Not surprising at all, from player specific incompatibilities to folks needing lossless audio, basic customer support and fair pricings. It seems that the Apple music store, prolly the most successful online store, is under investigation by the European Commission for overcharging UK iTunes customers.

This anonymous poster's comments kinda sum up the sentiments, even if the analogy is a bit of a stretch:

Would you buy a car which could only drive to five locations on just three roads, required repurchasing when it broke down, with only three people a day allowed to be passengers and no option for other drivers to use it....and it cost more than a normal car without all the problems?
Anon, UK

Where's your head at, at, at, at...

Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at

Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at

Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at

Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at

Don't let the walls cave in on you
We can't evolve alone without you
Don't let the walls cave in on you
We can't evolve alone without you
Don't let the walls cave in on you
You get what you give that much is true
Don't let the walls cave in on you
You turned the world away from you

...

gonna be on the road this week. More postal juiciness to ensue in all y'alls general direction when I get back and am back in action!

stuff I'm feeling at the moment:

01. Heiko Laux, “Still Lively” (Kanzleramt)
02. Prezident Brown, “Rough Dub” (Jahmani Productions)
03. Sylvie Marks & Hal 9000, “Mad Zen” (BPitch Control)
04. Life Savas, “Skeletons” (Quannum)
05. Peter Broogs, “Jah Golden Dub” (BSI)
06. Mood To Swing, “Nafara” (Dynamite Joint)
07. Polycubist, “Echo Dub Sundae” (Skor)
08. Misc., “The Magic Number” (Sender)
09. Thomas Fehlmann, “Whistle” (Kompakt)
10. Ricardo Villalobos, “Waiworinao” (Playhouse)

a momentary diversion into one of the delights of seeing, showcased in the newish online photography magazine Seesaw.

It looks like the storied German labels Mille Plateaux/Force Inc. that went down last year in the vortex of the bankrupt distributor EFA, have relaunched themselves under the names Plateaux Resistance/Disco Inc. There's not much of a web presence at the moment, just some new releases by familiarish suspects.

And while we're in Deutschland, Kompakt is following closely on the digital footsteps of Nufonix, Beatport, dancetracks Digital, et al., opening up a portal, Kompakt MP3, for online distribution of their back catalogue.