paper Rock; expect to hear that in one of my DJ sets, possibly next to some Stereolab or something.
(Btw, what is it about Casio-wielding indie bands naming songs after games? You had Lacto-Ovo's Bingo, Ninetynine's Cluedo and Uno, and now AIH have joined the trend.)
I also picked up Stereolab's Cobra and Phases Group... while I was there. With that, my Stereolab collection has doubled in size over the past week.
Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Sat Feb 8 06:43:47 2003
I think that was an advance copy which got leaked onto the networks. I'd be interested in finding an unprotected consumer copy. If people in locked-down territories start boycotting the local copies and mail-ordering it from where it's unlocked, maybe EMI will take the hint and sack the idiot who decided to screw their paying customers.
Posted by: Graham | http://grudnuk.com | Sat Feb 8 11:39:16 2003
The funny thing was that back in September I saw a "not for sale" preview copy of Peter Gabriel's _Up_ in a shop in Canberra which did have a "this CD cannot be played on computers" thingo, though the release version was Red-book compliant.
I wonder how many sales EMI will lose through being paranoid arseholes.
I was wondering about that, since the Nick Cave record (out on EMI via Virgin via Mute) didn't appear to have any of that bullshit on it.
Posted by: Graham | http://grudnuk.com | Sat Feb 8 11:41:26 2003
As for the Stereolab, /Cobra and Phases Group/ is probably my favourite album of theirs, though it takes even longer to get into than the usual 'lab album.
Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Sat Feb 8 12:00:48 2003
Cool. I think my current favourite is ETK.
I'm told that US releases are generally less likely to be copy-restricted, because of some silly thing about Americans having rights they're likely to sue about or something. Can any US readers confirm whether 100th Window is clear in the States?
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Posted by: mrsmalkav | http:// | Sat Feb 8 06:40:06 2003
(Btw, is 100th Window released in Red Book-compliant, non-"copy controlled" CD format in any other territories?)-- uhm... well, given that it appeared on my computer in electronic format, i'm assuming that it's non-"copy controlled" at least somewhere!