Author: Dylan

Comedy Central has been having a countdown of their most outrageous South Park episodes of all time, and the episode featuring Radiohead came in at #1.
(Thanks to Marcos.)

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company has announced much of their schedule for the next year, and it includes several performances of Split Sides (in addition to the previously reported London shows).
Here’s a rundown of all scheduled Split Sides performances. Note that could wind up being more dates, as the company has several additinal October performances around England for which the program has yet to be determined.
September 8-10
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
October 5-9
Barbican Center
London, England
January 26-29, 2005
Maison de la Danse
Lyon, France
(Program A only)
February/March TBA
Auckland Festival
Auckland, New Zealand
March 11-12
Stanford University
Stanford, California
April 23
Bendicta Arts Center
St. Joseph, Minnesota
June 2-5
Los Angeles Music Center
Los Angeles, California
Of course, Radiohead is not expected to appear live at any of the above shows. A recording of the music originally performed in Brooklyn will be used.
(Edited slightly for clarity.)

For those amongst you that are true gluttons for punishment, it appears that promoter Andrew Dreskin is attempting to get another Field Day going.
According to the Poughkeepsie Journal, Dreskin has applied to host another Field Day, this time in the tiny town of Red Hook (upstate, not the Brooklyn version). The proposed festival will feature three days of camping and two of music, featuring artists such as “Radiohead, the Beastie Boys, and Spearhead” (?). Other bands that have been mentioned are Norah Jones, R.E.M., Coldplay, and Tom Waits.
I wanted to run two quotes by you, before we continue… This one’s from Norman Greig, who explains why this Field Day will be different than the other concert the town just denied permits to:

Greig said the Field Day event will be different because of Dreskin’s experience as a promoter and the fact he put on a successful ”Field Day” show last year at Giants Stadium. In the past, Greig has said events like the proposed music festival were one of the key ways for him to bring in income and preserve his farm space.

And this one, from Dreskin:

“Field Day was widely seen as the most innovative modern rock music festival in the United States in 2003,” Dreskin said.

As you may recall, last year, Field Day was to be a two-day festival that was to take place in a giant field on Long Island. Radiohead was to headline one day, The Beastie Boys the other. The rest of the lineup was fairly amazing as well. It was to be lovely. Then, it turned out that the sleepy little town of Calverton didn’t really want 40,000 people flying around after all, so they denied the permits. Unfortunately, they did this about a week before the show.
After a bit of panic, it was announced that the concert was moving to Giants Stadium (!) in Jersey, and that half the bands would drop out. Oh, and (almost) all tickets were void, you had to buy new ones. TicketMaster refunded the ticket price, but not the surcharge. Fans then had to pay another surcharge, plus a massive ticket rush delivery fee, because TM didn’t want 30,000 people standing at will call.
The only people who didn’t get hosed were those of us who purchased our tickets from the w.a.s.t.e. presale, as the w.a.s.t.e gang was kind enough to swap ’em out for us at no charge, set up their own will-call, and get us prime floor seats.
Naturally, it was cold, wet, and poured rain all day. The stage was left over from the Hot 97 Summer Jam, and the sound was mostly not very nice. The stadium was 80% empty for most of the day, and only 40% full at the peak. Liz Phair played the worst set in the history of festivals, Beck ended up getting hit by a piece of equipment and didn’t play at all, the Beasties took wayyyy too long to set up, and the evening was redeemed solely by our boys in Radiohead, who played the most amazing set I’ve ever heard. Thom’s wail in ‘2+2=5’ was the turning point in the evening for everyone I’ve spoken to.
In the end, Thom’s quote said it all- “We’re very sorry it’s come to this”.
Of course, one last jab came from event security, who did not allow Radiohead to play their standard multiple encores (or, rumour has it, bring Beck out onstage for a little acoustic action) because they didn’t want to pay overtime.
The moral is, everyone I know (myself included) had a great time all in all. However, everyone I know (and people I didn’t) walked out saying “NEVER AGAIN.”
That said, the majority of what happened was not the promoter’s fault, so take my harshness with a grain of salt.. Pneumonia does that. Besides, last year being a debacle or not, if he can get Radiohead, Tom Waits, R.E.M., and some other comparable bands back, you can bet I’ll be there, in line, ready to go. With tickets from w.a.s.t.e..

Despite being neither dirty nor a computer, in the 1998 episode of VH1’s ‘I Love the 90s’, Thom was listed as the Dirty Computer Rocker in a list of Dirty Alternative Rockers of the 90s.
Also, during the 1990 episode, ‘Creep’ was played as background music.
We love the nineties too, but we distinctly remember them only being a few years ago.
(Thanks to At Ease.)

RESFEST, a touring festival which showcases the year’s best short films, music videos, and other creative media of that sort, has announced the lineup for this year’s extravaganza, and it includes a few familiar faces.
Jonathan Glazer, who directed videos for ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’ and ‘Karma Police’, as well as the wonderful Sexy Beast, will be the subject of a retrospective, and Shynola, who gave us the video for ‘Pyramid Song’, will be presenting a program of their rare works.
If you can get out to this, it’s well worth your time. There are panels, discussions, presentations, and many many things that people give you for free, some of which are quite nice…
RESFEST kicks off in NYC on September 12th, and continues around the world (literally) for the next three months. Find out more here.

On Monday, BBC 6 Music’s “Dream Ticket” featured three songs recorded at Radiohead’s legendary Glastonbury ’97 show. ‘My Iron Lung’, ‘Paranoid Android’, and ‘No Surprises’ are played at about one hour and forty minutes into the three hour show.
To listen, head over to the Beeb’s homepage, and click on “Listen Again” to hear Monday’s show- RealPlayer or Windows Media required.
(Thanks to Max.)