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News for August 29, 2000

Death Bear

Another Media Blip has been sent out. This time it’s the Death Bear! It features a sound clip of “Motion Picture Soundtrack”.

View it by clicking this link.

You will need the latest version of Apple Quicktime to view these.

Kid A reviewed in Spin

The new issue of Spin magazine came out yesterday with a review of Kid A in it. The magazine gave it a 9 out of 10. Radiohead may be on the cover next month.

Congrats to GP friend Sarah for being voted Radiohead Fan #1 by Spin!!!

 

Newsweek mentions Kid A

In Newsweek’s Fall Arts Preview, the mentioned Radiohead and Kid A. Here’s the blurb:

“Kid A” is the year’s most highly anticipated underground pop album. Enigmatic, arty, and brooding enough to be 2000’s answer to “The Wall,” it’s a sure winner for the “Lie in Bed, Stare at the Ceiling, Contemplate Life” album award.

[thanks to Jerome]

Kid A Playback in NYC

Apparently there will be a playback of Kid A at the Sony IMAX theater at Sony Lincoln Square (68th and Broadway) in New York City next Tuesday, September 5. The playback is for media and retail only, but we’ve been told that there will be playbacks for the public soon in selected cities across the US. Once anything is known, it’ll be here!

[thanks VP]

Lift!

One of the grandaddies of all RH fansites, Lift, has had it’s first update in over a year! We’re glad to see it up again. Lift has played a huge role in inspiring others (including myself) to build and maintain a fan site.

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News for August 28, 2000

Kid A on the radio

We’ve heard that the entire Kid A album will be played on Radio 21, a Belgian radio station, on September 20, 2000. More info when it’s available.

Kid A will also be played on September 18th on BBC Radio 1 and again on the 19th on XFM. You may listen to the Radio 1 broadcast here.

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News for August 25, 2000

More Playbacks!

An announcement was made on the official message board this morning that there would be more Kid A playbacks! Here’s what was posted:

Here’s an idea that may please some people. The very nice chaps at the record company are letting people listen to KID A before it is released…..in fact on the 4th or 7th of sept, depending on where you live.

here’s how.

You will need to go to your local indie record shop (see list below) to queue for your
ticket early on 2 September (probably earlier than opening time, yikes!!) – there
should be posters up instore about the playbacks.
– Tickets will be handed out on a first come, first served basis – strictly
1 ticket per person.
– The playbacks on either 4th or 7th September (depending on city) will
start at 7pm and finishing around 9pm at each venue.

MANCHESTER
Record shops to get ticket from: Picadilly, Vibes (in Bury), X Records (in
Bolton)
Playback date: Monday 4 September
Venue: The Roadhouse, 8 Newton St, Piccadilly, Manchester

GLASGOW
Record shops to get ticket from: Fopp, Avalanche, Record Factory (in
Paisley)
Playback date: Monday 4 September
Venue: King Tuts, 272A St Vincents Street, Glasgow.

NEWCASTLE
Record shops to get ticket from: Windows, RPM, Spin
Playback date: Thursday 7 September
Venue: The Cluny, Lime Street, Newcastle

OXFORD
Record shops to get ticket from: Polar Bear, Chalkys (in Banbury), Modern
Music (in Abingdon), Powerplay (in Newbury), Music Box (in Wallingford)
Playback date: Thursday 7 September
Venue: Zodiac, 190 Cowley Road, Oxford

CARDIFF
Record shops to get ticket from: Spillers, Hitman (in Newport), Diverse (in
Newport)
Playback date: Thursday September
Venue: Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, City Centre, Cardiff

I think that’s about it.

Good luck people, we are relying on you.

Tinkerty Tonk

Mungo

It was also mentioned that some playbacks of Kid A will most likely happen in the United States soon!

Phil on Radio 21

Phil will be interviewed on the Belgian radio station, Radio 21, on Monday, August 28, between 2 and 3pm.

More blips to be made available

Pretty soon you’ll be able to view more official Radiohead blips promoting Kid A at www.chartattack.com. Go here to find out more!

Just when you think they’re gone

w.a.s.t.e. has graciously put up more tickets for the tent tour starting next month. Head on over here to order!

More articles

NME is running a story about Grant Gee (MPIE director) and Radiohead working on some live footage. Read that story here.

Dotmusic has a story about Radiohead’s fifth album, rumored to be out next Spring. They talked to one of Radiohead’s managers, Chris Hufford, who confirmed the release of a fifth album. Go here to read that article.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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News for August 23, 2000

Kid AKid A cover revealed!

It’s official now… you can now see the cover for Radiohead’s new album, Kid A, by going to http://www.radiohead.com/007.html.

We would like to congratulate Mr. Stanley Donwood on his fantastic work! He continues to amaze us…

Ed in Rolling Stone

Ed O’Brien is featured as a “Hot Guest” in the September 14th issue of Rolling Stone. Here is an excerpt:

“We’ve discovered an interesting parallel relationship: The less time you spend on the road, the more sane you are. So we are not doing the traditional album, tour, album, tour, album, tour anymore. We’re going to tour when we want to, regardless of whether we’ve got a record out. What we’re going to do is a month here and there, rather than the huge rock & roll circus that we did for OK Computer.”

To read the full article, click here.

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News for August 22, 2000

Another Kid A review

Go and check out Billboard’s review of Kid A here.

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News for August 21, 2000

Godspeed to open for Radiohead?

Check out the rumors page!

More Blips at Capitol

That’s right. You can now see some more media blips at hollywoodandvine.com/radiohead/rh_news.shtml. There’s also some more goodies there!

Everyone has the exclusive

Here’s some of the review of Kid A from various news sources:

–NME
–Dotmusic
–Music365
–Telegraph

Radiohead’s Meeting People is Easy on the Sundance Channel

From Sundance:

While most rock documentaries simply record concerts and the daily grind of the road, in Meeting People Is Easy, filmmaker Grant Gee’s lenses focus on an important, though less-well-chronicled, aspect of the big-time music business: the PR tour. With Super 8 and hand-held video cameras Gee followed the British band Radiohead on its 1997-98 world tour for an unsettling glimpse of countless photo sessions, vapid interviews and tedious press junkets. The San Francisco Examiner praised the film as “Kubrickian in its atmospheric melancholy, foreboding disorientation and technical mischief.” (1999) TVPG (AC, AL) (1:34) Stereo Airing: Sep 6 2:35pm; 12 11:05am, 9:00pm; 18 9:00pm; 24 9:05am; 28 5:35pm, 3:00am