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Kermit Sings “Creep”

Enjoy…

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Random Radiohead for June 18th

Radiohead - Les Arènes - 14/06/08 - Nîmes
Radiohead in Les Arènes (photo by Samuel Dietz)
Are you keeping up with the tour? We are over at Mortigi Tempo and our gigography, where you can submit your reviews. The band plays the second of two shows tonight in Milan, Italy before heading off to Germany to play the Southside Festival this Friday.

Here’s a roundup of Radiohead-related link goodness for you today:
Radiohead’s green idea doesn’t go as planned
Radiohead Approved Fan-Made Documentary Hits YouTube
Radiohead remix is web sensation
Final Voting Open For Semifinalists Of Radiohead’s In Rainbows Contest
Weezer Reveal “Hootenanny” Details, Radiohead Cover

Boo ya!

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The Rip Portishead Thom Jonny Again

Thom and Jonny cover Portishead’s “The Rip” and it is simply amazing.


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Radiohead to Prince: Hey, that’s OUR song

From CNN.com:

WASHINGTON (AP) — After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella, the tens of thousands who couldn’t be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied — even Radiohead.

All videos of Prince’s unique rendition of Radiohead’s early hit were quickly taken down, leaving only a message that his label, NPG Records, had removed the clips, claiming a copyright violation. But the posted videos were shot by fans and, obviously, the song isn’t Prince’s.

In a recent interview, Thom Yorke said he heard about Prince’s performance from a text message and thought it was “hilarious.” Yorke laughed when his bandmate, guitarist Ed O’Brien, said the blocking had prevented him from seeing Prince’s version of their song.

“Really? He’s blocked it?” asked Yorke, who figured it was their song to block or not. “Surely we should block it. Hang on a moment.”

Yorke added: “Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our … song.”

YouTube prohibits the posting of copyrighted material. If the site receives a complaint from a copyright owner, it will in most cases remove the video(s). Whether the same could be done for a company not holding a copyright is less clear, but Yorke’s argument would seem to bear some credence according to YouTube’s policies. YouTube, which is owned by Google, declined to comment.

Minnesota-grown rock star Prince also did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.

The dispute was an interesting twist in debates over digital ownership, held between two major acts with differing views on music and the Internet. Radiohead famously released their most recent album, “In Rainbows,” as a digital download with optional pricing. They also have a channel on YouTube.

When Prince performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 26, he prohibited the standard arrangement of allowing photographers to shoot near the stage during the first three songs of his set. Instead, he had a camera crew filming his performance.

Prince, who founded NPG Records in 1993, has been innovative when it comes to music distribution, too. He released his 1997 album, “Crystal Ball,” on the Internet and in 2006 was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Webbys. In 2007, he gave away copies of his disc “Planet Earth” in a British Sunday newspaper.

But the Purple One has also shut down his official Web site and in September of last year said he would sue YouTube and eBay for not filtering unauthorized content.

Prince fans have organized to urge him to relent in his legal fights to control images and photographs of himself. As of Thursday, the most popular YouTube clip about Prince playing “Creep” is an expletive-laden rant from Sam Conti Jr., who describes himself as a “former Prince fan.”
(thanks to Justin)

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Still waiting on that In Rainbows album cover

We’re still not entirely convinced that what we posted the other day is the official cover for In Rainbows. We’ve received a lot of email that pointed out some typography and design differences with what is shown in the discbox image. Also, it doesn’t help that Stanley told us that the official artwork is not online yet:

not yet. maybe soonish, maybe not. going to ‘think about it’

Okay. In the meantime, if you want to some cool fan-made album covers, check out this site.

(thanks to Rex and Peter)

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In Rainbows album cover

In Rainbows Cover
In Rainbows
We have gotten our hands on the actual album cover for In Rainbows for you to use on your iPod or whatever mp3 device you use. Many thanks to Leslie at tube.hk and radiohead.com.hk for clueing us in to this.

Update… Errr.. This may be the back of the album actually. We’re working to get the front for you asap.

Update again… We got another one (above) which is probably the actual cover. There is still confusion about which one it is which we’ll hopefully clear up for you.