News for December 31, 1999

December 31, 1999 11:59 PM - Posted by Jonathan

Well, this is the last update of the year, the decade, etc...

News brought to you today by Xavier.

Radiohead's tour manager in France, Hilda Carr (she also manages bands such as Gomez, Ben and Jason, Pulp, and Supergrass), was recently interviewed on the France Inter radio show, C'est Lenoir. She mentioned that she visited Radiohead in their London studio a couple of weeks ago and was very pleased with the way the new album was sounding. She described what she heard as "pure marvel", "positive and very surprising", "made for alternative radio shows like this one", and "not for mainstream radio, yet you know it's going to be the greatest album of all."

Hilda talked about one of the news songs she had heard while visiting the band. She said it was "an extraordinary song, so exceptional and outstanding." It was the second time she heard it, she first heard it in February, but "at the first few bars, I recognized it. It's that kind of song, once it's in you head, it never leaves you."

We can only speculate what song she was referring to.

Hilda went on to say that the band are looking to play smaller venues to support the new album, which is due to be released in six months.

On a side note, she says Nigel Godrich (Radiohead's producer) became VERY wealthy since OKC, thanks to people such as Pavement, Travis, ...

You can listen to the whole interview in French here.

There's another article about Ed's Diary and the sending of demos to air on future Radiohead webcasts, at the French site MCM Online.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

News for December 28, 1999

December 28, 1999 07:12 PM - Posted by Jonathan

NY's K-Rock recently had a interview with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe in which he denied rumors about the possible Radiohead/R.E.M. collaborations.

"Speaking of experimental, Stipe said that while rumors of he and Radiohead working on a project aren't true, he does speak to frontman Thom Yorke often. Because of their frequent discussions about music and studio techniques he says it's quite possible that new albums from both will be indirectly "inspired by one another."

News for December 26, 1999

December 26, 1999 01:40 PM - Posted by Jonathan

Phew... now that I'm all stuffed up with Christmas treats, let's continue where we left off...

Ink Blot Magazine just put up their "Best of the 90s" and guess what? Radiohead was an overwhelming #1 with OK Computer! You can see the other choices by visiting Ink Blot here.

Radiohead also did well in the French weekly culture mag Les Inrockuptibles, making it twice in their best albums of the last 25 years poll. OK Computer was # 3 and The Bends was #14.

Here's what they had to say about Radiohead:

"OK Computer, or how an english band with a mixed résumé make the most of their third album to sublimate their every move, their voice, their feeling, their sounds. Both a comprehensive survey of rock and a brilliant concentrated."

The Bends : "Before was the Pablo Honey album and its worldwide hit "Freak" [sic]. After will be the breathtaking OK Computer. Middle-aged, right below the surface, Radiohead craft The Bands, complex and ambitious rock collage."

The Belgian radio station Studio Brussel is doing their "150 best songs of the last 40 years." Radiohead were honored with multiple songs: Fake Plastic Trees (#120), Karma Police (#52), Paranoid Android (#25), Street Spirit (#22), and Creep (#6).

For those of you that have BBC America, there will be a rebroadcast of Radiohead's performance on "Later with Jools Holland" on January 14 at 11pm ET.

The February 2000 issue of Select will feature an article about the upcoming album by Radiohead.
And the news wouldn't be complete without some more articles about Ed's Diary. Read them at:

music365 [http://www.music365.co.uk/autocontent/news_019578.htm]
Q Online [http://www.qonline.co.uk/news/default.asp?mode=link&ref=1648]
Spin Online [http://www.spin.com/noise/news/1999/12/20/1/index.html#item3]

[thanks to Sarah, Xavier, and Leen Smet for today's news]

News for December 21, 1999

December 21, 1999 11:35 PM - Posted by Jonathan

A few weeks ago Yahoo! held a chat with R.E.M. Michael Stipe was asked about the R.E.M./Radiohead connection:

sadprofessor1460 asks: Michael, I read that you did some work with Thom Yorke recently. What did you work on and when will we be able to get a hold of hit?

rem_live: Stipe: We haven't worked officially in the studio as musicians, we just talk a lot as friends.

rem_live: But REM and Radiohead actually talk a lot and kind of challenge each other musically as to what each of us are doing next.

The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet has got the "promo list" for MTV Europe's top 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made. Radiohead came in at #9 for their awesome video for "Street Spirit (fade out)."

"9. Radiohead - "Street Spirit"
Direction: Jonathan Glazer (1996)
Wonderful slowmotion effects in black and white. It's not often a video fits perfect with its song, but this time it did."

News for December 19, 1999

December 19, 1999 01:32 PM - Posted by Jonathan

Ed's diary has been updated once again with some wonderful news, especially if you missed the recent "Amateur Nite" webcast. Here is an excerpt:

"i have just had a thought........still excited by last thursdays live webcast .and thinking about ways it could be developed......i think it could be very cool to play new stuff by unsigned bands, musicians, collectives (ie bands not on major labels - small indie is fine).if any of you are making music, have mates that are or you just think that this music that you are in to deserves to be heard then send it into me at our po box address, which is po box 322, oxford, ox4 1ey. i like all kinds of shit so please don't just send in guitar band stuff. anything. spread the word. alright that's enough for now. happy xmas... and a very merry millenium....."

Radiohead was was named twice in the 100 Most Compelling Albums of the '90s list compiled by Nude as the News. OK Computer was honored with #2 while The Bends was #38.

OK, I know this is too late, but the French-German TV channel ARTE aired "Meeting People is Easy" last night. It was edited down to 52 minutes.

They apparently got the names of Radiohead totally wrong: "Oxford-based, Johnny Greenwood, Charlie May, Jerry Chater and Thom Yorke, a.k.a. Radiohead......" "As for Jerry, the bass player, ...")

Phew, it must be the end of the year... Entertainment Weekly recently named Radiohead #8 for Best Group in their online poll. You can see that and the rest in the current Entertainment Weekly which can be found at your local newsstand.

[many thanks to Leen Smet, Tony Raffini, and Xavier for their help with the news!]

News for December 14, 1999

December 14, 1999 09:29 AM - Posted by Jonathan

Lord! More article about the webcast, courtesy of the ever attentive Xavier, are at VH-1, Music365, Chart Attack, and those crazy Ink Blot guys. :-)

And speaking of the webcast, expect more of them in the future. This is one of the latest additions in Ed's Diary:

"first 'live' performance in front of an audience for exactly (and strangely) a year........it was early morning so it was the 10th. it started with jonny (aka DJ REQUIRED) and thom's dj set and then a last minute executive decision was made to play 'knives out' around the xmas tree. 'amateur hour' will hopefully become a regular night for us - but will be different each time - there will however be ongoing items like phil's puppet show. for those who don't know what i'm going on about - we did a live web broadcast to about 250 people - courtesy of tim bran and those lovely people at the ninja tunes label."

News for December 13, 1999

December 13, 1999 10:26 AM - Posted by Jonathan

More articles. Click MTV and NME.
[thanks to Xavier]

For those who'd like to purchase the Eureka Street soundtrack (you know, the one where Ed played the guitars, etc...) but couldn't find a place to purchase it from, Amazon.com has it now. Go and indulge.
[thanks to Todd]

News for December 10, 1999

December 10, 1999 11:13 PM - Posted by Jonathan

Well, what a night last night was! For those of you lucky enough to catch the Radiohead special "Amateur Nite" on their site last night, you're most likely craving for more.

You may remember the w.a.s.t.e. email from Mel last week saying that we should download the RealPlayer for reasons left unknown. Last night the RealPlayer was put in use! The boys of Radiohead set up a video camera and went on the air around 6PM Eastern time. All five were there, along with Nigel (their producer), Mel, and a few others. Basically the first 2 hours were just Thom and Jonny playing DJs. They played many many great songs including tracks from PJ Harvey, Miles Davis, Aphex Twin, Johnny Cash, etc... It was a real party atmosphere, topped off with a nice Christmas tree in the background. DJ Thom was wonderful at keeping us entertained.

Here's a partial play list: (thanks to Follow Me Around)

01. The Fall - Birmingham school of business school
02. The Fall - Wrong Place Right Time
03. Gescom - Change rmx on skam
04. Charlie Mingus - Freedom
05. Miles davis - Jack johnson
06. Beefheart - Gimme that heart boy
07. Scientist - Cloning process
08. Betty davis - If I'm In Luck I might get picked Up
09. Autechre - Arch carrier
10. Close encounters - Induction of Barry
11. Syd Barrett - Golden hair
12. Mahalia Jackson - Come sunday
13. Aphex twin - Squarepusher - FHM acid
14. Iggy pop - Nightclubbing
15. Sonic youth - Tunic
16. Prince Buster - Al capone
17. Gabor szabo - Jazz raga
18. From nuggets - Vol2 original artyfactsfrom the 1st psychedelic era 1965 - 1968
19. Talking Heads - This Must be The place
20. Can - pinch
21. Squarepusher - UFO's over leytonstone
22. Squarepusher - Title unknown
22. PJ Harvey - The River
23. Global Goon - Rockford
24. Neue - Hallo gallo
25. Frances Lai - Le passager de la pluie
26. Oscar Peterson - Brotherhood of man
27. Batacuda - ?
28. Johnny Cash - San Quentin Blues
29. Ravel - String Quartet in F
30. Andre Previn (Turangalila symphony) - Messiaen
31. Ramsey Lewis - Dancing in the street
32. Monster Mash.
33. A1 People - Do It
34. Sing a song of Motor Cars - Mini Moke song
35. Can - ?
36. Popol Vuh - ?

Finally at the end of the webcast, the camera turned around and there was Radiohead, instruments in hand, getting ready to play. They performed a new song which is believed to be "Knives Out". We're still waiting for confirmation on that. Some of the lyrics can be found at the official site here. Overall, it was great fun. Radiohead definitely has the luckiest fans in the world. Count on that.

In other news...

There is a small article in the current issue of Rolling Stone which features Thom. Here is what he had to say about the millineum

"In the near future, I will build a bunker for myself and all my friends. It will go down a long, long way, and I will buy some nuclear missiles when the money comes through and hold all the faceless powers for ransom until they show themselves for who they really are. I shall then bring about world peace by singing "Kumbaya."

Many thanks to J for that.

News for December 4, 1999

December 4, 1999 07:22 PM - Posted by Jonathan

Ed is on a roll. His diary was updated again with a mention of another new song, "I Will."

The Sundance Channel is giving away 10 autographed copies of the Meeting People is Easy DVD among other prizes. Go now and good luck!

If any of you subscribe to the Sundance Channel either by cable or satellite, you may be interested to know that Meeting People is Easy will be aired on the following dates and times:

Monday, December 6 - 9:00 PM
Sunday, December 12 6:30 AM & 4:30 PM
Friday, December 17 7:05 AM & 1:15 PM & 7:05 PM
Thursday, December 23 6:25 AM & 1:00 PM
Tuesday, December 28 11:35 AM & 1:00 AM

News for December 3, 1999

December 3, 1999 04:08 PM - Posted by Jonathan

Well, Ed's diary has been discovered again by the press. There is an interesting article at Sonicnet which quotes a spokesman from Radiohead, Lewis Jamison, saying that the new album will not be released until the summer of 2000. You can read the article in it's entirety here. There's also another article based on Ed's journal at Jam! Music and another at SpinOnline.

News for December 2, 1999

December 2, 1999 01:05 PM - Posted by Jonathan

Hey! Ed's diary has finally been updated! The band are in London at the moment with Nigel mixing some of the tracks. Go read it now!

The email from w.a.s.t.e. was sent out today. It mentions that you should download the newest version of the RealPlayer. For what purpose, we don't know. Maybe a new song will be released over the internet? That's just speculation. Here's a copy of the email: If you don't already have it, then please go to http://www.real.com and download the latest version of Realplayer. There is a free version for you to download on that site. Don't ask me why......you just never know when you might need it.

Last Post dates for Chrimbo: (as recommended by the Royal Mail)

Outside Europe: 6th December Europe: 13th December Second Class (UK): 18th December

If orders get to us after these last post dates then you won't get your luverly shirts for Christmas..

If you would rather not trust the Internet with your credit card number then w.a.s.t.e will be taking telephone orders from the 1st December until the 17th between 10am and 5pm.

Please ring 0118 956 9183 (if you're in the UK) or +44 118 956 9183 (if you are outside of the UK) to place an order.

You can also print the order form from the shop http://www.waste.uk.com/shop/newshop/order.htm and fax it to us on the same number as above and then you don't have to talk to anyone at all ever........

Mel.

News for December 1, 1999

December 1, 1999 07:13 PM - Posted by Jonathan

Radiohead made it on MTV's "100 Greatest Videos Ever Made" special. "Fake Plastic Trees" came in at # 77. You can watch the countdown on December 6th through December 11th at 8PM Est.

Maybe you'd like to check out the new pictures that were taken and messed up by Jonny? They are quite nice and hopefully there will be more. This is what Stan (the Man) had to say:

"theyre jonnys photos done with liquid light onto scrappy peices of paper
hes going to do some more but i dont know how soon theyll be up in that gallery 
ps youre supposed to imagine the music from 'the gallery' in take hart/vision on while you look at them"

Why don't you go take a look.

If you're a member of w.a.s.t.e., be on the look out for an email in the coming days. If you have no idea what w.a.s.t.e. is or would like to join it, go there.