The show went well. Previous to playing it, I emailed the GM and the Program Director at KBGA, and got no response from them, so I assumed it was a go. When I arrived at the studio, the new general manager, who will replace the current one at semester’s end, gave me a little resistance ‘cos she didn’t understand what I was trying to do. I explained it to her, and she encouraged me to call the GM and make sure I had his permission. I did, and he said, “go for it,” so I did.

Add to the setlist Springsteen’s new one, available at the iTunes Music Store exclusively until the album comes out, “Devils and Dust”. Also add Radiohead’s “Everything in its Right Place”, Wilco’s “Reservations”, and Public Enemy’s clean version of “41:19”. All available on their respective websites for free download before they were available for purchase anywhere else.

You can download the Extroidinary Machine album in its entirety at TorrentBox, and learn more about the onging fight to get the album released at Fiona Apple dot Org. Read the comments on the blog, there is an interesting dialogue occurring there. And there, I also learned that, in addition to The End in Seattle, a station out of Iowa/Omaha NB has played the album as well.

I read pieces from articles on CNET quoting studies done indicating that filesharing does not affect record sales, a scathing indictment of the record industry by Cortney Love, who has also utilized the Internet to distribute her music, as well as stuff from Chuck D, as quoted on CNET. I’d link them, but did not save the links, opting to print the stories instead, and the URLS are pretty long, I’m pretty tired, + my typing hands are less than happy to be still in front of a keyboard.

Conversations I had with other DJs at the station seemed positive. One DJ who had already heard the album said it’s the Blood on the Tracks of our generation. Being a Dylan fan, I don’t know that I agree with that statement, though the album is definitely a good one. Other DJs voiced their view that since Epic/Sony and Apple herself have had no comment about the album being available for download, that this is a marketing ploy. Maybe. But the album is out there. Get it if you need it. I love it, and I’m not a huge Fiona Apple fan.

Meanwhile, for those of you in need of a writing fix from me, head over to CPFA to read my latest, Broken Window.

Thanks for dropping by, I’m headed to bed.