Radiohead
videomaker to direct Japanese remake
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Thursday 30-05-02
Video director Jonathan Glazer,
who also did Radiohead's Street Spirit &
Karma Police and UNKLE's Rabbit in your headlights,
is poised to direct a remake of the Japanese
film "Chaos" [from Jam]
You can check out a repeat of
Saturday Night Live featuring Radiohead (perfoming
two songs) on Comedy Central, June 7th at 6pm
(ET)
Here
are some samples of Christopher O'Riley playing
Radiohead. [thanks adam]
'Parrots Nest' next Radiohead single
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Wednesday 29-05-02
Parrots Nest is the title of the
new Radiohead single. The single will be released
with a video done by video designers CoCoa Creative.
The track is the first of Radiohead's sixth
studio album.
There are some sites like CDNow,
who have listed The Bends 2 [limited edition],
which should be released on June 11th. I don't
think this will be anything new, probably a
re-release of the Japanese edition of The Bends.
AT EASE was down for almost twelve
hours today. The site is back online for now
and hopefully it will be again for a long time.
I'm working on a solution to prevent this from
happening again.
News snippets
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Monday 27-05-02
In the latest issue of Rolling
Stone in the article about the ownership of
Nirvana's music, Courtney Love compares an unreleased
Nirvana track with Radiohead's Kid A [thanks
sara].
Radiohead were #41 on the New York radiostation
92.3 K-Rock's "92 Greatest Bands of all
Time" countdown [thanks Seema]
Radiohead were #23 on the Los
Angeles radio station 106.7 KROQ’s “106.7
Biggest KROQ Bands of All Time” Memorial
Day weekend countdown. [thanks Kristina]
All of the Radiohead shows in
San Sebastian are now sold out [thanks escribano]
And as long as there isn't much
Radiohead news today, let me mention that the
new Supersub single is out today. 'Easy
To Run' is available in stores now. Check
out the Supersub
site.
Thom mentioned on Conan
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Friday 24-05-02
Thom Yorke was mentioned on Conan
O'Brien las night, where he did the sketch "
If They Mated'' and the pictures of Meg Ryan
and Craig Bierko were combined by computer.
The result was a hideous blonde person with
one of the eyes drooping. After seeing the picture,
Conan said, "It looks like Thom Yorke from
Radiohead!'' The audience booed the obviously
unfunny joke. [thank divinegrrl]
Phil Selway's Birthday
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Thursday 23-05-02
No news today, so you might as
well celebrate Phil Selway's birthday. Phil
turned 35 today. Congrats! Here's
Phil running the mararthon in audio and video.
Four Tet support Radiohead on summer tour
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Tuesday 21-05-02
Four
Tet, signed at Domino Records will tour with
Radiohead to support the band on their summer
gigs in Portugal and Spain. [thanks caledonian
girl]
It took ages, but finally there's
photo of Phil Selway from the London Marathon,
published in this month's issue of Q magazine.Click
the image on the right to enlarge. [thanks Matthew]
The 16 down flashback to Radiohead will be broadcast
Saturday May 25th on Dutch channel 'Net5' at
23:50 hrs. [thanks marc & mieke]
Thom Yorke debuts Rabbit in Your Headlights
live with DJ Shadow
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Monday 20-05-02
It seems that Thom Yorke performed
live with DJ Shadow at the Bristol Academy last
night (May 19th). DJ Shadow, who has recorded
Rabbit
In Your Headlights with Thom Yorke in an
UNKLE collaboration in 1998, played the song
live for the first time with Thom on vocals.
In recent interviews DJ Shadow mentioned that
he is a big Radiohead fan and that he would
like to work with them. DJ Shadow will perform
live again tonight in the sold out London Astoria.
[thanks gravey]
Beck has recently completed his new record with
producer Nigel
Godrich. The as yet untitled record is due
out September 24th on Interscope Records. This
means Nigel is now available for Radiohead,
producing their sixth
studio album. [thanks steve]
Elvis Costello on Radiohead
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Saturday 18-05-02
Elvis Costello was asked the following
question: What do you think about bands
like Radiohead and Muse? Thought "Kid
A" and "Amnesiac" were two very
fine records. Love "Morning Bell".
Thanks for the recommendation on Muse. [thanks
ian]
As mentioned earlier, but now
confirmed, Exit
Music is indeed in the new movie Unfaithful.
An assistant of soundtrack composer Jan A.P.
Kaczmarek has said it was licensed from Radiohead.
[thanks mach, joe & natalia]
Radiohead tickets delayed
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Tuesday 14-05-02
For those who ordered tickets
for the upcoming Radiohead through W.A.S.T.E.will
have to wait a little while longer. The tickets
were supposed to be sent before May 1st, but
the printing got held up for some reason and
caused a delay. So, don't worry everything is
absolutely fine. All tickets are at W.A.S.T.E.
and allocated to their rightful owners. They
will be sent out over the next week. [thanks
Mieke]
Some people have e-mailed about Exit
Music being in the movie "unfaithful".
Near the middle of the film there is a piano
piece that seems like the score of Exit Music.
The score for Unfaithful is credited to acclaimed
Polish composer Jan A. P. Kaczmarek. So, at
the moment it doesn't seem likely that Radiohead
have contributed to this film. The soundtrack
debuts today in the USA. [thanks mach]
It's not that unusual to see minor celebrities
on Toronto's 501 Queen streetcar. When you're
a touring rock star or an environmentally friendly
hipster living downtown, you usually a) can't
afford your own car and b) have to get around
somehow. That said, it's an entirely different
scenario when you seemingly spot rock royalty
casually riding around on the Red Rocket. And
that's where, at around 10 a.m. this morning,
ChartAttack spotted what looked to be Radiohead's
frontman Thom Yorke. Here's
the full story [thanks Marla]
Thom on MB
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Sunday 12-05-02
Thom was on the official MB last
night. Here are some of the things he said [thanks
spirit of youth for the following]:
What is Thom listening to in the morning?
me i listen to the news then GO PLastic by Squarepusher
in my car. everything else is uphill..
What is Thom listening to after work?
bob marley and the wailers early recording on
TROJAN, released this year 2cd.. or Uprising
by said same
And reading?
I am reading DANTE. i am i am.
Glastonbury 2002?
um. sorry.we arent. we never said we would this
year. this always happens. its a compliment
that the rumour spreads, but we aint aint aint.
maybe next year.
New album and Big Boots?
yes we are working bloody hard on it now. we
are trying to be a bit more err focused, less
neurotic. itll be sooner than you think. some
old songs may appear yup
Describe one particular sound
you've just recorded
"fractal wave
XFM/MTV
XFM does as you so rightly say suck. but not
quite as much MTV2 in europe.
Songs to be played in Portugal in Spain?
virtually all new. virtually all under rehearsed.
lots of scratching heads and shrugging shoulders.
maybe flashes of inspiration. hmm.. bet you
cant wait.
Performing 'I'm set free' with Beck/Are you
friends with Beck?
yes through Nigel ~Godrich. but we hold up our
hands and say NO! when Mr Scientoligy wanders
in, strictly C of E as we are..
Ed on the message board?
he's not very good with computers(ssshhhh) strictly
control voltage him.
Are autechre better than aphex
twin?
the only one of those 3 i listen to at the moment
is the last Autechre record. it makes my head
spin. that and GO plastic suqrepusher..no not
bogdn foir me im afraid.
RH's next video should be fully choreographed!
see i wanted to release everything in its right
place as a single and perform it with a dance
troop in leotards behaving like clockwork rabbits.
do it love on top of the pops... oh well
Thom, do you in any way shape or form like
muse?
no. no shape. no form.
Radiohead: Almost All time favourites
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Thursday 09-05-02
UK's radio station Xfm did a
best album ever phone-in and Radiohead got to
no. 2 with The
Bends and no. 1 with OK
Computer. [thanks dan]
A similar list in the Netherlands, 'De Hemelse
100', is broadcast today on 3fm,
with Radiohead on no. 3 with OK
Computer and The
Bends on no. 38.
As reported last week, Stanley Donwood's 48
page spread of artwork for IDEA Magazine will
appear in the forthcoming issue. It is published
on 10 June in Japan. According to the magazine,
the cover artwork will be also done by him.
Their website is http://www.idea-mag.com/ (English
version available) [thanks Kyoko].
[feyenoord
:uefa cup winner 2002]
Interview
with Stanley
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Tuesday 07-05-02
Check out Junk Food Manifesto
for an interview with Stanley Donwood. Here's
a direct link.
New artwork from Stanley
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Friday 03-05-02
Stanley Donwood has just finished
a 48-or-so page spread of new artwork for idea
magazine from tokyo, japan. it'll probably end
up in the june issue. website is www.idea-magazine.com
- havent got a clue whether any of it will end
up online. [thanks max]
Sign the Petition
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Thursday 02-05-02
A few radiohead fans have decided
to create an online petition to send to Radiohead
in the petition to show the band how much we
love 2 unreleased tracks including 1) big ideas
and 2) follow me around. http://www.petitiononline.com/fmabigs/petition.html
Entertainment Weekly just published
Jack Black's personal top 5 albums of all time
(or of right now). See the 4/21 issue (p. 73)
for the full hilarity. But here's some of what
Jack said to reporter Dan Snierson about his
favorites:
1. The Bends by Radiohead: "The
best band in the history of rock"
2. Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair: "So
complex and delicious"
3. Freedom of Choice by Devo: "a genius
theatrically" and "kick-ass tunes"
4. We Sold Our Souls for Rock and Roll by Black
Sabbath: "This album is
a capsule of a romantic time when Satan was
real"
5. Surfer Rosa by The Pixies: "so primal
and original"
After the interview, Jack remembered
AC/DC's Back in Black: "It kicks all those
albums' asses" [thanks A.J.]
DJ Shadow is considering the Radiohead
approach to media as he says on his website,
djshadow.com.
The band are only mentioned once, but he's still
thinking of the boys. On the site, click FASTFORWARD,
then it's in Shadow's Digest [thanks jack]
Check out a new site dedicated to the waste
game, called www.waste-game-news.com,
with news on the waste games.
Radiohead's Street Spirit video
came in fifth on VH1's poll of the greatest
vids. (ahead of thriller!!!) [thanks ben]
2003