This letter from Wired to DC Comics regarding their new line of comics interested me both from the DC comic reboot perspective (I loved Grant Morrison's All Star Superman), but also regarding the questions it asks about the price of digital merchandise.

I've been having similar discussions regarding my band's CDs.

We're in the interesting and unusual situation where we want the digital to cost more than the physical product (much as it pains me on every level) to encourage people to buy the physical product, because we have so much of it.

But at the same time, we don't want it to be too expensive. It's a fine line.

More on that later.

Hottest 100 Australian Albums Of All Time.

I'm uninterested in the outcome of such a poll. Triple J has left me behind. I'm of the wrong generation. I look at street press these days and know none of the bands. I'm OK with that.

What I found interesting is on the front page of this poll is the question, "What is an album?".

It is a question I've grappled with before. Triple J came up with similar rules, but added some extra:

What's an album?

It's pretty obvious, but we will spell out exactly what we're after to avoid any confusion.

Albums can be either physical (CDs/LPs/cassettes) or digital in format. They are bodies of work longer than 30 minutes in length.

We are not including EPs, mini-albums or very long singles in this poll.

We are not including Greatest Hit compilations or live albums (unless the live album showcased all new material at the time of its release) in this poll.

Compilations featuring various artists will also not be included unless those albums featured entirely unreleased material at the time of release.

Movie/TV soundtrack albums are fine if they are original works and not just a collection of previously released songs.

Concept/tribute albums where the recordings were specifically recorded for the project are fine.

My personal rules never include compilations, greatest hits, soundtracks, live CDs for any reason, although I have thought a few times about live albums that exist by themselves full of original music with no "studio recorded" version of those songs... for example, Original Cast Recordings could be albums, but I think of them more as Soundtracks, even if all original songs.

BTW, I did vote in the above poll, but picked obscure Australian bands from the 90s to throw them a bit. I don't expect Caligula, The Sharp or Primary to get anywhere near the top, but they should.