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AC/DC Excel Spreadsheet Music Video Has Us Thunderstruck

2:00AM Jack Loftus | Sure, AC/DC may be behind the times on digital distribution. And they could be described as “in denial” about the death of the music album, but this Microsoft Excel spreadsheet music video, while not condoned by the band in any way, is rockin’ our Hell’s Bells this fine Sunday afternoon. Better still, this “music video” was designed with the corporate drone in mind—spreadsheets navigate office firewalls with ease! The video is the fine work of Phil Clandillon and Steve Milbourne, who work at a division of Sony/BMG in London. They call this “the world’s first music video in Excel format.” “Basically, it’s come about because we recognised that a lot of people have fairly restrictive internet and security policies at work,” said Clandillon inan interview with Wired.com. “What we really liked was that we could actually subvert the corporate firewalls by including AC/DC’s music in an Excel spreadsheet, because that’s allowed through every corporate firewall there is.” If you want, you can download the spreadsheet at the AC/DC rocks web site, and start sharing today. No Macs allowed. [Wired] More »

AC/DC Gives iTunes the Finger, Goes Exclusive with Verizon

2:50AM Seamus Byrne | While Led Zeppelin is half-assedly bringing their music to iTunes, AC/DC is taking an altogether different route: Their catalog is going to… Verizon? Yes, AC/DCs music is going exclusively to Verizon’s music store for some reason. The strange thing is, you’ll only be able to download one song to your phone (You Shook Me All Night Long), and the albums are running for $12, more than their Amazon counterparts and more than they’d cost on iTunes. Oh, and you can’t download single tracks, just entire albums. Great work, AC/DC! I’m sure this’ll move a lot of albums for you. [PC World via Crunchgear] More »