On Buying the New Foo Fighters Album from the iTMS

So, this morning, as I was doing my daily morning routine—500 push-ups, 1000 crunches, a 30-minute jog around my apartment...you know, the usual—anyway, as I was doing all this, I decided to go grab the new Foo Fighter's album from the iTMS, as it was released today, and I am a huge fan of the Foo.

Why do I mention this here on TUAW? Well, I have two reasons: The first, typical of me, is a complaint. I purchased, started the download and then continued with the aforementioned daily morning routine. When I was ready to jet out the door, I ran over to my Powerbook to shut her up and go, only to discover that only half of the double-album had been downloaded because the iTMS had decided to launch a little dialog window thanking me for purchasing this album. Thanks, but no thanks. This dialog stopped the download and made me late heading out the door. Sure, I could have just shut everything up and gone, but I didn't want to risk mangling any of the tracks or iTunes saying "You have already downloaded all purchased music." I wouldn't mind the dialog if it didn't interrupt the download, but as is, it is a supreme pain. Dear Apple, please fix this. Thank you.

Item number 2: I think this is the first album from the iTMS that I have seen, let alone purchased, that came with both a digital booklet and a bonus Interview video with the band. Super-cool value-added to the online purchase. I wonder if the actual CD set contains this bonus video. In any case, I wanted to note that I like this growth in the iTMS. I think it is value-added and makes me hate them just a little bit less for all their DRM nastiness (although I still hate them).

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to burn this double-album to CD and then re-rip it so I can put it on my LifeDrive and my PSP.