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RH Gets #16 in Top 20 Moments in Pop

We’re a bit late on this one, but the UK’s Daily Mail rated the top 20 moments in pop music in their October 16th edition, and Radiohead scored #16.
The Top 20 is as follows:-
1. Elvis Presley’s record sessions at Sun studios which produced the That’s All Right single (1954)
2. Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival (1965)
3. The Clash release White Riot (1977)
4. The Beatles appear on US TV’s The Ed Sullivan Show (1964)
5. The Rolling Stones release Jumpin’ Jash Flash (1968)
6. Jimi Hendrix plays the Monterey Pop Festival (1967)
7. Neil Young releases Time Fades Away, the first of a trio of uncompromisingly dark albums (1973)
8. John Lennon releases the Imagine album (1971)
9. Nirvana emerge as one of the world’s must-see live acts during a UK tour (1990)
10. Led Zeppelin release their first LP (1969)
11. Sex Pistols’ foul-mouthed appearance on ITV (1976)
12. Pink Floyd release Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
13. Marvin Gaye threatens to quit Motown unless What’s Going On is released (1970)
14. Brian Wilson / The Beach Boys release Pet Sounds (1966)
15. Bob Marley seeks out Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry to produce the Wailers (1970)
16. Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood sabotages lead singer Thom Yorke’s song Creep (1992)
17. The Velvet Underground are fired from Caf? Bizarre in New York after performing the The Black Angel’s Death Song twice (1965)
18. Frank Sinatra records Someone to Watch Over Me (1945)
19. Blondie’s Heart of Glass reaches number one in Britain (1979)
20. The Kinks’ Waterloo Sunset puts London at the centre of the Swinging Sixties (1967)
(Thanks to At Ease)

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RH Featured in New Planetarium Show

From Wired Magazine:
Pink Floyd used to be your escort to the dark side of the moon. Now it’s Moby. The electropop star scored SonicVision, the new multimedia show at the Hayden Planetarium in New York. “I’m a geek who grew up obsessed with outer space,” says Moby. “The only problem was, I wasn’t bright enough to be a scientist.” His hit “We Are All Made of Stars,” along with tunes by Radiohead, Stereolab, the Flaming Lips, and others, accompany the 35-minute animated movie that takes visitors through an observatory’s ceiling and into an alien dance party. Seven projectors beam the film onto the Hayden’s 68-foot-tall dome while 23 speakers provide a visceral kick. Strap on the jet boosters – it’s time to get your groove on.
PLAYLIST:
Boards of Canada / “Julie and Candy”
David Bowie / “Heroes”
The Flaming Lips / “Do You Realize?”
Moby / “Into the Blue” and “We Are All Made of Stars”
Queens of the Stone Age / “First It Giveth”
Radiohead / “Everything in Its Right Place”
Stereolab / “Metronomic Underground”
U2 / “Elevation”

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Mike Skinner (The Streets) Talks About Radiohead

According to a brief interview in the New York Times (with the unfortunate title Streets Smarts), Brit rapper Mike Skinner, a.k.a. The Streets, has no use for Radiohead.
An excerpt-
“My sister, she thinks that you should be able to find your own meanings in songs. She likes Radiohead. I’m not like that. All that ‘I’m just a fish in the sea, I’m so lonely’ — that’s kind of rubbish. There is nothing on my record that you can’t understand literally.”
I think that says pretty much everything right there…but you can read the rest here.

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Split Sides Photos at Sigur R?s Online

Sigur R?s’ UK site has some great pictures (of both bands) from the Merce Cunningham Split Sides event in Brooklyn, as well as some reviews.
See them here.
(Thanks to Ara)

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RH on DirecTV Latin America

DirecTV Latin America is playing a two-hour Glastonbury special featuring three Radiohead songs throughout October on Channel 602. Radiohead is right before Moby and REM.
Setlist is:
-There There
-Just
-Karma Police
(Thanks to Carlos)

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Oz Tour Dates?

On October 24th, Austrailian radio station Triple J, in addition to broadcasting a live Glastonbury set, will also have an interview with Thom and a “secret announcement”. The rumour is that our friends down under may finally be getting a few Radiohead shows. Find out for sure on October 24th at 5PM (Sydney time).
(Thanks to Sy)