11.30.2000

DotMusic.com: Radiohead.com receives awards for the categories of 'Music Website of the Year' and 'Best Alternative Artist Website'. Read the rest here. Congrats! Radioblips.com: Four new blips have been added- 'Extended Play', 'Murder','Vallet 2', and 'Planes'. CUTW: Stanley was kind enough to agree to an interview conducted via email. He talks here about his art, the "new sound" for Radiohead and his influences.[thanks CUTW] Spin with a Grin has been updated with new questions and answers. Enter here. Greenplastic.com: Radiohead was named Band of the Year in the current issue of Spin magazine. Kid A was named runner-up for Album of the Year. The number one album was awarded to computer hard drives and the mp3s that fill them. It was revealed on yesterday's show that there will be a Radiohead Session on Lamacq Live on the week starting Monday December 11th. The band will be playing some songs and maybe revealing some new songs. (more on that from NME, scroll down.) There will also be a "Radiohead Christmas Special" on Lamacq Live. Nothing was revealed about this apart from "it will involve you, the listeners". [Thanks GP for the last three] NME: Radiohead have recorded four tracks, including a radically reworked version of 'National Anthem', for a rare session set for broadcast in little over a week on BBC Radio 1. The band recorded 'Everything In Its Right Place', 'How to Disappear Completely', 'Idioteque' and 'National Anthem' in their own studios in their hometown of Oxford this week. The tracks will be broadcast, one a night, on Steve Lamacq's Evening Session show starting on Monday, December 11. Aside from the brass band brought in to rejig 'National Anthem', all of the tracks, lifted from this year's chart-topping 'Kid A', are understood to have been to some extent reinterpreted. In addition, the entire band will be interviewed at length for the show the following week. They will be in conversation with Lamacq on Wednesday December 20, talking about their year and fielding questions, many of which come directly from fans. Here's the TOP 20 List from NME's most influential artists of history: -David Bowie -Radiohead -The Beatles -Public Enemy -Miles Davis -Kraftwerk -Sex Pistols -Eminem -Nick Drake -The Smiths -Stevie Wonder -Aphex Twin -Scott Walker -The Chemical Brothers -The Flaming Lips -Bob Dylan -Mos Def -The Velvet Underground -Beck -Joy Division Read article here. Press: Thom was named as one of the People of the Year in the December 14-21 issue of RollingStone. Also in the issue, Kid A was at #1 on the chart of RollingStone readers Top 20 Album.

11.27.2000

For those of you that would like to view the Roseland photos in a real slideshow format go here here. [RealPlayer required] The MP3s will be put up when I receive the disc and a get a good host. Chris Ban, one of the creators of those famous little blips you've seen around the net and TV, made some comments about his role in the process at www.radioblips.com. [thanks GP] Press: The November issue of Select, Kid A and playing under the big tent are discussed with the band. Some quotes and answers to questions  from members are also posted.

11.21.2000

SHA will not be updated as frequently as usual for the next week or so do to an illness the webmaster has been faced with. DotMusic: Thom and co will mix a live set for the BBC's 'Breezeblock' show in December. Here's some in-depth info from NME.com: "Radiohead will be mixing a live set on RADIO 1 in December. The band will be mixing a show for Radio 1's midnight Breezeblock show on December 11. Radiohead will be mixing the records at home in Oxford for Mary-Anne Hobbs's eclectic programme, transmitting the live mix via ISDN line to the BBC. Radiohead have already had plenty of practice mixing shows - prior to the release of 'Kid A' they played three unannounced webcasts which included songs by artists as diverse as The Fall, John Barry and Squarepusher. Click here for the Radio 1 site. The news was revealed on the Mary-Anne Hobbs show a few moments ago (00:30am) following a build-up throughout the day that there would be a special announcement on tonight's show. Stay tuned for a Radiohead exclusive interview on NME.COM today (Tuesday 21 November 2000) where we will unveil some exciting news." Also from NME: "Radiohead plan to release their follow-up to 'KID A' in March or April, 2001, preceded by a single.Speaking exclusively to NME.COM last week, bassist Colin Greenwood said the band were already recording more new material, but that they planned to take Christmas off. Of the new, as yet untitled album, Greenwood said: "We've got to sort it out! But we're very happy about it, really excited. "(It'll be out in) March/April time maybe. We don't know yet but we want it to come out then. We've got enough music." He explained that some of the songs destined for the new album had emerged during recording sessions for 'Kid A', but that most were completely new. "This is really more things again," he continued: "(We're) keeping it going, y'know, not be like a boring rock band and do an album every two years." He also said he was "very happy" about the success of 'Kid A' in the US - but said the band felt partly to blame about the mixed critical reaction in UK press in that they should have sent promos copies of the album out earlier to let journalists "live" with the album. "I think the one serious regret we have is that we didn't give the record to journalists a longer time away from the release - I think a lot of people are into it now they've lived with it for a while, because it's a great record." For a full interview with Colin Greenwood about the new Radiohead album, see this week's NME, out in London today (November 21) and nationwide tomorrow (22)." Spinwithagrin's Questions & Answers page has been updated. Roseland MP3s will be up ass soon as i download them all. (yes, with the permission from the owner)

11.16.2000

Last night's MTV special, Radiohead in Dublin, was a 30 minute show which of Kid A songs performed at the Dublin gig. The following songs were featured: The National Anthem How To Disappear Completely Idioteque Optimistic Although the commercials were almost as long as the show, if not longer, the concert footage was ok and the sound quality not too good. I guess we should not have expected more. More questions have been answered at the  Questions & Answers section of Spin with a Grin. HollywoodandVine.com is hosting songs from live concerts in London. A song will be posted every week. So far listed are Idioteque and Optimistic. Enter here. You must have the Windows Media Player to listen to these songs. Thanks FMA: Rolling Stone AU has a live performance of Optimistic up on their web site. Enter here.

11.14.2000

The main page at radiohead.com has been changed. If I find a web space hosting company, the MP3s of the Roseland gig will be up, here. There will be a Radiohead special on MTV USA tomorrow night at 11:30 PM EST. The show is called Radiohead Live in Dublin and will most likely feature live footage from the band while they played at the Punchestown Race Course in Kildare, Ireland, last month. [thanks GP] * I scrolled forward, on the digital cable system, to Wednesday and it stated that the show will be played at 11 p.m. ET and the name of it is 'Radiohead Concert'. I suggest being ready to record/watch by 11 p.m., just in case. FMA: There will be an exclusive Radiohead announcement on Mary-Anne Hobbs' show "The Breezeblock" on BBC Radio 1 next week. The show is on November 20th at 12 am (midnight) GMT. You can listen online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 Muchmusic has posted some more info on the Radiohead special titled 'Kid A Lives' to be aired on November 23rd at 9 PM ET: Live performance footage from London, England featuring selections from the album "Kid A" including: Idioteque, How to Disappear Completely, In Limbo and others. Features an interview with front man Thom Yorke by VJ Sook-Yin Lee. [thanks FMA]

11.11.2000

MTV.com has announced that there is going to be some type of Radiohead special on November 15 at 11pm EST. The title of the show is Radiohead Live in Dublin.  No other information is known. Come back soon for details as they become available. Two specials on Radiohead: MuchUSA will be airing a Radiohead special on The NewMusic. The show is 30 minutes long. The show will air on November 20 at 9:30pm, 12:30am & 8:30am ET, 6:30pm, 9:30pm & 5:30am PT and again on Sunday, November 26 at 4:30pm & 10:30am ET, 1:30pm & 7:30am PT. MuchMusic will be airing a RH special called Kid A Lives on November 23, 9pm, Midnight & 8am ET, 6pm, 9pm & 5am PT. The show is 60 minutes long. More info TBA later. [Thanks GP for all of the above] Press: Rollingstone.com- Well Hung at Dawn [2?]

11.07.2000

Dunst, from the band Chumbawamba, has posted the following  on their official website: "What was all the fuss about? Having read about the twentieth interview with Thom Yorke [even though they keep on saying that they were only doing three interviews worldwide for this album] I was expecting some challenging, difficult soundscape that would force me to go to the toilet after three songs and on returning my ears would bleed and my head explode. No chance I'm afraid. I do actually like this album and it's quite an interesting place - three feet up Thom's arse - but they'll be poring over this at the local prog-rock-soc and that disturbs me." Then he adds that he's been reading interviews with Thom Yorke and responds, "He watched Big Brother but didn't like to admit it." [thanks GP] Some of you may remember that the Toronto gig from October 17th was supposed to be archived at Virtuecast for a week beginning November 2nd. This hasn't happened yet due to a licensing issue that still needs to be resolved. It's unknown when the webcast will be up, if at all. Keep checking this page. [thanks FMA] Press: MOJO has put out a magazine for music collectors called "Collections". The Winter 2000 edition of MOJO has an 8-page spread on the Radiohead discography. A dance music magazine called Muzik that has a 4-page Radiohead Article. It is the November 2000 issue. The latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine (Nov 23, 2000) with Drew Barrymore on the cover has a review and picture of Radiohead's Roseland Ballroom show in New York. [thanks FMA] There's a transcript of a DotMusic chat with Alen McGee. This is what he states about Kid A: Andy Hart asks: Now Arnold are on Poptones, do you expect any other ex-Creation artists to follow? Alan: we're going to sign trashmonk, who's going to make a 25-minute piece of electronic noise music called 'office hours', like 'kid a', but good. Read the rest here. Today is the day the US citizens vote!

11.06.2000

Murmurs.com: The fifth paragraph here is a little description, of one of radiohead's gigs, by Michael Stipe. [thanks GP] Press: A remix by Paul Oakenfold of the Radiohead song 'Street Spirit (fade out)' may never see the light of day after the band decided to block it from release. The DJ, who is one of the most famous remixers in the world having worked with U2 and Massive Attack, as well as co-producing the seminal Happy Mondays album 'Pills & Thrills And Bellyaches', reworked the track from Radiohead's second album 'The Bends' for use while DJing. However, when Oakenfold approached the group for permission to put the track on a compilation album, he was refused. Oakenfold reportedly told Irish online magazine www.oceanfree.net: "We were going to release that on 'Planet Perfecto', but unfortunately the band Radiohead, as far as I'm concerned, don't like dance music so they wouldn't allow us to do it. They would have got the publishing money obviously because it is their song. It will now never be released." He continued: "I like the challenge of taking a track and making it work in a different way. It's always the purists who don't like it. They're always moaning, the purists, you can never keep the anoraks happy." A spokesperson for Radiohead was unable to comment on the remix. Although not allowing Oakenfold to use the reworked track, Radiohead have been remixed before. Their single 'Planet Telex' was backed by a remix of the title track by LFO, while their 'Karma Police' single featured remixes of their 'OK Computer' album track 'Climbing Up The Walls' by Fila Brazilia. [Credits: NME]

11.05.2000

**Happy Birthday, Jonny!** Muchmusic, in Canada, is showing a video for "Optimistic" which features the band in concert. [thanks beryl]

11.04.2000

RollingStone.com: Radiohead fans strike back to the recent 'Kid A to Zzzz' article with e-mails. Enter.

11.03.2000

Late news: Thom's page has been updated. W.A.S.T.E. his selling new t-shirts from the recent concerts. Enter here. Sign up for The Subterranean Homesick Mailing List for recent updates and news straight in your mailbox! The Questions & Answers page of spinwithagrin.co.uk has been updated. Go straight to it. GP.com: Last night on the Conan O'Brien show, Conan did his usual shtick of pulling a husband and wife out of the audience and playing a song on guitar for them. It always turns dark and hilarious-- last night it was a song about a 15 keg party at the husband's place that he funded with a loan from the mob. Conan said he can't pay them back, so they'll break his legs. The mob comes in and grabs him and the wife is shocked. So Conan, holding the guitar, asks, "So, do you like Radiohead? Ever heard of Creep?" Then he starts playing it for her. Just a quick intro and sings it. Only got about 15 seconds before commercial. [thanks gp]