"-> rachel" wrote:
ok, so CD Now is showing"Badorb.com - Bless you" as in stock and available: http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1759724702/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/al.... html/itemid=1561331
what gives?! could i *honestly* get it faster by ordering from cdnow than the source itself? this whole badorb.com has been an exceedingly frustrating experience, and is actually getting to the point where its putting me off the music...
Heh. I know what you mean. But...bear in mind: 1) BadOrb.com's primary business is 12" singles (and t-shirts(!?)), and their primary market is the UK. The other stuff is icing on the cake. 2) Bless You has been available in Japan for a month or two. 3) You should be able to buy it at any decent record store in the US today. (I did.) Have they screwed up? Yes. (Like me having BOB 12 & 13 while other people in LA still don't have BOB 11. And their packing still blows.) Will they continue to screw up? Yes. Have they made bad and/or contradictory marketing decisions? Hell yes. Was it a bad idea to release Bless You in Japan and the US before the BadOrb release? Yes, but it was probably out of their hands once they signed the deals. Are they getting better? Yes. Is there any better way, short of personally smoking LX out, to support LX/the Orb at this point? Not really. (Unless you can promote an Orb show or LX DJ set.) ;) Now, I have yet to be screwed hard by BadOrb; how they handle it if and when it happens could well change my feelings... ;) Chris np: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Experimental Remixes (anyone know if Bellbottoms (old rascal mix) actually features LX?)