Green Plastic Radiohead

The Radiohead community is generally thought of as intelligent, thoughtful, and caring. Put generous on the list- in just 24 hours, readers of GP and At Ease (mainly GP, according to the referrer stats) have donated nearly $2000 to help the victims of the South Asian tsunamis.
Amazing.
Once again, while we’re not collecting donations ourselves, we are trying to keep a running tally of the online community’s donations. If you donate, to any organization, please send an email to donations@politick.info, inserting the amount you donated in the subject line. Please let me know if it’s pounds, euros, dollars or cents, and please spread the word. You guys and gals continue to amaze me.

As you likely know, South Asia has been decimated by tsunamis. Over 150,000 people are confirmed dead, and many think that by the time all of the victims are accounted for, the toll will easily reach 300,000-400,000. It’s truly staggering.
We don’t normally use GP for fundraising or political things, but the sheer scale of this tragedy goes far beyond anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes. What’s more, we have a chance to make a difference, right now. What’s needed are cash donations. Some say that Bush and Blair have dropped the ball by not acting quickly or strongly enough- well, let’s pick it up for them. Rather than complaining about our governments, let’s show the world they truly DON’T speak for us. Let’s do a sidestep, and let’s raise some cash.
I’ve set up a sort of information clearinghouse over at http://www.politick.info/tsunami. You’ll find places to donate, and some basic information about the tragedy.
You’ll also find a “money meter”. I’ve set our goal at $20,000- not a whole lot. If every GP reader were to just give $1, we’d meet the goal in hours. In order to track donations, I ask that if you donate money, send an email to donations@politick.info, and put how much you donated in the subject.
Radiohead fans have time and time again proven to be the most compassionate, caring, and intelligent group of people on the planet. Let’s show them again, shall we?

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, whatever…we wish you and your family the best. Here’s hoping 2005 represents in ways that 2004 certainly did NOT.
BTW- I recommend Kurtis Blow’s “Christmas Rap” for holiday listening.

Pick your poison- radio or television. If you are of the means to afford either, you’ve got some Radiohead coming your way…
XFM (the London FM station, not the satellite one that was in the lead until Sirius scored Howard Stern) will broadcast the South Park gig on their Live Hour program at 10pm (London time) on the 1st of January. The good news- they broadcast online.
And, for those of you who can pick up German music station VIVA, they’ll be rebroadcasting the Fast Forward program that features an interview with Thom at the Hurricane Festival, some Radiohead videos, and more, on Thursday, December 30th, at 12:15 in the morning (that’s late Wednesday night for the easily confused).
Enjoy…

Soltris writes in to let us know that:
When Radiohead released their 6th studio album, Hail to The Thief (Parlophone/EMI) in June 2003, the artwork featured on the album’s cover (originally created by Stanley Donwood) was re-created on a large panel (9.70m x 11m, oil and acrylics on canvas, by local visual artist Katerina Vagia) and suspended at the EMI offices in Athens, Greece.
Once taken down, the canvas was cut into 25 smaller panels, varying in size, which were sent to the members of the group to be autographed.
The auction will begin on December 18th and will run until January 18th 2005.
The website for the auction is here. I can’t read Greek very well, but it appears that some portion of the proceeds are going to benefit Medecins Sans Frontieres, which I shall assume is either part of or similiar to Doctors Without Borders, which is a great cause.
Happy bidding…

The NME has this story about new music coming soon from Thom and Jonny:

New music from members of RADIOHEAD will be played for the first time at the LONDON ETHER FESTIVAL, NME.COM can reveal.
Material penned by Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood will form part of The London Sinfonietta at the London Royal Festival Hall (March 27-28).
Organisers say the events will feature “two evenings of experimentation, collaboration and cross-genre juxtaposition”.
New music from Greenwood and Yorke will form part of the show, along with more classical composers and traditional Arabic song.
Radiohead TV will also be shown on the night, featuring video, animations and unreleased tracks.
Other events at the Ether Festival 2005 include Dizzee Rascal (March 15) and Matmos (19).
Tickets are on from Thursday (December 16) at 9am via the Royal Festival Hall website here .

(thanks to Kai)