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News for May 2, 2000

Meeting People is Easy on Sundance Channel

The Sundance Channel will be showing the critically acclaimed Radiohead tour documentary/film 9 times this month. If you haven’t seen it, definitely check it out! The times are:

Friday, May 5: 8:00 AM & 5:30 PM
Thursday, May 11: 10:30 AM & 7:25 PM
Monday May 15: 9:00 AM & 4:00 PM
Saturday, May 20: 11:00 AM
Tuesday, May 30: 2:00 PM & 4:30 AM.

All times above are in Eastern time. If you don’t have the Sundance Channel, call your local cable or satellite company.

Radiohead #2!

Radiohead’s OK Computer was listed as #2 in a recent poll of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever” by music writers for Q, a British music magazine. They were beat only by the Beatles. Here’s the top ten:

1. Revolver – The Beatles
2. OK Computer – Radiohead
3. Exile on Main Street – Rolling Stones
4. London Calling – The Clash
5. A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
6. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
7. The Beatles (the White Album) – The Beatles
8. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis
9. Blue Lines – Massive Attack
10. Never Mind The Bollocks – Sex Pistols

Congrats goes to Radiohead!
You can see the rest of the poll in the newest issue of Q magazine.

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News for April 27, 2000

It looks as if a few Radiohead fans are starting up a movement to have the video made for “Lucky” appear on MTV’s Total Request Live on May 2, 2000. What can you do? Simple. On May 2 go to MTV.com and click on the “TRL” section of the site. From there, go to the “Play My Song” bit. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see a place to enter in a video not listed.

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News for February 21, 2000

Everything Back In It’s Right Place

The band return to work today after having last week off. Ed updated his diary recently with some promising news:

“…who knows maybe in the next few weeks we may even finish off the recording of the songs we’ve been working on?”

Boy, wouldn’t that be great!
You can read the rest of his diary at www.radiohead.com/us.html.

Those Aussies Love Their Radiohead
The Australian music magazine, Massive, recently had their “Hottest 100 Albums of All Time”, voted by the lovely people of Australia. Radiohead scored twice in the top ten:
1. OK Computer – Radiohead
2. Nevermind – Nirvana
3. Grace – Jeff Buckley
4. The Beatles – The Beatles
5. Stone Roses – Stone Roses
6. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
7. The Joshua Tree – U2
8. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – Midnight Oil
9. Houses of the Holy – Led Zeppelin
10. The Bends – Radiohead
(thanks to Stanard)

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News for February 18, 2000

Nothing Here

Not much has been going in the Radiohead camp as of late. The band will return next week from their week off to settle back in to getting us a record to listen to!

Webcast Leftovers

The playlist for the February 10 webcast has been posted up by the wonderful Mel. Here’s what Colin, Phil, and Ed spun:

Marlene Shaw- California Soul
Stetsosonic – All that jazz
Captain Beefheart – Sun Zoom Spark
Five Ounces of Soul – Love Got a Piece of Your Mind
Commodores – Machine Gun
PJ Harvey – O Stella
PIL – Flowers of Romance
John Barry – The Danny Scipio Theme
The Beat – Save It For Later
Lou Reed – Vicious
Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
Charles Wright – I’m Aware
The Movie Album – Goin’ Hollywood
Charles Sherell – Yes It’s You
Schooly D – Do it Do it
South Bronx – Hip Hop Till You Drop
Charles Sullivan – Genesis
Betty Davis – f.u.n.k
Ray Charles – Night and Day
Hall and Oates – Had I Known You Better Then
Kraftwerk – Tour de France
? – Felicidade
With These Themes 3 – Avro Car
Neu! – Fur Immer
Bob Marley – Single Dub
Linda Lyndelt – What A Man
The Specials – Ghost Town
Sergio Mendes – After Sunrise
Velvet Underground – Who Loves The Sun
Virna Lindt – Attention Stockholm
Barrett Strong – Money
Tom Waits – Such A Scream
Marvyn Gaye – ?
Gerry Mulligan – Morning Of The Carnival
Joe Quarterman and Free Soul – Live Now Brothers
(thanks to Xavier)

And Now For Your Radiohead Feel-Good Story of the Month:

“There is a radio station in little Spokane, Washington, that never plays Radiohead (other than Creep and High and Dry)……but yesterday something amazing happened. The Peak (105.7, Spokane, WA) interviewed a band called BoxCar Children on their Local Band night where a band is interviewed and played on the radio. Well the Peak had to go out and buy a copy of OK Computer in order to play Karma Police which was requested to be played by BoxCar Children (or else there would be no show). Almost brought me to tears………Radiohead being on the radio and all, it is good to see that someone out there is showing us the true way of the Radiohead.”
(thanks to Tony for that one)

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News for January 24, 2000

EMI and Warner to Merge.

Radiohead’s record label, EMI, and the Time Warner Group will announce today that they will merge their companies to form one of the world’s largest record labels in a deal worth about $20 billion. You may remember that it was only less than two weeks ago when AOL announced that it would buy Time Warner. The combined company will cut the number of major record companies to 4.

Thom commented on the merger while on the official message board: “That fucking sucks and i am deeply worried and angry and helpless. Bastards.”

At this time we do not know if the merger will affect Radiohead in anyway. Stay tuned to Green Plastic for the latest news.

You can read more about the merger at the following sites:
http://www.sonicnet.com/news/archive/story.jhtml?id=620652&pid=608471
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusic/jan23_merger.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/000123/warner_emi_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000122/dv.html
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000123/bs/emi_time_2.html
http://cnnfn.com/2000/01/23/deals/emi/
(thanks to Xavier)

Radiohead not to play Glastonbury
The official Glastonbury Festival website is reporting that Radiohead will not be performing at this year’s festival:
“Further information about that ongoing and ever growing Radiohead rumour….. record company insiders have let us know that, due to their album not being finished in time, Radiohead will not be performing this year.”

They go on to say that the information was not from official sources.
(thanks to Whitehead)

Dancing Up the Walls
You might have heard about Denise Clarke, the woman who has put on a “physical lecture” to Radiohead’s OK Computer. The woman is running a show in Calgary, Canada, called Radioheaded, in which she dances to the full album.

(thanks again to Xavier)

Radiohead in Newsweek
Radiohead is mentioned in an article about U2 singer Bono’s help with relieving third-world debt:
“Shriver’s brother-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger made calls to key Republicans, including House Budget Committee chairman John Kasich. ‘John Kasich started raving about Radiohead,’ says Shriver with a laugh, referring to the British alternative-rock band. ‘I said, ‘Did Arnold put you up to this?’ Then I realized Arnold doesn’t know who the hell Radiohead is.”
(thanks to Eric)

More of those poll things…

The band were listed in the Atlanta entertainment paper, Insite. They were included in a list of 20 “talents we can’t wait to watch in the 21st century.” Here is the top 5:
1. Angelina Jolie (actress)
2. Sam Mendes (director, American Beauty)
3. Radiohead (band)
4. Beth Orton (singer)
5. Chuck Palahniuk (writer, Fight Club)
(thanks to Adam)

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News for January 21, 2000

Ed’s diary has been updated again. The band are back in the studio but Nigel, their producer, has had them working strictly with electronic equipment.

Nigel, who has been spending some time on the official message board lately, had this to add: “The works going well. Everyone had a good 2k and we’ve done a week back at our studio. Experimental electronica week it’s been. V interesting.” He also said, “We’re working hard on our new jazz funck direction which is and isn’t bringing forth goodies. Much fun stuff in the bag though I must say.”

Ed mentioned that “True Love Waits” has been given a new life, which is good news.

Radiohead made #4 in alapage.com’s “100 Best Albums of the Century” with OK Computer.

Muse’s singer Matt, had this to say in the latest issue of Rock & Folk Magazine: “I also think that our second album will/should relieve us from comparisons with Radiohead which, I think, are mostly due the John Leckie’s producing.” [thanks to Xavier]

Tons of rumors floating around that Radiohead will be headlining this year’s Glastonbury Festival. In the recent issue of Melody Maker, event organizer Michael Evis said that he thinks that there is a very good chance that Radiohead will play Glasto. He also said the only thing that will stop the band from playing there is if they turn it down. [thanks to Matt]

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