Boys apparently do cry.

Look, I'm sorry about the pictures.

I needed to depict this story.

It's called a slow news week, people. Just be thankful I decided to avoid this whole debacle.

But I guess you have to ask yourself: By posting that link, did I actually avoid the debacle? Or did I just perpetuate it?

You also have to ask yourself: Is he just using 49-cent words to mask the obvious ridiculousness of the blog he's writing?

Of course not. That would be reprehensible.

What was I talking about? Oh, right. This whole Robert Smith thing.

For a seemingly easy-going, happy-go-lucky sorta guy, Smith is coming off just a little fussy these days. Is it because he's looking more and more like Doc Brown every day?

Not entirely.

No, Smith made some comments this week that he "disagreed violently" with Radiohead allowing fans to pay whatever they deemed appropriate for their most recent full-length, In Rainbows. Robbie said, "You can't allow other people to put a price on what you do, otherwise you don't consider what you do to have any value at all and that's nonsense. If I put a value on my music and no one's prepared to pay that, then more fool me, but the idea that the value is created by the consumer is an idiot plan, it can't work."

Nobody's debating that Smith definitely has a solid grasp on the fundamentals of capitalism. He's got that shit down.

But apparently nobody wanted to give him any spoilers and he missed the part where In Rainbows hit No. 1 in both the U.S. and the U.K., and still managed to net Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood a glockenspiel made entirely out of diamond and the tears of orphaned panda bears.

And I don't know anyone who paid a cent for it.

Look, I'm not an economist. But I'm thinking I'm gonna start telling people they can pay whatever they want to pay for this blog.

I'm still savin' up for that sweet jet ski.

2 More Things We Think We Learned This Week

Girl Power isn't dead. Two of the Spice Girls could be, but Girl Power is fine.

Dates were revealed for this summer's No Doubt/Paramore tour, which features a bunch of shows with the Sounds. For those with conscious memories of 1998, this will be the greatest concentration of X chromosomes on one stage since the heyday of Lilith Fair. Though I have a hunch there's gonna be a lot more frat boys at this.

iTunes is savin' up for its own sweet jet ski

Apparently tired of getting richer in 99-cent increments, Apple launched its first "iTunes Pass" this week with a package deal surrounding Depeche Mode. For $18.99, you'll get the upcoming Depeche Mode album and basically every other official release from the band within the next couple of months--from exlusive singles to videos. All in all, it ain't a bad deal if you're into pouty British electro-pop (which, believe me: I am). But passes for your favorite bands are likely sure to follow. Think you'd plop down twenty bucks for a Panic At The Disco or Brand New iTunes Pass?

Either way, Robert Smith's gotta be happy you can't name your price.