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French music channel, MCM, will broadcast Radiohead’s 2003 Eurock?ennes concert on Wednesday June 16th at midnight (Tuesday night). The show will run for 90 minutes and will be also be re-broadcast (19/06 at 01:30, 22/06 at 00:15, 29/06 at 02:00, 02/07 at 01:00 and 05/07 at 02:00).
(Thanks to At Ease).

According to the Mercury News, Jonathan Glazer, who directed the excellent videos for ‘Street Spirit’ and ‘Karma Police’ (as well as the remarkable Sexy Beast, is having a bit of trouble with his new film, Birth. Apparently, the film deals with Nicole Kidman falling in love with a 10-year-old whom she believes is the reincarnation of her dead husband, and some scenes involving her and the boy stripping and kissing in a bathtub (!) are not going over so well with New Line production heads.
After already going through multiple rewrites and creative battles, New Line is considering simply pulling the plug on the $50 million film, Glazer’s second.
Read the entire article here.

Fred Cooper is the man whose voice speaks to Macintosh users everywhere. Many years ago, the first Macintosh said “Hello. I am Macintosh” with Fred’s voice. On tidbits.com you can hear or read an interview with Fred, which was also used for Radiohead’s Fitter Happier.

Did you ever expect that your voice would become so popular? I’ve heard it in other things, such as Radiohead’s song Fitter Happier, and of course Stephen Hawking’s computerized voice.

Fred: The Radiohead thing was just a fluke. I spent maybe half an hour recording that, and at the time it made no sense. But when the song was mixed, it really came together. As for Dr. Hawking, I’m proud to have been the basis for his system. When I hear him speak, I don’t even hear myself any more, his ideas are so unique. But my wife likes to think that I’m the one talking about time and space occasionally.
(Thanks to At Ease.)
UPDATE: Not that it changes the content of the article terribly, because it’s obviously a bit of a joke, but if you notice the date of publication, it is, in fact, April 1st. Which is April Fools’ Day.
(Thanks to John.)

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At 11:35pm on Friday, June 18th, BBC2 is slated to broadcast “Cool Britannia”, a Later with Jools Holland special. This is likely a tie-in with the DVD of the same name scheduled for release. Radiohead are going to be featured on the show, likely playing ‘The Bends’.
(Thanks to Treefingers.)