Using the textured soundscapes of The Bends as a launching pad, Radiohead delivered another startlingly accomplished set of modern guitar rock with OK Computer. The anthemic guitar heroics present on Pablo Honey and even The Bends are nowhere to be heard here. Radiohead have stripped away many of the obvious elements of guitar rock, creating music that is subtle and textured yet still has the feeling of ock & roll. Even at its most adventurous -- such as the complex, multi-segmented "Paranoid Android" -- the band is tight, melodic, and muscular, and Thom Yorke's voice effortlessly shifts from a sweet falsetto to vicious snarls. It's a thoroughly astonishing demonstration of musical virtuosity and becomes even more impressive with repeated listens, which reveal subtleties like electronica rhythms, eerie keyboards, odd time signatures, and complex syncopations. Yet all of this would simply be showmanship if the songs weren't strong in themselves, and OK Computer is filled with moody masterpieces, from the shimmering "Subterranean Homesick Alien" and the sighing "Karma Police" to the gothic crawl of "Exit Music (For a Film)." OK Computer is the album that establishes Radiohead as one of the most inventive and rewarding guitar rock bands of the '90s.
San Francisco's Outside Lands, spread out over the verdant core of Golden Gate Park, in its first year, is one of the biggest music festival ever in Northern California. Friday's show was expected to draw 50,000+ fans and in total draw about 180,000 people over the weekend. We came with merry thoughts of an ideal line-up, from Beck to Radiohead to Manu Chao and Cold War Kids, while relaxing und...
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Part 2 - Exit Music We had an family members birthday party to attend, which meant that if the concert were possible, I would miss The Liars. This was a sacrifice I was willing to make since I wasn't familiar with their music. I never would have done such a dis-service to an opening band in the past (unless I really didn't like them), but my time is so limited, it seemed like the best way to ...
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I was reading my Lefsetz Letter and there were people commenting on the fact there are no good albums, that's why most people are buying songs off of i-tunes, etc. Some people commented that there haven't been good albums that you can listen to beginning to end for years. Myself I don't think there is a perfect album but some have come close and, gasp, they've actually come within the last 20 y...
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Alright, so maybe a tad on the vulgar side for a Sunday morning (but that's why i love mog!) :PI've re-discovered Radiohead, and I'm soooo loving them. Even 'Fitter Happier', which used to really creep me out, until i read the "the words":http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/FITTER-HAPPIER-lyrics-Radiohead/C5D87F9041CA308748256866000FF586.Now it's not so bad...The whole album us great (OK Com...
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An interesting analysis of Radiohead's album OK ComputerNed Ludd’s RadioheadBy Christopher Stratton"ExploreFaith.org":http://www.explorefaith.org/music/radiohead.htmlIn the year 1811, a man named Ned Ludd sent intimidating letters to various textile employers in Nottingham, Great Britain. The complaint? Machines were taking over too many tasks typically handled by craftsmen. The workers were un.
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....a little bird from up in Sacramento shot me a message yesterday telling me that at the stroke of midnight it would be "*National Shutdown Day*":http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/297803,CST-FIN-Andy15.article which is, for all intents and purposes, an agreement to go off the grid, get up, get into it and get involved IRL-- a day with no computer-tainted experiences......I thought l...
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_today we escape._I made the most amazing discovery last night, around 1:30 AM. I'm awake, so I decided to get some fresh night air. I went to my window, opened it, and took out the screen, hopped out, and walked around the front garden. The moon was pale and the sky was perfectly colored blue and pale purple. The air smells so GREAT at that time of night, it's so good. The weather was perfect ...
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I heard a dub cover of Radiohead's Let Down today on the radio, off OK Computer, of course, but I can't find it anywhere. It's by Tootsie and somebody??, or something like that, I vaguely remember the DJ saying. He also said there was a whole record of Radiohead tracks covered in a dub style by the artist, and I'm really keen to get hold of it.Any ideas???? Any clues???I did a Google search, bu...
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...twisted my head around about 420 degrees back in the day. The first one I got was, um, the first one, but not until about mid 1997, ev en after _OK Computer_ came out. I don't even remember what made me buy it, I think I just saw it in a used cd store and I grabbed it because it was probably like, four dollars or something. Anyway, to me, they're in the top ten all time. But I haven't li...
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Sorry Deadman but you`re dead wrong ( i thought it was funny, sorry ), I understand the exact type you are talking about but I happen to be the exact opposite. My problem is probably caring a little too much and I`m frustrated about not being able to do more than I am. Call it my own little messiah complex if you will. You say that you were in the military at one point so you should be familiar...
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so i've been pretty obsessed with guitar hero 2 it's taking over my life and making me it's ass slave. well i'm listening to Death Cab For Cutie "Bend To Squares" and i think it's a new song of theres i think it's pretty good theres violins in it and som pretty good drumming.Favorite cd's as of now are1. Modest Mouse "Good News For People Who Love Bad News"2. Coldplay "A Rush Of Blood To The He...
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So, iTunes didn't download. Argh. When I get a solid weekend, I fix it up right. I don't have the time right now, with finals and the holidays (very) fast approaching. But once it's there on my computer, it'll be there for good. Technology is sometimes frustrating. For years I said that I wanted another Mac. Did I get one? No. Such as life. It's not the end of the world. I have my health, my fr...
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Somebody posted this and I just had to share in case others didn't know. U Of AZ marching band plays Radiohead I am officially impressed.
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I've been on a huge Radiohead kick these last few days, and I thought of this video this morning. Its exactly how I'd like to finish off the weekend: No alarms and no surprises:Try to hold your breath as long as he does.
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watching the polls and trying to predict who will win and who will lose,and what is good and what is bad and if impeachment will come...well...there are two idiots runninng for governor in my state,so i took the only option i had, and voted for ....*drumroll*THE GREEN PARTYoh well.
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San Francisco's Outside Lands, spread out over the verdant core of Golden Gate Park, in its first year, is one of the biggest music festival ever in Northern California. Friday's show was expected to draw 50,000+ fans and in total draw about 180,000 people over the weekend. We came with merry thoughts of an ideal line-up, from Beck to Radiohead to Manu Chao and Cold War Kids, while relaxing und...
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Part 2 - Exit Music We had an family members birthday party to attend, which meant that if the concert were possible, I would miss The Liars. This was a sacrifice I was willing to make since I wasn't familiar with their music. I never would have done such a dis-service to an opening band in the past (unless I really didn't like them), but my time is so limited, it seemed like the best way to ...
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Indie favorite, Stereogum, has a hilarious report from a reader about the "secret show" that White Stripes fans searched for in St. John's, Newfoundland. Having heard reports of these surprise performances from every Canadian town that the pair had played in already, St. John locals were ready for a hot pursuit to find theirs. Well, the pursuit ended up being cold and rainy, but at least the ...
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It's about one in the morning here in SF and my feet still ache just as much as they did three hours ago when a mass of 60,000 of us tried to exit Golden Gate Park, the site of this years Outside Lands Festival. As with every music festival known in the history of man, a swift exit was just not in the cards for us. After the crowd tore down a fence, we trampled through the forest and the trees ...
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.EXCLUSIVE: The band not signing with Starbucks.28 March 07 - Radiohead have put paid to rumours that they're following in the footsteps of Sir Paul McCartney and signing for the new Starbucks record label; Hear Music. Talk started when it was reported on the internet that someone from their management company was seen meeting with Starbucks officials in London recently."The rumour that they ar...
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Once you've been successfully pulled into an album by the first two tracks, once you understand the theme being played out and are able to see where the artist is coming from, track three settles the action down and lets you chill for a minute;allowing you to begin to forget about everything else and lose yourself in the world being created by the music you are listening to._OK Computer_, the t...
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....a little bird from up in Sacramento shot me a message yesterday telling me that at the stroke of midnight it would be "*National Shutdown Day*":http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/297803,CST-FIN-Andy15.article which is, for all intents and purposes, an agreement to go off the grid, get up, get into it and get involved IRL-- a day with no computer-tainted experiences......I thought l...
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...twisted my head around about 420 degrees back in the day. The first one I got was, um, the first one, but not until about mid 1997, ev en after _OK Computer_ came out. I don't even remember what made me buy it, I think I just saw it in a used cd store and I grabbed it because it was probably like, four dollars or something. Anyway, to me, they're in the top ten all time. But I haven't li...
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Ten years ago (yesterday) OK Computer was released in the US and A. Here's a swell website that features a life performance from every song on the album ('cept "Fitter, Happier")."Ok Computer Live":http://www.musicbyday.com/2007/06/radioheads-ok-computer-was-released-on.html
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last but certainly not least. even though this song was once overplayed it still stands the time test. and i am done with these themed video uploads. i had fun~fitterhappiermore productive
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From Zeropaid.comReleases 2008 Digital Music Report which says, among other things, that govts and ISPs must begin to "take responsibility" and protect creative content. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry(IFPI) released its annual Digital Music Report yesterday and it paints a somber picture of an industry still in crisis mode. It says that the music industry's revenue fr...
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_i'm all about embedding dr. tchock_so, i saw a "making of" epsiode on this video back then. freakin thom yorke...he did like 8 continuous takes, and i swear to god!the best part comes after he survives.around three minutes in. that slight. but not alarmed.well done.
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Watch the time-lapsed creation of Thom Yorke in this digital painting by artist Nico di Mattia and listen to some good tunes.......or don't. Whatever tickles your fancy...
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/12/arts/web-0412obit.phpone of the greatest of our lifetime.he died on a wednesday, ended with a period.novelist, humanist, iconoclast, environmentalist, humorist, FREETHINKER... in all that i have ever read he has always been my number one.NOVELSPlayer Piano (1952) • The Sirens of Titan (1959) • Mother Night (1961) • Cat's Cradle (1963) • God Bless Yo
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I love politics. I have been a junkie of it since reading Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72", which still ranks to me as one of the best books written about politics ever. I read fivethirthyeight.com daily. I burn out on Huffington Post, CNN, and even have subjected my dear wife to C-Span and PCN, the Pennsylvania gov channel. I have been known to watch our t...
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