Month: October 2005

FIGURE THIS ONE OUT

Post author By Jonathan
Post date October 12, 2005

There are some suspicious new blogs surfacing that look like they may have something to do with Radiohead. Though we can’t say for sure, apparently a link was posted on the official Radiohead message board a few days ago by a blue (someone who is associated the band). That link is http://tachistoscope.blogspot.com/.
Go ahead and read it. Very Stanley Donwoodish.
Other blogs of interest:
http://bileamere.blogspot.com/
http://therationalhumanbody.blogspot.com/
http://areyouamused.blogspot.com/
Make what you want of it… Maybe it’s nothing and we’re so bored and hungry for Radiohead news that we’re seeing things that are not there. Or maybe…
(thanks to keith, loren-pottz, and rex)

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Rubbernecks

Post author By Jonathan
Post date October 11, 2005

Dead Air Space has been updated by Thom with some news of a new song they have been working on called “Rubbernecks”.

back into work again after very quick break contending with the usual winter illnesses and fevers.
-which are still messing with things.
jonnys stepping over guitar leads and pedals and laptop as we demo yet another new tune added to the blackboard called Rubbernecks.
at the moment its a demo. when is a demo not a demo? when its in time. whats in time?
HEY!
KEEP AWAY!
im asking jonny to lay off the sweet rock and stick to the sticklebrick licks. more-
their dotting all the tees
and crossing their eyes
welcome to the future
it opened up my eyes
its creeping up the car park
its coming up the drive
rubbernecks with cameras
petrol and bonfires(heres the loud bit)
we need to keep away the rubbernecks
we need to keep away the rubbernecks
me me my my
i met with George Monbiot.
another person who thinks a bit like me (only faster),
its a relief sometimes, i dont feel quite as crackers as i did.
thm
oh yeah and this house is haunted. feel like your beingwatched..
yes its another normal day in the world of radioheadski

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Happy Birthday Thom!

Post author By Jonathan
Post date October 7, 2005

We want to wish Thom a happy 37th birthday today!

Jonny Greenwood Phil Selway

More on the Wyrd Sisters Lawsuit

Post author By Jonathan
Post date October 5, 2005

We were able to get a statement from Kim Baryluk, one of the Wyrd Sisters, on her band’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. To catch up on what is going on, read our previous report.

Kim first wanted to say that they are not really wanting to go after Radiohead. “I believe that if they knew what Warner Bros was doing to a little band though, they would not want to be a part of it.”

Apparently she has been getting a lot of hate mail, and had this to say:

“I’m sorry you are so angry at us. I wish I could take the time to explain. The chart magazine did not fairly represent what happened. What happened is that the lawyers from Warner Bros called us in June and *threatened* us. They told us that if we didn’t sign some papers agreeing to co-exist with them then they’d ‘have their army of lawyers shut our little girl’s band down’.

In the real world, we have trademark rights to our name. Just the same way no one can go around calling themselves Warner Bros if they’re not Warner Bros. Yes, we know other wyrd sisters have popped up. They have not been musical bands, and no one has got the other wyrd sisters confused with us, so we have just let them slide by. Besides, no one has threatened us before, or told us that we should just give them what they want…our name… because they’ll hurt us if we don’t. That’s just not right.

Warner Bros did not do their homework. They have made huge publicity splashes about their wyrd sister band. If we go anywhere new now, people will show up expecting the boys from radiohead to be there. Their wyrd sisters will have global impact. We will be seen as the imposters. Can you imagine the abuse we’ll get then? This is not about greed, because we expect that the money will win as it always does and that is not us.

Warner is only now saying that they won’t use the name in the movie, since we’ve begun legal proceedings. It’s a little late for that. I certainly didn’t want a fight or this bad publicity, but my options are limited. Either way we lose. At least we’ll go down with a little dignity. I hope…”
Kim

(many thanks to Radiocoocoo)

Tags Harry Potter, Jonny Greenwood, lawsuit, movie, Phil Selway, Wyrd Sisters

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Bodysong Released in the US

Post author By Jonathan
Post date October 4, 2005

Bodysong – The Film by Simon Pummell with a brilliant soundtrack by Jonny Greenwood has now been released in the United States on DVD.
Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia) said about this film: “I remember seeing Bodysong and feeling like I was in a trance… moving, scary and hypnotic. Bodysong is pretty out there and pretty special.”
The DVD includes an exclusive interview with Jonny Greenwood and Simon Pummell.
You can buy the DVD at Amazon.com. They also have the soundtrack available for purchase.

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Jonny and Phil named in lawsuit

Post author By Jonathan
Post date October 1, 2005

From Sympatico MSN:
Canadian Folk Group Sues Jarvis Cocker, Members Of Radiohead, Warner Brothers Over Harry Potter Movie
Harry Potter, the bespectacled wizard who fights off evil demons and snotty classmates, has a new adversary to deal with – a female fronted Winnipeg folk group.
15-year-old folk band The Wyrd Sisters are suing Warner Brothers Entertainment Canada, Warner Brothers Records, Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Radiohead’s Phil Selway and Johnny Greenwood for trademark infringement in an Ontario court.
Here’s the problem: In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire there’s a band of wizards called The Wyrd Sisters, who play at the Hogwarts Yule Ball. In the movie, due out November 18, Cocker, Selway and Greenwood play these rock ‘n’ roll wizards, originally under the same name.
Of course, this pissed off the Juno-nominated Wyrd Sisters. Singer and band co-founder Kim Baryluk says if their name is used in the Harry Potter movie it’ll mean the end for these folkies.
“[Harry Potter] is so much more huge than us in their reach that we’ll go out on tour a month after the movie comes out and we’ll go all over to Australia, to New Zealand and people will wonder who are these strange people stealing the Harry Potter name?”
Baryluk was first made aware of this conflict back in June after Warner sent her a letter offering her $5,000 to share their name. She quickly realized that sharing a band name with characters in a Harry Potter film could cause some trouble so she turned down their offer. Baryluk says getting her band off the ground again – which could involve a name change – will cost significantly more than $5,000 or the $50,000 Warner later offered.
“Do you know what I’ve spent on the band in the past 10 years?” says Baryluk. “In the last 10 years I’ve spent more than a million dollars. Offering me $50,000 is more than an insult.”
So what does Warner say about all this? Although they said they don’t comment on pending litigation, they did point out in a statement that the band in the movie don’t have a name and that they have no intention to use The Wyrd Sisters moniker.
Radiohead’s management were willing to clarify this a little further.
“[Johnny and Phil] were asked to be in the film to be The Wyrd Sisters, which is what J.K. Rowling called the band and then there’s this [Canadian] band called The Wyrd Sisters, so now they can’t be called The Wyrd Sisters,” says a member of Radiohead’s management, who didn’t want to be named. “The [Canadian] Wyrd Sisters are just trying to sue them for namesake. The whole story is just a couple of people in a band trying to get some money.”
Radiohead’s management reiterated that the name The Wyrd Sisters won’t be used in the movie. “In the film they’re not being called by that name.”
Read the full article…
(thanks to Graham)