Radiohead Newspaper
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- spendogg
If you are in NY or LA - pick one of these up.
- georgesIII0
I'm in milan :(
- dbloc0
someone grab me one.
- marychain0
meh...crappy album does not warrant newspaper
- marychain0
^ just make good music next time kthxbai!
- fooler0
Radiohead used to be my favorite band but I've been very disappointed in them lately. I liked In Rainbows much better than their latest release and it (in rainbows) was probably the best stuff they've done since OK Computer. I can't even really listen to OK Computer anymore although some of the B-Sides like Polyethylene remain one of my favorite songs.
I downloaded the PDF of Universal Sigh yesterday, what a bunch of pretentious rubbish! It's not even designed that great and there isn't even an Escort Services or "Casual Encounters" section on the back page.
- Eighty0
Nice idea but it's got the faint aroma of 15 year old angst-scribbles about it. On another note, has Ed O'Brian got the easiest job in the world these days? He must look forward to playing Street Spirit live and people can actually hear him doing something....
- fooler0
the thing I don't get is a few years ago they were all about digital media and reducing their carbon footprint by not touring as much or only doing dates where people could easily take public transportation.
Now they ship a meaningless newspaper to dozens of record stores around the world knowing their die hard fans will travel (perhaps long distances in a car) to pick it up. They also quickly took down a few file sharing links that had the FREE paper in PDF form claiming copy write infringement. If it's free why not re distribute it digitally free?
Now unless they're thinking of doing something super creative with the camera phone bar code on the back I don't really see a purpose of the physical printed piece. I scanned it and it took me to website where you can see pictures of people with their copy. How exciting!
Why not have a free online performance once they are all distributed that's only accessible to people with the bar code? Hopefully something like this will happen if not it's basically a lyrics sheet and short stories that go along with King of Limbs.