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News for August 16, 1999

The official Radiohead site is due to have another over-haul, this time with diaries from the band and photos of rehearsals. The following note from Stanley Donwood was found at http://www.uppermilton.freeserve.co.uk:

> glad you like the site
> were changing it completely again
> very soon > work is thoroughly in progress
> there will be diaries from the band
> photos of rehearsals
> and much more fun

Ok, this isn’t really news, but it’s Radiohead related:
In the August issue of Details magazine, there is a article called “Turn Her On Without Touching Her.” Radiohead’s album The Bends was included in the “12 albums that we all agree ‘get us in our girly parts.'” Here’s the list:

Radiohead – The Bends
Liz Phair – Whitechocolatespaceegg
Jeff Buckley – Grace
Crowded House – Recurring Dream
Freedy Johnston – This Perfect World
Al Green – Greatest Hits
Lloyd Cole – Lloyd Cole
Heather Nova – Oyster
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
Echo and the Bunnymen – What Are You Going to Do With Your Life?
Brian Ferry/Roxy Music – Street Life
Garbage – Version 2.0

thanks to willis.warren@cheerful.com

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News for May 2, 1999

Rolling Stone has named “The Bends” and “Ok Computer” in their list of Essential Recordings of the ’90s.

According to EMI Canada, “Meeting People is Easy” will be released on May 4th in Canada. They are having a contest in which you can win a copy. There will also be limited theatre screenings in selected cities in Canada but they differ from the U.S. You have to win the tickets to be able to go. Here are the details:

The Vancouver screening is happening May 8th as part of New Music West 1999 and presented by 99.3 The Fox. Listen to 99.3 The Fox for more details on how you can win tickets or purchase tickets through New Music West 99

The Toronto screenings are happening April 28th, 29th. April 28th is an exclusive 102.1 The Edge screening and you can only attend by listening to the station to win passes. April 29th is an exclusive NOW Magazine screening. Check the April 15th and 22nd issues of NOW to enter to win passes.

The Montreal screenings are happening on May 2nd and 3rd and are exclusive to Musique Plus. Watch Musique Plus to win passes

The U.S. release is still set for May 18, hopefully. Scroll down for the list of added cities in the U.S. screening.

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News for April 11, 1998

The Seven Television Commercials home video was not released on April 7 as I thought it would be. The compilation video featuring 7 of Radiohead’s wonderful music videos will most likely be released on April 21.

Speaking of April 21, the Airbag/ How am I Driving EP is going to be released that day too. It is already available to you Canadians. Check your local record shops.

Radiohead’s Nice Dream (which was released on their second album, The Bends,) recently appeared in a Korean movie titled “Bye Jun”. The movie examines teenage wandering. The soundtrack is enjoying great popularity in Korea while the movie is receiving unfavorable reviews. Thanks to fakeblue@netsgo.com

For those of you that want a good laugh, click here for some Thom comics.

A certain hip hop band named Credit to the Nation is covering Radiohead’s High and Dry. Enough said.
thanks to Thomas Noller.

Radiohead will be on MTV’s 120 Minutes on April 20.

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News for December 31, 1997

hi, how are you?

well, it’s the end of the year and all the awards are being passed out. Q magazine’s readers chose OK COMPUTER as the best album of all time. they also chose THE BENDS as the sixth best. Select magazine gave OKC 2nd best album of the year as Rolling Stone’s critic’s poll named radiohead band of the year. as stated earlier, Spin magazine also named radiohead band of the year. the british magazine, Mojo, named OKC album of the year also and also asked thom and colin what their favorite albums of 1997 were:

Thom: “Five of my favorite records from this year: Laika, ‘sounds of the satellites’. They toured with us and deserve more recognition; ‘Portishead’ by Portishead. This is their second album. It is better than the first. I love them… Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s ‘Arkology’. This counts doesn’t it? My favourite thing is listening to it while looking at photos of the studio before it burnt down. Guided By Voices, ‘Mag Earwhig’. The only band who have sussed recording and are happy to make things as long as my limited attention span will allow. Reminds me of Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’. Also Dr Octagon, ‘Octagynecologist’. Blue flowers is my favourite song of this year. Not sure about the sex stuff, but the rhymes shit all over the lyrics I’ve written.”

Colin: “Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, ‘Arkology’. ‘Portishead’ by Portishead is the best record this autumn… Belle & Sebastian’s song ‘A Century Of Fakers’. Teenage Fanclub, “songs from northern britain’. Supergrass, ‘in it for the money’. And Manuel Ponce, ‘Preludes’. Ah. Guitar!”

there will be a home video released soon which was filmed while the band was on tour earlier in the year. it will probably be released only in canada.
radiohead will not be at next year’s V98 festival in chelmsford/leeds. don’t look for them at glastonbury either.

singer stina nordernstam has been asked to help the band in their next video which still has yet to be named but will most likely be lucky. you might recall her from the romeo and juliet soundtrack which radiohead also was on.

the no surprises single will be released in australia on january 19 with the following b-sides: palo alto, how i made my millions, and airbag (live from berlin).