Happy 2013 (We’re not dead)

by Jonathan on January 16, 2013

Screen capture of Green Plastic from August, 2000. This is the actual size, designed for 640×480 screen resolutions. Crazy.

Hi everyone. As you can see, this site has not been updated since July of 2012 and you may have been wondering if it was ever going to be updated again. At this point in time, after 16 years (!) of running this site, I haven’t had the time or resources to give it the love it deserves.

The world has changed a lot since I first started this site. Back in 1997, there was no social networking, no Twitter or Facebook. The “fansite” was really the only way for fans to get the information they wanted about their favorite bands. Today, people can get push notifications and immediate aggregated updates on anything they want from all sorts of sources. This leaves a site like greenplastic.com a little less useful, especially when it’s not updated as frequently.

Green Plastic is not going anywhere and the site will remain online for a long time to come and I do hope to be able to return to posting regularly. In the meantime, you can visit our still active message board to interact with other fans.

I appreciate all the love and support over the years.

We’ll talk soon,

Jonathan

PS. Check out Thom’s Dazed and Confused mix!

sleepy jacques

much appreciated.
it’s always nice to be reassured that we’re not dead.

happy new year j.
Jochen

Jonathan, don’t feel bad about neglecting the site. I don’t think anyone wants it to be a burden on you. As you said, things change. Just don’t take the site offline for no good reason or let it detoriate until it is completely unusable. That would be a pity.
Sarah

Thank you for all your updates through the years, Green Plastic was always my first stop when trying to find out the latest Radiohead news.
Sara-E

Jonathan, I kept getting my fix of Radiohead through the years while reading your great, great website. It is true that in a time where Wikipedia and Facebook didn’t exist, your work and the work of others diehard fans permitted to the other junkies to know what was going on with the best band of those years. Don’t feel bad; you left a great legacy and those archives are gold.
- Sara-E, Montréal, Québec
FPS

Sometimes we don’t need an instant message about what just happened, Sometimes we just need a familiar place, not filled with last minute irrelevance, but remarkable content.

This site is a huge reference for all things radiohead since day 1. And that is all thanks to you.

Good to know we will still have this safe haven!!
Xavier

Hey Jon, nice to read something here again.

I did get worried about your whereabouts a few months ago, and was relieved to see that you were still tweeting, safe and sound

Cheers to you, and thank you for keep the site up and running!
http://twitter.com/SR_Hamkins SR_Hamkins

I still miss http://www.followmearound.com
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1414704819 Julie Anne Noble

Keep on postin’, Jonathan! We love everything Radiohead – come back to the USA soon – a fan forever, JulieinDerbyCity
Impulsefestivaldotcom

To be honest- I haven’t visited this site in months- but I will say I have been visiting for many, many, many years- possibly over a decade now.

This saddens me… and I cannot get the same level of awesome information from facebook, twitter, etc… so….

Where do I go?

Not happy about this at all… please bring someone on to help!
Nathalie

Jonathan, thank you, thank you, thank you for this site. No Twitter or Facebook can ever replace this. I feel like I am visiting my old friends when I read your page. Please stay. Thank you.
@morten_pape

I’m glad you are keeping the site up. I have always – and still do – use it as a reference, when I want to check up on something. Your work is very much appreciated