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Kid A Radiohead

News for August 11, 2000

Call in sick. Kid A is playing.

The following message was posted on the official RH message board:

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Okay stand by your beds polish your medals and listen in.

I would be grateful if you could let anybody you have on your mailing list find out about the following. ”

CALL IN SICK. KID A IS PLAYING

KID A playback session

If you can be in London on the Thursday 17th August and would like to be one of the first to hear the new album please read on.

At a secret venue in somewhere in London 100 w.a.s.t.e.r.s will get the opportunity to listen to KID A.

here’s how it will work…………..

If you can be in London on the 17th August send one (and only one) e-mail with your name as the subject to correspondence@waste.uk.com

the first fifty w.a.s.t.e.r.s chosen at random will be notified (on tuesday 15th by return e-mail) of the details of the playback sessions . You will be allowed 2 places (so you can bring a friend) for one of the sessions that will take place during the day of the 17th. As yet we cannot confirm the timings so please make sure you can be free all day. You may have to call in sick!!

If you haven’t heard anything by the end of play on tuesday 15th, assume that you haven’t been chosen.

Unfortunately, I haven’t the time to enter into any correspondence about the playback sessions, so please don’t expect me to answer your questions.

Good luck everybody.

Tinkerty Tonk
Mungo

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If you aren’t a member of w.a.s.t.e., you better join now! It’s free! Go towww.waste.uk.com for more info.

Preorder Kid A!

You can now preorder Kid A at amazon.com!

 

 

 

 

 

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Kid A Radiohead

News for August 10, 2000

Kid A – Song by Song

Can we say jealous? The fine folks over at the French fan site ne pas a.v.a.l.e.r. got to listen to the new Kid A album and has written a nice recap featuring descriptions of each song! They also confirm our report of the cover, which features a mountain with a black sky and red clouds. It is also mentioned that the cover inside the jewell case is sixteen pages and will fold out into one line.

Click here to read it in French or click here for the English version.

Shynola

It looks as if the people behind Shynola will be taking on the illustrious task of making a video for Radiohead. It was revealed on “Mirrorball”, a show airing on the UK Channel Four, that the group, who has previously done work for such acts as UNKLE and Grooverider, will be taking on the video project or projects for Radiohead. Shynola is known for their computer animated videos, including the amazing “Guns Blazing” video for UNKLE. You can view that video in Quicktimehere.

The members of Shynola (Gideon Baws, Jason Groves, Chris Harding and Richard Kenworthy) told “Mirrorball” that working with Radiohead was a “dream project”.

[thanks to Matt]

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Kid A Radiohead

News for August 9, 2000

Kid A mentions

An informative article appeared at Rolling Stone regarding the recording of the new album. “After recording so much material that it can (and will) be released as two separate albums, Radiohead have finally narrowed down the track listing for their upcoming fourth outing — a ten-track album full of sweeping epics, strings, brass and even blues” – This was on July 3.

Another interesting piece has appeared at french news outlet MCM. The article states that the title for album four, Kid A, came from a list which included other potentials such as Pure As Fiction, Giant Cogs Turn and Learning to Smile. The article also mentions that the band will not embark on a world tour until the release of an “Album 5”. This article is dated July 17. Whether these album titles were actually in contention, we don’t know. We do know that Learning to Smile is the name of the new Everclear CD so maybe there was some confusion?

Capitol Record’s Radiohead site updated

Check out the official Radiohead site at Capitol Records. Bears gone crazy!!! Unfortunately it lacks in any new and useful information.

[Many thanks to James M from CUTW for providing today’s news]

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Kid A Radiohead

News for August 8, 2000

Kid A on Napster? No.

Last night on Napster the entire album appeared through a few users. All the correct songs, all the correct track #’s, even the hidden track at the end…. except it was a clever hoax. “Treefingers” was among the most ingenious creations, obviously the hoaxers own inpromptu jam on his mic and bongos that spanned an entire 9 minutes! This clever trick had a good number of us scrambling to download as fast as we possibly could – all to find we’d been had!

[thanks to Aaron]

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Radiohead

News for August 7, 2000

More “Quality” Journalism from our friends at the NME

Always count on the British Mag, NME, to poke fun at Radiohead. Here’s the latest from the July 29th issue:

Radiohead
-New Album, “Small Round Thing Made of Fake Metal Plastic in the Machine“, and tracklisting in full

01. Dismal
02. Hopeless
03. Obey Your Word Processor, O Plastic Sheep
04. Always the Same
05. Dismal (II)
06. All the Dead People in their Plastic Boxes
07. When Does It End?
08. Everyone Is A Plastic Robot In A Fake World of Plastic Machines Where Nothing Is Real Except The Trees And Even They Are Fake And Plastic
09. Jesus Christ, How Much Longer?
10. Dismal and Dismaller
11. If I Were To Bury Myself In A Deep, Intense Hole In The Ground I Bet No-one Would Notice Because They Are So Plastic
12. Worse And Worse
13. Oh, For Fuck’s Sake
14. Somebody Kill Me
15. Wailing, Pointless Dirge
16. It Must End Soon
17. Jesus Christ, How Much Longer (II)
18. All The Way To The Bank (Ha Ha)
19. Plastic Into The Machine (Lots of Money For Me)

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Radiohead tour

News for August 4, 2000

Clinic confirmed as the opening act

Radiohead’s opening act has been confirmed. The band will be bringing along Clinic to almost all of the UK dates, with the exception of the two Newport gigs. For more on Clinic, check this site.

[thanks to followmearound.com]