I just submitted this for consideration. If you haven’t already read the Deciblog’s scathing, succinct takedown of the marketing plan for the Mars Volta’s new album, you should. The usb stick gimmick gives the middle finger to the environment in ways I cannot comprehend. Has the record industry not heard of email? Try meeting the consumer where they live. It’s cheaper!
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Whoa, those comments are pretty harsh. Dang. But yeah, wtf is up with the usb thing? Lame. Do not want.
I don’t get the USB fetish personally, but I know from a recent discussion with folks behind the USB phenomenon that they are very attached to the notion.