Author: Dylan

At Ease is reporting that tickets have gone onsale for FUSELeeds2004, a concert series featuring Jonny Greenwood (we reported on it earlier.
To get them, it appears you have to call the box office at 0113 222 3434. Their website doesn’t appear to currently feature any further information.
(Thanks to At Ease.)

Almost missed this very interesting article about Radiohead’s recent takeover of BBC’s 6Music. An excerpt-
“There will have been those who suspected that BBC 6Music was playing some sort of prank when it invited Radiohead to act as station programmers over Christmas week.
Radiohead’s popular reputation is not far from that of Dickens’ festive refusenik Scrooge: grumpy, volubly dissatisfied with everyone and everything, and on balance unlikely to partake of the office-party conga.
There will be those who imagine that Christmas music chosen by Radiohead will tend towards Slovakian funeral marches, sinister electronica overlaid with air-raid sirens and, perhaps, the lonely whimper of a small boy they’d had trapped down a well especially for the purpose.”
You can read the whole article here.

Radiohead got a mention in a USA Today article about Switchfoot.
While recording Letdown, Jon and his bandmates also bumped into Radiohead ? almost literally. “We went into what we thought was our studio, and Thom Yorke and the rest of the guys were there. I thought, ‘This is so great: Radiohead is in our studio, hanging out.’ In reality, they were tracking their own record. So I walk in, introduce myself, say ‘What’s going on?’ They’re obviously completely taken aback by this kid barging in and asking questions. I walked further in, and finally Thom Yorke comes up to me and says, ‘I don’t mean to be an idiot, but if you could please leave? It’s a private studio.’ He was very kind about it, though.”
Read the entire article here.
UPDATED- I was a bit hard on the poor guys from Switchfoot. In doing some homework, they aren’t the band I was thinking of (thanks to Ara and Steve for pointing that out). So Switchfoot, accept my most humble of humbles, and thanks for tuning in… -D

From Forbes.com-
A European consumer watchdog body is suing the world’s largest music companies for selling copy protected compact discs that won’t play in car stereos and on computers, the Belgium-based organisation (‘Test-Aankoop’) said on Monday.
Industry observers believe Test-Aankoop’s suit is the biggest European legal challenge yet to the music industry’s controversial campaign to release copy-protected discs, to minimise the impact that digital piracy is having on sales.
Test-Aankoop cited more than a dozen top-selling releases including Radiohead’s “Hail to the Thief” that could not be played on multiple devices. EMI, Radiohead’s record company, has been named in the suit, which is expected to be heard this week in a Belgium court. The group said it wants the labels to end the practice of issuing protected discs and to reimburse customers.
Since introducing two years ago copy-protection technology — which typically amounts to a layer of data embedded on the rings of a compact disc that prevent playback on all but a home stereo or portable hi-fi device — the music industry has been hit with torrents of criticism from individual consumers.
You can read the entire article here.

All of us at Green Plastic wish you a happy new year! 2003’s been a great year to be a Radiohead fan, so here’s hoping that 2004 brings even more good surprises.

According to a source (and we’re not 100% confirmed here, but it looks pretty good), Thom will be the guest editor of the BBC Radio 4 program “Today” this Wednesday, the 31st.
“Today” is the one of the premier radio news programs in the UK, and Thom has repeatedly named it as a reference point for songs on HTTT. As guest editor, Thom will choose news stories, documentary pieces, and possibly pop behind the mic.
The show airs 6-9am UK time. You can listen in here, Real Player is required.
(Thanks to Kevin).
UPDATE: This is now confirmed on the BBC website. Also, one should note that Stephen Hawking is the guest editor on Friday, and you’ll tune in then as well if you know what’s good for you.