Author: Jonathan

New York, NY

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News for September 12, 2000

Lift!

Why don’t you check out the newly updated Lift site! It’s got a brand new url and is looking fresh! We wish the site the best of luck!

HMV contest

Hmv.com is running a “Host Your Own Kid A Listening Party” contest. Along with tons of goodies, you will also win a advanced copy of Kid A! Go here to find out more!

Also, while at HMV.com, you can pre-order Kid A and receive the limited edition copy of the album with the hidden booklet!

Please note that the contest is only open to Canadian residents.

[thanks to Natasha]

Those blips invade MTV

MTV America has started showing a Radiohead blip called “Bear Witch“, a parody of the Blair Witch Project, in which bears jump out of the forest.

More blips will supposedly appear tonight on MTV at 11pm. Along with the “Bear Witch“, the “White Mountains” and “Giants” blips will be also be shown.

[many thanks to Tyler C]

Shut ’em down

Yesterday we reported that the Vancouver radio station, 104.9 XFM, was playing “Optimistic” on the air. The station was set to play it again last night but couldn’t cause they received a cease and desist fax from EMI. Coincidentally, Thom was on the official message board about 30 minutes earlier and made a comment about it.

Radio stations around North America will begin to play “Optimistic” on September 18th, legally. 🙂

[thanks to Itch]

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News for September 11, 2000

The first iBlip is now available!
You can now view the first installment of the iBlip courtesy of Capitol Records! Click http://by.imedium.com/radiohead/launch/166.htm.

This week’s iBlip includes:

  • Radiohead postcards you can send in the U.S. Mail
  • the blips
  • Radiohead photo gallery


Coming next week, the iBlip will include:

  • September 18th – Participate in the worldwide debut of KID A on the BBC, which also includes an interview with the band
  • September 19-22nd – Kid A will be streamed for four days


Coming soon:

  • download of a live track (Permanent Daylight)
  • a live webcast
  • much more…

Many thanks to Mark!

Kid A Everywhere

As many of you know, the studio versions of Kid A are floating all around the internet. Nigel was on the official message board and had this to say:

” It is literally too much traffic to be able to have a proper chat on here any more. Suffice it to say that personally I don’t really mind that the albums up. If I’ve ever downloaded anything I liked, I’ve always gone and bought it afterwards. I mean, you can’t really have a relationship with a file, can you? …Thats what the cult of record buying is all about. If more people hear the album because it’s easily accessible then good. If they like it and can afford it then I believe they’ll buy it. It’s actually quite fascinating to watch people getting it too!!!! Thanks for your help.”

[thanks to darren and rich]

*please don’t ask us where or how to find the mp3s…

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News for September 9, 2000

More Kid A playbacks!

Head on over to www.hollywoodandvine.com/radiohead for your chance to win tickets for one of the many playbacks that will be happening in the US in the coming weeks!

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News for September 8, 2000

Radiohead: ‘Kid A’ Is No ‘OK Computer’ 

Billboard.com has a review of Kid A and some more info current happenings with Radiohead. A full track-by-track review will appear in the September 16th issue of Billboard.

[thanks to Sean]

Can’t make it to a concert?

Then bring the concert home to you! The shows in Belgium on September 11th and 12th will be webcasted on Belgian Radio 21‘s website starting on the 12th at 11pm. The webcast will be in audio only and will be archived on the site for a few weeks after the shows.

[thanks to followmearound.com]

Kid A propaganda

Posters and those nifty little blips are showing up everywhere to promote the release of Kid A. Recent reports have posters and stickers appearing in New York City while the media blips are being aired on Canada’s MuchMusic channel. Even Circuit City, a large electronics chain in the US, is airing the blips on their televisions twice every hour!

[thanks to dave]

The UNKLE Probe

Tomorrow night on MTV 2 (the UK one, not the US channel), they will be airing a full hour profile on UNKLE’s “Rabbit in Your Headlights” video directed by Jonathan Glazer (Street Sprit, Karma Police). The song, available on UNKLE’s Psyence Fiction album, is a collaboration between DJ Shadow and Thom Yorke.

The show starts at midnight.

[thanks to Ben]

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News for September 7, 2000

Tonight’s setlist

Click here to see the setlist from tonight’s show that happend in Denmark. Reviews coming soon!

More reviews of the NYC Kid A playback

Billboard has a review about the recent Kid A playback in New York City here.

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News for September 6, 2000

Last night’s playback in NYC

The Kid A playback for media and fans went very well last night in the Sony IMAX theatre at Lincoln Center in New York City. The lucky people who were let in were treated to a multimedia display on the huge IMAX screen while they listened to Kid A. We have a couple of reviews for you, one from someone who attended the playback and the media cocktail party, and some from fans who were let in. Enjoy!

You can also read NME’s article about it here.

Now you can “see it all”

MTV has just introduced “webeos”, music videos on the web. On of their first ones is a webeo for Bjork’s “I’ve Seen It All” but unfortunately it is a version without Thom. Nevertheless, it’s pretty neat! Go here to view!

Thom recently did a duet with Bjork on the song for her soundtrack to her movie “Dancer in the Dark.” The soundtrack, with the Thom version, will be out on September 15th.

[thanks to Jarrod]

Just a reminder…

That Kid A will be played on Steve Lamaq’s show on the UK radio station, Radio 1, on Monday, September 18th. The album will also be aired on the Dutch radio station VPRO, on the same night. The airing will happen between 22:00 and 23:00.

If you can’t listen to it, there will be many airings of the album plus other goodies on a lot of the fan sites, including Green Plastic, courtesy of Capitol Record’s iBlip. If you have a Radiohead site and would like to host the iBlip, go here. The fun should start on September 11th.