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Brad Mehldau covers another Radiohead song [Friday 27-09-02]

Brad Mehldau who has covered various Radiohead songs in the past, played his version of 'Everything in it's right place' on KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Eclectic'. You can listen to the whole show here. [thanks Craig]

Ed O'Brien and Colin Greenwood turned out in London last night to celebrate the launch of Supergrass' new album 'Life on other planets'. The party at the CC Club in the West End saw a number of UK stars - including Ed Harcourt and Tricky's one-time muse Martina Topley-Bird - take to the stage to cover Supergrass hits in a loungecore style, backed by a lounge band. Coxon, looking relaxed and not missing Blur one little bit, closed the covers section, blowing out the lounge band and instead blasting through Supergrass's 'Richard III' [from: supergrass.tv]

Radiohead on Jools Holland DVD [Wednesday 25-09-02]

The renowned dance choreographer Merce Cunningham has requested Sigur Rós and Radiohead to write music for his forthcoming piece, to be premiered in New York City in October 2003. Sigur Rós have already begun writing music for the show. Merce Cunningham (aged 83) has been working in choreography for 50 years and is considered to be one of most influential figures in modern dance. [thanks Arthur]

Radiohead are amongst the band's whose classic performances are to feature on a DVD marking the tenth anniversary of 'Later... with Jools Holland'.The BBC music show has been running for a decade, and to coincide with its birthday, a DVD is to be released on November 18, showcasing the highlights of the last decade. Performances include Blur doing 'Parklife', Oasis performing 'Whatever' and Radiohead doing 'Paranoid Android' [full tracklist and story at nme.com]

Thom Yorke was in the october 2002 issue of details magazine with leonardo dicaprio on the cover, it was the 50 most influential men under 37, thom placed at 32, the magazine hailed him a music prophet and named him the John Lennon of our time because he is able to do things with music no one has done before. [thanks erin]

Colin: "A quarter of the way through with the new album" [Tuesday 24-09-02]

Thom and Colin were on the Mark Radcliffe show on BBC Radio 1 this afternoon, Colin said that they were a quarter of the way through with the new album and that it would be out as soon as possible next year. Radiohead were nominated for the Halon Menswear Music Awards, but didn't win. Thom jokingly said that they would hear from his lawyer. [thanks Ross & Jane]

Click here for some audio from the show.

Their BBC bio: Radiohead are proud members of Romany families and first met at a horse rustling and shopping trolley fair in Stevenage where they were all competing in the under fives bare knuckle fighting. Their first album "pablo Picasso" was released only on wax cylinder and eight track cartridge yet still reached number 73 in the Faroe islands - since then their experimental fervour has seen them release such landmark albums as "OK Breviile Sandwich Toaster", "Amnees'n'bumps a daisy" and "kid Gloves" a tribute album to the shirehorses.
Still good friends the radiohead boys all live together in a luxury coal bunker in Wensleydale.

Kid A on the Sopranos [Monday 23-09-02]

Last night's episode of the HBO series "The Soprano's" featured the song 'Kid A' as the closing credits scrolled. [thanks Scott, Stuart, Robert, Ronen & Marla]

Courtney Love & Jason Lee on Radiohead [Sunday 22-09-02]

Courtney Love did 24 straight hours on MTV. She started complaining that they promised to be the band of the century, but disappointed with Kid A and "Amnesia". To make up for her idiotic statements she played the Creep performance from the mtv beach house. They also played the entire live at the ten spot Radiohead concert later on in the evening [thanks Steve & Stanley]

On Friday's "Last Call with Carson Daly", actor Jason Lee was asked what he'd like played on MTV. he said "the stuff that's usually not on MTV." The first band he mentioned was Sigur Ros. He also mentioned Beck and Radiohead, which received some audience applause. [thanks Peter]

For those who are still expecting a reply to their e-mails, that were sent earlier than two weeks ago.. please send the e-mail again, because all e-mails got lost.

Radiohead special tonight [Friday 20-09-02]

There's a Radiohead special on the Music Express show tonight ITV1 UK at 23:55 with interviews and video clips.

The press spotted Thom in Los Angeles. The Guardian at the Chateau Marmont hotel, high above Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. "Thom Yorke, in LA for the next Radiohead album with Beck's producer Nigel Godrich, casts a pall over this sunny September afternoon. The singer climbs, grim-faced, into the band's chauffeur-driven, black people carrier as though he's about to join a funeral cortège." [thanks Psychomat]

And the LA Times: "The Well in Hollywood turns 1 on Sunday, and Radiohead's Thom Yorke was turning girls on at the Hollywood bar when he popped in last week. Creepy
...." [thanks Peggy]

Ticket information Thom Yorke @ Bridge School [Thursday 19-09-02]

Ticket information and lineup for the 16th annual Bridge School benefit concerts featuring Thom Yorke has been announced. The shows, arranged by Neil Young, take place October 26 and 27 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.
Thom Yorke will perform both nighst along with James Taylor, Jack Johnson, Ryan Adams, Vanessa Carlton, Tenacious D, and Neil Young. Foo Fighters close the show on Saturday and the Sunday concert features a set by the surviving Grateful Dead members performing as The Other Ones.
The mostly acoustic showcase always attracts surprise guests and impromptu jam sessions between unlikely combinations of musicians. Tickets go on sale at ticketmaster.com on September 22 at 10 a.m. Pacific time and cost $38.75 and $48.75 per day. Proceeds from the show go to the Bridge School, which was founded by Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, for the communicative and educational development of children with severe speech and physical impairments.

The new Asian Dub Foundation album featuring Ed O'Brien on guitar will be released three months earlier than planned. The band will released the album in January 2003 and will be preceded with an EP in the autumn. [thanks Jurgen]

Thom Yorke to make rare solo appearance [Wednesday 18-09-02]

Thom Yorke is to make a rare solo appearance at this year's Bridge School benefit concert in the US. This year's concerts take place at the Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre on October 26-27, and will be the 16th annual event.

The shows are aimed to raise funds for the non-profit school co-founded by Neil Young, which works with children with speech and physical difficulties.

MTV news reports that alongside Yorke, this year's bill also includes Foo Fighters, Ryan Adams and Neil Young, amongst others.

It is likely that at the shows, Yorke will take the opportunity to play new material from Radiohead's forthcoming, sixth album. The band are massive fans of Young, and have previously covered his classic 'Cinnamon Girl at live shows. The group have just come back from the US, where they recorded for two weeks with longtime producer Nigel Godrich. [from nme.com]

Once again, Remix is releasing the second series of the well-accepted Remix album 2 through Virgin records in October 2002. This double CD release contains the latest remixes, bootlegs and studio rarities of artists ranging from The Cure to Peaches, Placebo to Soulwax and the Zero 7 remix of Radiohead's 'Climbing Up The Walls' track will be featured on the album.

Blur on Radiohead [Wednesday 11-09-02]

Answer: " I'd love to come back to Australia. Radiohead are pretty cool. They challenged Alex and I to a game of bridge. Never happened." [thanks Mike & Phil]

Q wants your votes for the first Top 100 all time greatest albums poll of the 21st century. Nominate your ten favourite LPs using the form and one lucky person will be picked at random to win the 100 albums. Go here to vote for Radiohead. [thanks Jocelyn]

Radiohead at the 'Punch-drunk Love' screening [Tuesday 10-09-02]

While in Los Angeles, recording their new album, Radiohead & producer Nigel Godrich were at L.A.'s Egyptian Theatre last night, attending the cast and crew private screening of the film 'Punch-drunk Love' directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. When Thom was asked how the
recordings were going, he returned with a sly smile and said: 'slowly'. Near the end of the night when everyone was ready to go, Thom disappeared and Ed and Colin were looking for him and then Colin shrugged and Ed said: 'Fuck it' and they left... [thanks cj]

In an interview at allstar, The Vines on their constant comparisons to Nirvana: Nicholls figures it could be worse. "That's fine," he says. "We're totally influenced by that band. We think the next one will sound like Radiohead, but it's hard to tell. [The new songs] are really serious and melodic." [thanks alex]

Ash's Thom Yorke impression [Monday 09-09-02]

In this months Q, in a Q&A with 'Ash', some one asks the bands drummer:

Q: " Rick, have Radiohead ever seen your Thom Yorke impression where you drink some Sarson's vinegar ans screw your face up?"

REPLY:[Laughing] I don't know whether he's seen it or not, bu i think he'd be quite impressed. WE were drunk on the bus one night and we'd had Radiohead on the stereo and i started drinking the vinegar, screwing my face up and dancing like Thom. I haven't spoken to him about it, I've only met Colin and, er, the other one. [thanks filtherator]

Wanna cheat your way through Trivial Pursuit? [Sunday 08-09-02]

The brand-new 20th Anniversary Edition of the popular board game "Trivial Pursuit" has two Radiohead-related questions [thanks Elizabeth]:

Question #1:Who humbly said of his role in Radiohead: "We operate like the U.N., and I'm America"?
Answer: Thom Yorke

Question #2:What Radiohead effort did Parlophone Records hype as "the most ground-breaking album to debut at number one worldwide in decades"?
Answer: Kid A

Jonny & Ed on the first week of recording [Saturday 07-09-02]

Ed & Jonny made an appearance at the official message board again last night. The band are still in Los Angeles, recording tracks for their new album. According to Jonny it was a good first week. Jonny: "Lots of stuff at least recorded, just got to work out what it is we've done. Played glock (Glockenspiel, AE) all day...and guitar all yesterday. Kazoo tomorrow. Everyone's v. happy and we've started new songs every day. It's been a good start."

On Los Angeles, Jonny said: "LA's nice enough. Could do with a car..... most common shop signs in Hollywood: 1 - '100 head shots $ 95', 2 - 'scripts copied'. Ed: " the lengths that u go to ..... la is just fine .... went for a walk at sunset and surveyed the scene from dante's peak".

Ed on his current music favourites: "I've been listening to loads of reggae but my absolutely fave album of the year by a mile is original pirate material by the streets .."

Howard Devoto, former singer of Buzzcoks and Magazine talked about Radiohead in an interview at shelleydevoto.com:

So what about Radiohead? "'Creep' - well, great. And 'Karma Police'- ditto. I didn't connect with O K Computer otherwise. But Kid A and Amnesiac got me interested in Radiohead again. And 'Pyramid Song' is just fantastic. I'm in tears every time".
Howard devoto recorded an album with Pete Shelley, Buzzcocks former guitar player, Shelly Devoto. it's called Buzzkunst!

Rolling Stone have their own opinions about Radiohead's views on Naomi Klein's 'No Logo'. Here is a part of the Well Hung At Dawn column on Rollingstone.com's website. They're reporting from the Reading fes. and are looking at t-shirts.: " We also see one that says "No Logo" on the back. Not sure what was on the front. Probably a fucking Radiohead logo." [thanks Josh R]

Beck, SNL [Wednesday 04-09-02]

'By far the coolest star sighting, though, were all five members of Radiohead, fresh from a European tour, giving Beck a standing ovation for his subdued encore run-through of Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning." Instead of leaving right after the song, Thom Yorke and Co. just stood there looking stunned before being whisked by security into the backstage area.' [thanks Zack] full story here.

Make sure to check the #5234th repeat of the Saturday Night Live show featuring Radiohead on Comedy Central, Friday, September 13th at 6 pm (ET)

Moby covered Radiohead's 'Creep' in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 20, 2002. Due to heavy rains and audio complications, the opening act, Dirty Vegas, was unable to perform. Moby played an extra long set to appease the crowd. Before playing "Creep", Moby stated, "We've only played this song in rehersal. It's a great song, but Radiohead never plays it live for some reason." Radiohead did play "Creep" as their final encore in Portugal. [thanks discostashball]

In the 2002 XFM chart Radiohead's chart positions shaped up like this: 2. 'Creep' (2), 8. 'Just' (9), 19. 'Paranoid Android' (16), 45. 'Karma Police' (New), 52. 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' (New), Nirvana topped the chart with 'Heart shaped Box' [thanks Grace]