Author: Dylan

In last week’s ‘Arts + Books’ section of The Daily Telegraph (UK, Saturday, 8th November 2003), in Pop’s 50 Best Duets Ever, Number 48 was PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke – This Mess We’re In (2000).
The short passage reads-
“Harvey apparently wrote this song, for her album Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, with Radiohead’s singer in mind. Her thrummy Fender guitar chugs along on the back of a deadpan rhythm; over the top of this floats Yorke’s ethereal voice, singing of a strange fleeting encounter with a woman. Yorke does most of the singing, with Harvey joining him on the refrain, and speaking rather than singing on the last verse. The song builds inexorably, chillingly, to its bleak conclusion.
KEY MOMENT: The final verse, when Harvey speaks the words that Yorke is about to sing; the contrast between words drily spoken and hauntingly sung is compelling.” [Number 1 was Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra?s ?Some Velvet Morning? (1968).]
(Thanks to At Ease.)

Several people have written in to inform us that Radiohead will be headlining this year’s Coachella festival, scheduled to take place May 1st and 2nd in Indio, California this year. Please be aware this is still just a (highly unsubstantiated) rumor, so don’t book your plane tickets just yet.
As always, we’ll keep you posted. Stay tuned.

The w.a.s.t.e. Ticket Emporium has placed some additional tickets on sale for the November 26th show at the Earls Court Arena in London. While only individual reserved seats are available (you won’t be sitting together if you purchase more than one), it most certainly beats sitting outside.
Also, w.a.s.t.e. tickets are still for the Aberdeen show on December 1st, the Sydney show on April 24th, and the Melbourne show on April 27th.

Isn’t it interesting how you can always tell what comes from the band and what comes from the label? It’s like your boss telling you a joke…you know he thinks it’s funny, but it just…isn’t.
That, and I’ve never seen w.a.s.t.e. use “not” in the 1992/Wayne’s World sense.
4 Steps To Being A Fitter, Happier Radiohead Fan In The Winter Months:
1. Indulge your inner couch potato as the snow pours down with quality
programming brought to you by MTV2 and Radiohead. The band will
guest VJ MTV2’s Subterranean on Friday, November 14th at 1am. And
like all things MTV related, it will air repeatedly until there is no way you
could possibly miss it…accept of course if you forget to turn your television
on. Visit http://www.mtv.com/onair/mtv2/subterranean/index.jhtml
for more info.
2. This Christmas season, you could celebrate the birth of JC (and we
don’t mean Chasez!) OR you could celebrate the February 24th stateside
release of Jonny Greenwood’s score to the award winning British
documentary “Bodysong.” While the film doesn’t quite cover the Nativity scene,
we can guarantee it includes more births (among other subjects such
as death and growth) then you’ll probably ever want to see. The score,
which was written and produced by Greenwood, features jazz group
The Emperor Quartet and has a special appearance by Radiohead
bass player and big bro Colin Greenwood. Stay tuned for more info
on the U.S. release which is rumored to include additional material.
http://www.bodysong.com
3. Think the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is just for kids? Well,
we think you’re crazy but if you insist on some more “adult” alternatives
to the usual festivities then cure your Turkey induced hangover with
2 hours of Radiohead live courtesy of Westwood One. The
“Radiohead Live from Earl’s Court” special airs for the first time on
November 27, 2003 at 9:00 p.m. ET. and will run through November 30, 2003.
Please check http://www.westwoodone.com for exact dates and times.
4. Fa la la la NOT. The only song you want stuck in your head this
holiday is Idioteque. Hear an exclusive live version for a limited time
only when you text RADIO to 2250 on your At&T Wireless. More live
tracks to come…
http://capitolrecords.com/radiohead
http://www.radiohead.com

Tonight, at 2200 UK time (5pm EST), BBC6’s excellent Dream Ticket program will feature Radiohead. Dream Ticket is program featuring four live performances from four different bands, with 3 “openers” getting roughly twenty minutes and a “headliner” getting around an hour. Tonight’s openers are Mission, Elbow, and Icicle Works, and Radiohead is (naturally) the headliner.
You can listen to a live stream tonight at 2200, or listen on demand for the next four days here.
(Thanks to Daniel.)
UPDATE: The show that was broadcast was the December 10, 1998 Amnesty Internation Show at Bercy Stadium in Paris.
The setlist for the show (not necessarily the broadcast) was-
Lucky
Karma Police
Exit Music
Talk Show Host
My Iron Lung
No Surprises
Fake Plastic Trees
Bones
Paranoid Android
Street Spirit

Westwood One presents ?Radiohead Live from Earl’s Court?, November 27, 2003 at 9:00 pm ET. The two-hour special will feature Radiohead performing live at Earl’s Court in London. It will be recorded on the 27th and available for broadcast from 9:00 p.m. that night, through November 30. Westwood One serves more than 7,700 radio stations in the USA (basically every one that isn’t ClearChannel).
It will be up to each individual radio station to decide if and when they broadcast the show, but if you get wind of a scheduled broadcast, please let us know.
You can read the press release here.
(Thanks to At Ease.)