Ordered NIN Y34RZ3r0r3mix3d Vinyl, review coming soon.

I’m trying to get into the habit of reviewing more music as soon as it comes out. I guess I know where I’ll be on most Tuesdays (Newbury Comics first thing in the morning). I just ordered the new NIN remix album, Y34RZ3r0r3mix3d, which in case you can’t tell is a remix album of Year Zero. I won’t have it for a few days, since they are shipping the the vinyl (would have gotten the MP3, but I’m a sucker for vinyl still). Vinyl makes me do ‘intentional listening’, which I find is far better for actually getting the most out of an album. I will admit (and Trent I have a feeling won’t hate me for this) that I’m probably going to go and download the MP3 version from The Pirate Bay or something. I’m already paying nearly $40 for the vinyl damnit! Yes, that’s my rationalizing here, and I know that less vinyl is being pressed these days, so the price is up. But there’s no way in hell I’m going to pay another $9 for the MP3 download. Yes, I’m a sucker that will pay 4x as much for an album just to have that 10% difference in audio quality. 

Speaking of the MP3, iTunes has the album (with DRM) for $9.99, and Amazon has it (sans-DRM I believe) for $8.99. Amazon sounds like a better deal imho. I still need to order the Radiohead In Rainbows vinyl, but the dollar keeps tanking and it keeps getting more expensive. I wonder if Newbury Comics will have it in a few days.

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