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Right now, Radiohead is so universally beloved that it becomes news whenever any prominent artist says anything remotely bad about them. (Well, in our universe it's news, anyway.) So when Cure frontman Robert Smith sniffed at Radiohead's In Rainbows pay-what-you-want pricing model, we reported on it. And now Smith has clarified his remarks in a way that would please fellow Radiohead basher Kanye West: A typo-heavy all-caps blog rant! (Via Stereogum.) Here's what Smit...
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Right now, Radiohead is so universally beloved that it becomes news whenever any prominent artist says anything remotely bad about them. (Well, i... more info
Pitchfork — Virgil Griffith is a 25-year-old grad student at Caltech, and in his spare time he makes elaborate charts comparing people's SAT scores to their tastes in music and book... more info
Idolator — So last week's little controversy over Robert Smith saying that In Rainbows' pay-what-you-want experiment was maybe not so good for art led to me getting annoyed with the... more info
Idolator — After making some disparaging comments about a misunderstood perception of "The Radiohead Model" (which Maura helpfully defined correctly) and kicking up a consequent shi... more info
Stereogum — In a Kanye-locked post, the Godlike Genius clarifies calling Radiohead's In Rainbows strategy, aka "marketing ruse," an "idiot plan," taking a moment to address the "idio... more info
The Telegraph Blog — Ah. In these days of uncertainty, it's good to know there's one thing we can rely on. You may not have a job tomorrow, but you can be sure the ego of Kanye West will be t... more info