<![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 14 May 2008 19:09:56 EDT Wed, 14 May 2008 19:09:56 EDT http://idolator.com/390323/ <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/390323/#c5702197 Fuck 'em. Hope they do it, crash and burn and get it the hell over with. Love to see what the next excuse for failure and potential savior will look like.

Captain Wrong

]]> 33:390323:c5702197 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:09:56 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/390323/#c5695898 Yeah, this could be really bad news for fans of Hawkwind and The Mars Volta.

Silverfuture

]]> 33:390323:c5695898 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:13:20 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/390323/#c5695399 @pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: I hear Yes is planning a new album....

@pantsonfireliarliar: I'd be way more likely to rent a TV show than to buy one for just that reason. I'm unlikely to watch it twice, so why own it?

revmatty

]]> 33:390323:c5695399 Wed, 14 May 2008 14:56:15 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/390323/#c5694021 One thing I've never understood about buying TV shows (and subsequent pricing) is the fact that I'll watch a Sopranos episode once, maybe 2-3 times for a good episode. Sure it's an hour long show, but with such low replayability, why bother buying it? On the other hand, songs on my Top 25 Most Played playlist have play counts of 500+ over years of usage.

As far as time goes, I might get more out of a 99 cent single than a 2.99 episode.

pantsonfireliarliar

]]> 33:390323:c5694021 Wed, 14 May 2008 14:13:20 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/390323/#c5691723 Does the industry not understand that 99 cents a song is simply what people are willing to pay, and that raising the price will only result in losing more of the few customers they have left who are actually willing to pay for music at all?

Don't answer that; we already know how much the music industry understands about the internet.

Empire

]]> 33:390323:c5691723 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:56:06 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/390323/#c5689112 Yes, Apple caved...to a pay-TV distributor, on shows that are an hour in length and among the highest-rated in cable history. Somehow I doubt that's going to convince Jobs & co. to treat the next Usher single as a prestige release.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:390323:c5689112 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:42 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/390323/#c5688973 Maybe they'll start breaking up albums. Something like $8 for the singles and $5 for the other stuff.

RaptorAvatar

]]> 33:390323:c5688973 Wed, 14 May 2008 10:59:59 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/390323/#c5688312 Prediction: Some poor major-label act is going to be corralled into releasing a 10-minute debut single for the purposes of "testing the $2.99-a-song waters" within the next six months.

"I Will Possess Your Heart" - six months too soon...

Jerkwheat

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