Huck

A lot has been said about Mike Huckabee being the most desirable Republican candidate for President by Democrats because they think he is the most beatable. In terms of desirability Mike Huckabee also has every other candidate beat on the baseball card front.

If you look at the listings of sellers and buyers there is a nice cross section. His autograph cards (shown above) are easily selling for more than $100 making them some of the most desirable auto cards of the set.

Radiohead -- House of Cards
This is from In Rainbows for which I am a marketing department's dream as I paid for the download and bought the physical album.

Album 3

Now that Radiohead's In Rainbows [a.k.a. Album 7] is out, we can all focus on the next urgently needed opus, Portishead's Album 3. Filter Magazine has a little update on the progress of the album:

The long waited third Portishead LP is finally closer to being finished. According to a blog posted by Geoff Barrow, the album, which has been ten years in the making, is currently in the mixing stage.

While no other details have been announced, Portishead are the curators for this year's (All Tomorrow's Parties sponsored) Nightmare Before Christmas Festival going down in Minehead, England on December 7-9. The band will also perform among the likes of Thurston Moore, Black Mountain, Silver Apples, Aphex Twin and a slew of others.

Portishead -- Elysium

Here is Portishead's blog and get their albums here.

Album 7

I just pre-ordered Album 7 from Radiohead...officially titled In Rainbows. In my earlier post about the news of the release I didn't mention that there is no "official price" and you can pay whatever you think if fair. A very interesting idea considering a typical record contract [for a band of Radiohead stature] would give the band between $2-3 a CD. Now that Radiohead is record company free, nearly the entire purchase price goes straight to Thom and the Boys.

That being said, I bought my copy for $12.99 [6.38 pounds + a .45 pound service fee]. I am more than happy with this because I had given up hope for any new Radiohead release this year and I love the fact that I learned about the release and get in in under a week and a half. I am not the typical buyer however as I will happily pay for the downloads and then buy the set that comes out in December...

The confirmation email they sent me says that I will receive another email on the 10th...tick tock...tick tock

Holy Crap, The New Radiohead Album Comes Out October 10th

LP 7 is here!...well in download form at least on October 10th...The album is called In Rainbows and the official website is here.

Here is a track listing...with information on a bonus disk that will be available when In Rainbows is available in physical form December 3rd.

Tracklist For In Rainbows:

01. 5 Step
02. Bodysnatchers

03. Nude

04. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

05. All I Need

06. Faust Arp

07. Reckoner

08. House of Cards

09. Jigsaw Falling Into Place

10. Videotape

Bonus Disc:

01. MK 1

02. Down Is the New Up

03. Go Slowly

04. MK 2

05. Last Flowers

06. Up On The Ladder

07. Bangers And Mash

08. 4 Minute Warning

A Radiohead Song You May Not Know

Radiohead's blog has been quiet for a couple of weeks and I haven't really seen any news about Album 7 other than this piece from NME that says the album is being mastered in New York...I am getting a little nervy waiting...to tide you over here is a song from the third HELP compilation...

Radiohead -- I Want None Of This War

Buy Radiohead here.