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Radiohead Rocks Industry With Download-Only Album

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 11, 2007

Back in the day, fans would have congregated at midnight at their local music stores to get first crack at a new Radiohead album.

How old-fashioned.

Instead, the release of Radiohead's seventh studio album, 'In Rainbows,' was received Wednesday with online hysteria from fans, the blogosphere and music Web sites. It was Radiohead Day in the virtual world.

Sending shockwaves through a downtrodden music industry, the British quintet released 'In Rainbows' themselves online. Without a record label contract, the band decided to let fans choose their price, from one pence to infinite.

Very early Wednesday morning, 'In Rainbows' was available for download (DRM-free) from www.inrainbows.com.

RollingStone.com and NME.com both posted track-by-track reviews. Blog Stereogum hosted a mammoth thread, imploring readers to post their thoughts on the album.

Man Won't Get Photos Of Combs' Rings

Sean 'Diddy' Combs does not have to provide photos of his rings to a man who claims the rapper struck him outside a Hollywood club, a judge ruled Wednesday.

A Superior Court judge denied requests by Gerald Rechnitzer to see photos of the rings Combs wore that night. The rings were 'critical to the biomechanics of this case,' Rechnitzer's lawyer, Michael M. Marzban, argued in his motion.
Judge Robert L. Hess ruled that the photos were not essential.

Combs' lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, has called the allegation a 'flat-out lie' and denied Combs hit anyone.

'Easy Rider' Flag Fetches Big Bucks

The American flag taken from the back of the jacket worn by Peter Fonda in 'Easy Rider' has sold for $89,625 at an auction of the actor's memorabilia from the iconic 1969 movie.

The Rolex watch that Fonda wore in the film was also part of the auction last weekend at Dallas' Heritage Auction Galleries. It sold for $33,460.

Bobby Brown Recovering From Heart Attack

Bobby Brown spent a night in the hospital after suffering a mild heart attack, his attorney said Wednesday.

Brown, 38, had severe chest pains Tuesday night. He was admitted to Tarzana Regional Medical Center in California's San Fernando Valley and was released Wednesday morning in good condition, his attorney, Phaedra Parks, said.

Today's Birthdays

Singer Daryl Hall is 58. Actress Joan Cusack is 45.

Source: The Associated Press

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