Q: “Sum up the music industry in five words.” A: “Hungry dog chasing its tail.” Thom Yorke’s interview with The Observer is must-read. (photo by Phil Fisk/The Observer)
We have all been shattered by the loss of Scott Johnson, our friend and colleague. He was a lovely man, always positive, supportive and funny; a highly skilled and valued member of our great road crew. We will miss him very much. Our thoughts and love are with Scott’s family and all those close to him.Radiohead’s comment on the death of their drum tech in yesterday’s stage collapse in Toronto, which led to the show’s cancellation.
Alexandra Halbert, who was working in a beer tent at the show, said she was about 200-300 yards away from the stage, with her back to it, when she heard “something that sounded like fireworks”.
“I turned around and the whole top part of the stage had collapsed, as well as the scaffolding,” she told the BBC.
“It seemed like there were a couple of minutes of hesitation and no one knew quite what to do. It was only afterwards that we all realised how serious it was.”
Johnson, also known for his work with the British pop band Keane, was interviewed while working at the V Festival with that band in 2009.
I think it was we, the entire Internet, that was hoaxed my friends.
You mean 99% of the internet.
Pitchfork has more on this mess. The band’s rep had to deny this news, which is unfortunate, because it’s a credibility hit for the Occupy Wall Street movement. The person who hoaxed them should be ashamed.
Weezer covering “Paranoid Android”: Just. Don’t. Ever. Do. This. Again. Rivers. Cuomo. It’s. Unfair.
As predicted, nearly 30 Radiohead fanatics showed up to a Brightwood location and there were no “Universal Sigh” papers to be found. Photo by Benjamin R. Freed.
Dear Radiohead: You suck. Sincerely, DC.
The rumors were true: Radiohead announced today that they will publish an actual newspaper to accompany the North American release of their “newspaper album,” The King of Limbs, on Tuesday, March 29. Free copies of The Universal Sigh will be handed out by “dedicated teams of newspaper…
Radiohead journalism.
Also Obligatory of the Day: Thom Yorke’s herky-jerky dance moves in the “Lotus Flower” video lend themselves quite readily to a bit of the ol’ song switcheroo. For instance: Slip in some “Single Ladies,” and watch it make sense.
[buzzfeed.]
I fucking love the internet
And this, friends, is why they made YouTube.
Never have we been so excited to see a middle-aged man dancing like a rockstar. Welcome back, Thom Yorke. Your fans missed you. The song rules, too – a clear continuation of “In Rainbows”-era awesomeness. Oh yeah, the album’s out now, not tomorrow. source
New Radiohead album. NEW RADIOHEAD ALBUM. NEW RADIOHEAD ALBUM. NEW RADIOHEAD ALBUM. New Radiohead album.
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