Green Plastic Radiohead

As many of you know, Radiohead’s 1997 release OK Computer has been voted the greatest album of all time in a recent poll by Channel4 viewers. It was followed closely by U2’s The Joshua Tree and Nivana’s Nevermind. Radiohead’s second album, The Bends, came in at #22.
The top 20 is as follows, and you can check the full 100 at the Channel4 site here:

1. RADIOHEAD – OK Computer
2. U2 – The Joshua Tree
3. NIRVANA – Nevermind
4. MICHAEL JACKSON – Thriller
5. PINK FLOYD – Dark Side of the Moon
6. OASIS – Definitely Maybe
7. THE BEATLES – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
8. MADONNA – Like a Prayer
9. GUNS N’ ROSES – Appetite For Destruction
10. THE BEATLES – Revolver
11. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
12. THE BEATLES – The White Album
13. QUEEN – A Night at the Opera
14. COLDPLAY – Parachutes
15. OASIS – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
16. ALANIS MORISSETTE – Jagged Little Pill
17. LED ZEPPELIN – Led Zeppelin IV
18. THE VERVE – Urban Hymns
19. JIMI HENDRIX – Are you Experienced
20. THE SMITHS – The Queen Is Dead

Bootleg recordings of Thom’s solo set at the Trade Justice Rally have surfaced…with a few catches.
The sound quality’s not so good, the songs aren’t all complete, and, most irritatingly, the two new songs are not being shared. I’m not sure what the issue is, but I certainly hope it’s not some psycho-fan sitting in his house quivering with excitement over the fact that he’s the only one with recordings of the new stuff. That would just be mean, and I’d like to hold on to my impression of Radiohead fans as some of the most generous, sharing-inclined people on Earth.
Check your favorite message board (I like MT, personally, but knock yourself out either way) or file-sharing program for the links…they’re out there.
UPDATE: Feel free to restore your faith in humanity…turns out there’s no hoarding at all, but the nice lady that recorded them is having problems with her (borrowed) camera phone and its associated memory card. She’s working on getting everything uploaded as we speak.
See, I knew you guys were ace…shouldn’t have doubted.
(Thanks to Flan for writing in.)

Shaz writes in to let us know that NME says the “old song” played at the Trade Justice Movement rally was ‘Glass Flowers’, and the “new song” is called ‘House of Cards’. Still no word on any recordings, but we’ve got our ears peeled.
(Thanks Shaz.)

The Trade Justice Movement rally, held to address the long-standing issue of poorer countries getting the shaft in trading deals (find out more about this very big problem here), took place last night. As previously reported, Thom and Ed both took part in the protest, and Thom played a brand new song (as well as an old one which has yet to be named) during a five-song acoustic set.
The setlist was:
1. Old Song
2. New Song
3. Big Ideas
4. No Surprises
5. Reckoner
No word on whether or not anyone happened to be recording, but we’ll let you know if we find out.

Radiohead’s own “polite” guitarist Ed O’Brien turns 37 today. We hope that he has a wonderful day!

Are you dying to get your fix on some of the new stuff Jonny and Thom played at the recent Ether Festival? If so, head on over here and get download happy. Here’s the tracklist:

Part 1
01 – György Ligeti, Ramifications
02 – Olivier Messiaen, La fête des belles eaux
03 – Henri Dutilleux, Ainsi la Nuit ‘Miroir d’Espace’
04 – Jonny Greenwood, Piano for Children
05 – Henri Dutilleux, Ainsi la Nuit ‘Litanies’
06 – Mohammed Abdel-Wahab, Enta Omri
Part 2
01 – Henri Dutilleux, Ainsi la Nuit ‘Nocturne’
02 – Jonny Greenwood, Smear
03 – Farid El-Atrash, Tuta
04 – Krystof Penderecki, Capriccio
05 – Henri Dutilleux, Ainsi la Nuit ‘Litanies 2’
06 – Radiohead, Arpeggi
07 – Radiohead, Where Bluebirds fly

(thanks to Roman)