Well, Ed’s diary has been discovered again by the press. There is an interesting article at Sonicnet which quotes a spokesman from Radiohead, Lewis Jamison, saying that the new album will not be released until the summer of 2000. You can read the article in it’s entirety here. There’s also another article based on Ed’s journal at Jam! Music and another at SpinOnline.
Hey! Ed’s diary has finally been updated! The band are in London at the moment with Nigel mixing some of the tracks. Go read it now!
The email from w.a.s.t.e. was sent out today. It mentions that you should download the newest version of the RealPlayer. For what purpose, we don’t know. Maybe a new song will be released over the internet? That’s just speculation. Here’s a copy of the email: If you don’t already have it, then please go to http://www.real.com and download the latest version of Realplayer. There is a free version for you to download on that site. Don’t ask me why……you just never know when you might need it.
Last Post dates for Chrimbo: (as recommended by the Royal Mail)
Outside Europe: 6th December Europe: 13th December Second Class (UK): 18th December
If orders get to us after these last post dates then you won’t get your luverly shirts for Christmas..
If you would rather not trust the Internet with your credit card number then w.a.s.t.e will be taking telephone orders from the 1st December until the 17th between 10am and 5pm.
Please ring 0118 956 9183 (if you’re in the UK) or +44 118 956 9183 (if you are outside of the UK) to place an order.
You can also print the order form from the shop http://www.waste.uk.com/shop/newshop/order.htm and fax it to us on the same number as above and then you don’t have to talk to anyone at all ever……..
Mel.
Radiohead made it on MTV’s “100 Greatest Videos Ever Made” special. “Fake Plastic Trees” came in at # 77. You can watch the countdown on December 6th through December 11th at 8PM Est.
Maybe you’d like to check out the new pictures that were taken and messed up by Jonny? They are quite nice and hopefully there will be more. This is what Stan (the Man) had to say:
“theyre jonnys photos done with liquid light onto scrappy peices of paper
hes going to do some more but i dont know how soon theyll be up in that gallery
ps youre supposed to imagine the music from ‘the gallery’ in take hart/vision on while you look at them”
Why don’t you go take a look.
If you’re a member of w.a.s.t.e., be on the look out for an email in the coming days. If you have no idea what w.a.s.t.e. is or would like to join it, go there.
There’s a nice little editorial about our beloved Radiohead at Addicted to Noise. Go check it.
Also, make sure to make your way over to Ink Blot Magazine’s Radiohead Mothership.
HMV, Channel 4, and Classic FM have conducted the largest ever musical opinion poll in the UK, sampling 600,000 fans over nine months. Radiohead made it a few times: Best Band – Number 7
Best Album – Number 10 for The Bends. Thom also made it on the poll:
Best Male Singer – Number 9
Where was OK Computer?
Check out Spin Magazine’s recent review of the oldie but goodie favorite, The Trickster, here.
And finally, In an interview with CDNOW in september, the lead singer of Muse, Matthew Bellamy, defended comparisons made to radiohead in their latest album “showbiz” by some music critics…
“That’s partly because we’ve got the same producer [John Leckie],” explains Bellamy. “There’s elements in the way we’ve gone about making this record that are similar to how [Radiohead] made The Bends. I think the other similarity is that Thom Yorke is the singer and I know for a fact that he’s influenced by Jeff Buckley, and that’s similar to me. He’s one of my main vocal influences — more so than Thom Yorke is. I think the first album, I can see how people compare us to Radiohead, but I think it’s just a starting point. I think we’ll go on to do other things, to prove otherwise.”
many thanks to James from CUTW for the above news.
Here you go, straight from billboard.com: Radiohead, Garbage Power KROQ Compilation
Radiohead, Garbage, and Bush are among the artists featured on “The Best Of KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Volume One,” a compilation of tracks recorded at the L.A. radio station’s annual holiday concerts. The album is being released via Time Bomb Recordings and streets on Nov. 23. Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees,” Garbage’s “Stupid Girl,” and Bush’s “Everything Zen” appear in largely acoustic renditions. Other artists featured on the disc include Hole (“Doll Parts”), No Doubt (“Spiderwebs”), Cake (“The Distance”), Live (“I Alone”), and the Violent Femmes (“Blister In The Sun”).
The full tracklist for “The Best Of KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Volume One” is as follows :
1.”Damn It,” Blink-182
2.”Stupid Girl,” Garbage
3.”What It’s Like,” Everlast
4.”Doll Parts,” Hole
5.”Walking On the Sun,” Smash Mouth
6.”Spiderwebs,” No Doubt
7.”I Will Buy You A New Life,” Everclear
8.”Everything Zen,” Bush
9.”The Distance,” Cake
10.”Fake Plastic Trees,” Radiohead
11.”I Alone,” Live
12.”Blister In the Sun,” Violent Femmes
The wonderful people at Ink Blot Magazine have a little Radiohead feature going on right now. Go check it out!