I've been working for 14 hours, so I'm not gonna get into everything now, but I thought I'd comment.
This is not an online only membership. Online content, with the exception of chats, will now be free. There's no point in charging people for online content that only remains exclusive for 5 minutes. The new LPU is all about the experience with the band. We're hoping to offer opportunities like we've never offered before. Regardless of what you think, people don't join lpu for the keychain, the t-shirt, or even the CD. People join for the experience with the band they can't get anywhere else. We want to improve that and stop using our resources to produce packages that never please everyone.
I know now this seems a little crazy, but I hope you guys let us prove to you that things really are getting better for you.
On another note, the CD download is NOT the LPUX CD.