The death of popular music (as we know it)

Radiohead, the monumentally great English rock quintet, has temporarily done away with the concept of the record label and is offering its new album In Rainbows on a dedicated site. The MP3s, available on Oct. 10, are priced on a pay-what-you-like basis; a deluxe CD-and-book box version, which comes out in December, costs around $80. Traditionalists fear not: a normal CD is scheduled for next year. I'm particularly looking forward to the new version of "Reckoner," which is said to be amazing.