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Tom Cruise on Radiohead

As you may know, Tom Cruise has spoken a lot about Radiohead and the role their music has played on the filming of his new move Vanilla Sky. Here’s an excerpt from a recent interview:

Is it true that Cameron Crowe played music while taping a scene?
He always did. It started on Jerry Macguire with me; that was the first picture. Cameron is a musician also. He’s a writer, a musician, a filmmaker and we just started playing around one day and he just had music. As an actor you just let it wash over you and see what color it’s going to bring to the scene. He also does stuff where we’re going along and he’ll throw out lines at me, it feels like a workshop when we’re working. Everybody is very comfortable and relaxed and there was a lot of focus on the scene and everyone kind of contributes. It helps the actors and sometimes you get different ideas and colors. For this movie we listened to Kid A a lot and to the U2 album. The Icelandic group (Sigur Ros) too. Of course, the Stones and Bruce Springsteen but a lot of Kid A. Walking through New York I think of U2 and I think of Radiohead.

Read the rest of the interview here.
{thanks to Edison}

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What Went Right With I Might Be Wrong?

The following article is from MTV.com:

What Went Right With I Might Be Wrong?
Before I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings slinks off the Billboard 200 charts entirely (it slides to #166 next week), we’d like to take a moment and ponder what could have been (and maybe should have been) for Radiohead’s much-ballyhooed concert record.

Coming on the heels of the band’s potent 1-2 combination punch of Kid A and Amnesiac, as well as Radiohead’s acclaimed tours of Europe, North America and Japan this summer, I Might Be Wrong was obviously meant as a way to tide fans over until Thom Yorke and company’s next proper release. Nothing new there, as Radiohead had previously done something similar by issuing its Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP in spring 1998, almost nine months after releasing OK Computer and featuring several B-sides and unreleased tracks from the OK sessions.

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Former NIN Drummer Mentions RH

In a recent interview with The NIN Hotline, former NIN drummer Chris Vrenna talks about his new project Tweaker and mentions Radiohead:

Leviathant: People have been comparing your record to Radiohead’s Kid A; the comparison makes sense after some thinking, but I think there are differences in the production that set the two apart, when I listen to them. As far as producing this album went – do you spend a lot of time, erm, tweaking the tracks in a production environment such as ProTools (or Soundforge, or etc. etc.), or do you like to do most of the programming and twiddling live while laying the tracks down?

Tweaker: Well, first off, THANKS for the wonderful compliment of comparing Tweaker to Kid A. I do a bit of both, actually…I run beats, loops, etc through things and tweak as I lay it through ProTools. But I also do a lot afterward as well. It all depends on the track. I just sort of experiment as I go, and try not to repeat myself too often. The beauty of ProTools is that I can always go back to tracks and rework them.

Read the full interview…
{thanks to Leviathant}

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Radiohead included in Time list of top bands

In Time magazine’s special “Music Goes Global” issue, Radiohead was named as one of the “Ten Best Bands on the Planet Earth.” The list is described as “the top contemporary acts outside the U.S.” Other notables that made the list include U2, Sigur Ros, and Portishead.

The band was also mentioned in the main article (along with a picture of Thom):

“Thom Yorke of the British band Radiohead wrote some songs for his album Kid A by cutting up lyric sheets and pulling lines out of a top hat.”

{thanks to Paul & Seema}

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Aphex Twin talks about Radiohead

In a small interview with AudioGalaxy, Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) comments on Radiohead:

James is asked, “It is widely known that Radiohead’s Kid A was widely influenced by your music, in particular ‘Come As you Are’…What do you think of their new stuff and other contemporaries?” His response: “Well they widely agreed to pay me 70% of the widely royalties so, Im not complaining.”

Read the rest of the interview… {thanks to Michael}

Support for Belfast
Warp Records has the Anti Pop Consortium opening up for Radiohead at the September 14 and the as-of-yet announced second show on September 15 in Belfast. The Anti Pop Consortium will also open for Radiohead in Stockholm, Oslo, and Berlin. {thanks to Neil}

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Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

The band played their first of two shows at the Santa Barbara Bowl last night. Setlist and reviews coming soon…

Thommmmmayyyyyy!
Though they wouldn’t give us much details about the upcoming show with Radiohead, South Park Studios did say that “Radiohead has a lot of fans here at South Park” and that Radiohead will be doing their own voices for the show, which airs on Comedy Central July 11 at 10PM EDT. MMMKKayyyyyy…

Nigel on Ground Zero
Nigel will be interviewed on the radio program Ground Zero today at 12PM PT on KCRW in Los Angeles. Nigel tells host Chris Douridas the intriguing tale of how he moved from being the tea boy at a London studio to becoming one of the most sought-after sonic gurus in the world. He also discusses the making of ground-breaking albums like Radiohead’s “Kid A” and “Amnesiac” as well as Travis’ “The Invisible Band.” The show will also be available to listen to Online at the KCRW.com Website starting at noon as well. A repeat will air tomorrow at 10AM PT. {thanks to Paul}

Spin baby spin
Spin With A Grin has been updated. {thanks to Tom}

Wire
This month’s issue of Wire Magazine has an article on Radiohead, which includes an interview with Thom and Jonny and has some very insightful details on the making of both Amnesiac and Kid A. There’s a b&w shot of Thom’s face on the cover. {thanks to Gabriel}

May I Take Your Order?
How did Colin spend his birthday in San Francisco? The SF Chronicle knows!

“The British rock group Radiohead celebrated band member Colin Greenwood’s 32nd birthday at Lapis in San Francisco on Tuesday. Executive chef Thomas Ricci cooked vegan food for lead singer Thom Yorke; he was rewarded with a menu signed by all the band members.”

Also from the Chronicle, a review of the Mountain View show. {thanks to Deirdre & Joanne}