You need to check out these excellent photos of Radiohead’s performance at the V Festival sent in to us by Andrew Kendall. If you’re not familiar with his photography, you should definitely go to his site and immerse yourself in them.
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YouTube Friday
I know it’s been ages since we had a YouTube Friday here at Green Plastic. Hopefully you’ll forgive us once you see these classic Radiohead moments on YouTube.
Remember Mystery Science Theater 3000? If not, it was a show about a guy and some robots in outer space that were forced to watch really bad movies. Throughout the movie, the characters would make silly comments and pretty much make fun of anything and everything that was going on. This made for very funny TV. Anyway, back in the mid-90s, MTV had a show called Week In Rock which was basically a program dedicated to music news and stories. What you are about to see here is a segment from Week in Rock with the MSTK3 guys making fun of Radiohead. Sure, it may be a little harsh but what the hey…
Next we have the best of Radiohead on South Park. Yes, the band actually lent their voices to the South Park creators. I would of loved to have seen Thom’s reaction to the script saying him to say, “but he has cancer….. in his ass!”
We’ve gotten a lot of email about this next one. Many people think that this is an actual video for Thom’s song “Analyse” but it’s really just a bunch of scenes from the movie Requiem for a Dream. It’s still cool…
(thanks to Mike, Mike, and T)
Radiohead at Bonnaroo. Picture by flickr user richmerrituga
So I believe the general consensus is that Radiohead’s epic 2 1/2 hour set at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival was one of 2006’s best shows by the band, if not the best. Many of us weren’t lucky enough to be there so the recent news that a DVD of the band’s performance may be on the way is great news. Thom certainly loved the performance, which is evident in a recent interview he did on BBC 6 Music:
“We did this festival called Bonnaroo. We did 2.5 hours. And there’s 80,000 people, admittedly they’ve been smoking the sticky green all day– probably wouldn’t go anywhere anyway. It was just amazing. We played loads of new stuff. We did whole sections of quiet piano songs and it sounds like the most grotesque, self-indulgent nonsense, but it probably is my favourite gig for years and years and years. It was a really mellow evening. Actually it’s all being filmed, but we’re sitting on it because there’s loads of new stuff on it. Because we’re mean like that. It will come out eventually.”
We’ll take two DVDs please.
Source: Pitchfork
(thanks to everyone that sent us this story)
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You and Whose Atonement
Radiohead’s “You and Whose Army” has been sampled in a new song by The Roots called “Exit Music: Songs for Radio Heads(iTunes link). Roots member Ahmir (?uestlove) produced a version of “Morning Bell” for the same release.
“Atonement” is included on the new album by The Roots, Game Theory. iTunes has it for purchase so check it out if that’s your thing…
(thanks to Bill & Mike)
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New w.a.s.t.e. site
Well looky here, a new w.a.s.t.e. site has been launched! Go forth and enjoy!
(thanks to radiocoocoo)
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Bedtime stories by Thom Yorke
The always funny McSweeney’s has some bedtime stories by Thom. Our favorite is “The Happy Little Bunny”:
Once there was a little bunny who had a little furry tail and a little shiny nose. But the electrodeath cloud of commerce strangled it and its foxhole was converted to a parking lot, a parking lot, a parking lot. Ample parking asphalted over bunny bones. Everyone everyone everyone get in.
For those of you that will undoubtedly write in, no, these are not real. 🙂
(thanks to Scott)