This from the yahoo "newswire", from an article on Ben Folds releasing a
few EP's over the next year or so, instead of a "proper" album: and
here's the link if you'd like to read the whole thing:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I17226925


"Folds is eschewing the release of the EP to traditional outlets,
instead opting to sell it at concert dates on his upcoming Lottapianos
Tour 2003 with Tori Amos (news), on his official Web site
(http://www.benfolds.com) and at Apple's iTunes Music Store. Vinyl
copies will be available in stores and the discs will not go to radio
for promotion.

"This way, I don't have to kowtow to the big-a** record chains and then
in order to get a certain number of records shipped, I don't have to
kiss radio people's a**es," says Folds. "And in turn, I don't have to do
TV in order to get the radio slots and do certain kinds of press that I
don't want to do. It's all kind of nice and the record business right
now is going, 'Okay, any way you want to do it is totally fine because
we're just barely getting by.' So, they are not arguing about that. is
pretty well aware that I'm not going to be competing with Shakira. It's
a really nice musical way for me to do it. I just go into the studio,
there is no 'How does this fit in with anything?' I just do five songs.
It's music. People who know my music and know who I am can find it, and
that's great."

Thanks Ben!

Jeff T.
Delaware