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RH and Ewan McGregor

War on Want

From the NME:

RADIOHEAD have teamed up with actor EWAN McGREGOR on a ‘controversial’ advert for the anti-poverty charity ‘WAR ON WANT’.

The advert will be launched later today (March 13) as part of ‘Tobin Tax Day’. The clip is calling for a tax on currency speculation.

The charity claims such speculation destabilises the economies of developing countries in the name of profits for Western speculators.

They are appealing for a small tax of a fraction of one per cent to calm currency markets and raise funds for development.

The advert is likely to be shown in an edited form in cinemas nationwide, while the original version will be streamed on the charity’s website, www.waronwant.org.

{thanks to amadeep, Dan, lewisxxx, & Daniela}

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OKC wins prize

OK Computer was selected best record of all time by customers of one of Norways biggest record store chains “Platekompaniet”. The Bends got #23 and Kid A got 85th.

For the full list, please go here.
{thanks to Andr? & Trond}

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New RH book

Barnes & Noble is listing a May 1, 2002 release for a new Radiohead book called Radiohead: A Visual Documentary, which was written by Tim Footman, who apparently went to Exeter with Thom Yorke for 3 years. Here’s the synopsis:

With just about everything else around falling into the ‘Pop’, ‘Nu-Metal’ or ‘Rap / RnB’ categories these days, it’s a breath of fresh air when a band as eclectic, talented and downright as unusual as Radiohead, can still hold a market with such compelling music, providing the hope and risk taking that the music business needs to thrive. So with a huge fan base and new recruits joining the fold regularly, every new album selling more and more copies and the tours attracting bigger crowds consistently, the time couldn’t be better for a definitive biography and photo journal on the band. Radiohead – A visual documentary consists of a chronological documentary, in words and full color photography, put together by an early associate of lead member Thom Yorke. Never before seen images nestle next to facts about the band never previously revealed. With every other book about the band currently available being largely a critical opinionated text heavy work, this factual, informative and entertaining book is certain to become the favored work amongst fans.

{thanks to Amar}

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Stanley Donwood article

The first issue of the new Bristol (UK) magazine Decode has an article about Stanley Donwood, who, if you don’t know, is the guy who works with Thom (Tchocky) on the majority of Radiohead’s artwork, album covers, website, etc…

Decode will hit store shelves in the UK on March 7. You can read a small bit about Stan and the article here.

{thanks to m f}

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Defense of Amnesiac

Taken from Metafilter:

John Darnielle has written a song by song defense of Radiohead’s amnesiac (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8/9, 10, 11), among other overly wordy and passionate music reviews, including many pleas for us all to learn to love doom/death metal.

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Yorke: Life of the party

The following is from CDNow’s Miss Truth gossip section:

It’s not called music’s biggest night just for the trophies — GRAMMY Awards night is also about the parties. Here’s a rundown on some of the night’s post-show happenings:

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke was the life of the party over at the Park Plaza Hotel, where EMI/Virgin celebrated its GRAMMY Award wins by Lenny Kravitz (his fourth win in a row for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for “Dig In”), Coldplay (Best Alternative Album for Parachutes), and Janet Jackson (Best Dance Recording for “All for You”).

Yorke wasn’t stumbling around or anything, but it did appear that he and the wine had been engrossed in some deep GRAMMY Award discussions, given his uncharacteristically happy disposition!