It makes such a refreshing change when a company a) has a personality and b) feels able to express that personality in their communications with their customers.
I recently ordered the new Thomas Dolby CD and DVD from CDbaby.com and just received this fantastic email to let me know they had shipped.
Subject : CD Baby loves [...]

The ‘new’ Beatles album Love was released today. Of course, it’s not really a new album but a collection of classic Beatles songs that form the soundtrack for the new Cirque de Soleil show in Las Vegas of the same name.

Disappointed? Don’t be… this is no ordinary compilation album.
This is the Beatles as you have [...]

Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums have been tampered with in the latest stunt by “guerrilla artist” Banksy.
Banksy has replaced Hilton’s CD with his own remixes and given them titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For?
He has also changed pictures of her on the CD sleeve to [...]

I’ve decided that tomorrow I will mostly be listening to rock music!
So I’ve loaded up the multi-changer with the following selection for my delectation:

The Who – Who’s Next
Pink Floyd – Echoes
Ian Brown – The Greatest
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd – Is There Anybody Out There

Mostly classic rock monsters but with a little Ian Brown [...]

Syd Barrett, one of the original members of Pink Floyd, has sadly died.
I’m a big Pink Floyd fan but mostly the post Barrett music of Meddle onwards. So I was surprised how sad I felt when I heard that Syd had died.
Waste is a word that springs to mind when thinking of Syd’s life. [...]

Underworld have released another new track in The RiverRun Project!
Whilst Underworld work on their new album, due out next year, they are releasing tracks of almost album length directly from their website.
The new track is titled I’m a Big Sister, and I’m a Girl, and I’m a Princess, and this is my Horse and follows [...]