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Bloggers Ordered to Take Down Radiohead Songs That Were Once Free

So can you actually steal something that was once free? In most cases, yes. One commenter summed it up nicely, writing that posting songs that were once available for free but now aren't, is a bit like "a shop giving away a free drink with a sandwich as a special offer one week, and then you go in and shoplift the same drink a week after the promotion has ended."

Read more: Time.com

Thom at Glastonbury 2010 (Harrowdown Hill)

Glad to see Thom expanding his use of the sampler/looper to play some more tracks off Eraser

Ed: Next Radiohead Album Due THIS YEAR

AtEase has notes from Ed's interview on Adam Buxton’s show on BBC 6 Music today.

“We’re in the heart of the record. It’s genuinely exciting. It’s very different from what we did last time. It’s really nice to be doing this. It’s so good to be making music with the band that you feel is still as good as it’s ever been.”

“No, Ideally it would be great if it came out sometime this year. It has got to. I hope so. We’re at the finishing line.... But yeah, hopefully it will be a matter of weeks.”

Radiohead Covers: Idioteque on a Ukulele

Amanda Palmer (of Dresden Dolls) brings us her first track off her upcoming covers album.  Check it out over at her website:

AmandaPalmer.net

New Thom Yorke [live] from Cambride 2/2010

Bat for Lashes Cover Radiohead's All I Need

Bootleg of Radiohead for Haiti Show

A lovely bootleg of the show from Ateaser Edgar from the balcony...with lovely cover art courtesy of Ateaser Verity.

Mp3:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NRP399PU
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9hhigb

01 Faust Arp
02 Fake Plastic Trees
03 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
04 The National Anthem
05 Nude
06 Karma Police
07 Kid A
08 Morning Bell
09 How To Disappear Completely
10 A Wolf at the Door
11 The Bends
12 Reckoner
13 Lucky
14 Bodysnatchers
15 Dollars & Cents
16 Airbag
17 Exit Music

Encore #1
18 Everything In Its Right Place (Thom)
19 You And Whose Army?
20 Pyramid Song
21 All I Need

Encore #2:
22 Lotus Flower
23 Paranoid Android
24 Street Spirit (fade out)

Radiohead for Haiti @ The Fonda [Jan. 24 2010]

3/5ths Radiohead in LA at Hotel Cafe!!!

[The only pic I could get of Thom Yorke at Hotel Cafe]

MY POST FROM ATEASEWEB.COM: Its 2:30am and I can't sleep cuz I just had probably one of the greatest nights in my life. I was with my two friends at Hotel Cafe in LA to hear some bands (Dios! - very good) and listen to Gaz and Danny of Supergrass DJ a few sets inbetween. The night started out well as we got to chat with Gaz as we were walking in. Super nice guy. Then after a few drinks and listening to a couple bands and Gas/Danny's first DJ set, I saw Nigel (who actually was scheduled to DJ with them and was the reason why I wanted to show up). My friends were giddy having met Gaz so this was my chance to meet one of my idols. As we hung out near the bar about 5 feet from him...waiting for the best chance to say hi but not to bother him...I noticed a familiar haircut behind my friend AnnMarie. Holy Crap...its Thom Yorke! I immediately told my friends and texted my girlfriend. I could not imagine a better situation: a dark, half empty venue and pretty much nobody notices that Thom is here. As I waited patiently to speak to him...again, not wanting to bother him...I notice another familiar face - Colin! And another...Ed! Man, Ed is WAY taller than I thought. Guess I'm used to looking up to him on stage, not in person. I heard that Colin was SUPER nice and approachable so I was excited to talk to him...alas he was busy chatting and I didn't want to interrupt. We hung out around all of them for almost 20+ minutes (included me taking a secret pic of Thom while he was waiting to get a drink at the bar by himself). I knew Thom wouldn't be up for a pic in the dark venue so we waited near the entrance/exit in case we could grab one with him outside. Honestly, I didnt care about a picture...I just want to chat with him and sincerely let him know how much I appreciate Radiohead's music. When the moment arose, my friend Tony asked if we could take a pic. He said he'd rather not at which point I asked if at the very least I could shake his hand as I was a huge fan. He happily obliged (and gave me a somewhat drunken smile) before he stepped outside with Nigel and Ed. I hoped they had just gone out for a smoke but when I went outside a few minutes later, they were gone.

After seeing them numerous times upclose and from afar in concert, I'm so excited to finally have met Thom and see Ed and Colin face to face...yet at the same time I wish I could have had a better chance to chat with them. I can't believe there were only a few of us that recognized them. So cool to see them in LA on this rainy night. I will sleep with a very big smile on my face if I can ever fall asleep. Just wanted to share with you

Perdidos! (con radiohead)

Spanish LOST promo...with music by Radiohead - See ya' Feb. 2nd!

Thom Yorke @ The Orpheum (Night 2 - 10/5/09)

Another great performance on Night 2 at the Orpheum...my notes:

• Crowd was way more into the show than last night...this was evident by the very long and raucous ovation given after the insanely amazing live version of Harrowdown Hill.
• Thom said that the ?????? Band was down about their time together being over...but also mentioned doing some more stuff together. Not sure if that meant shows or music.
• I'm not totally clear, but I think Judge, Jury & Executioner was written by the ?????? band...as opposed to a Thom penned song for RH. Interesting...
• Colin was in the crowd once again and I missed him once again. Damn bladder. Those who got to meet him briefly said he was the gentlemen that everyone says he is.
• Glad to hear Skirting the Surface live for my first time as it replaced Open the Floodgates tonight.
• I waited in the back alley with my girlfriend for Thom to come out but according to the security guard he snuck away in a black Prius. There was like 20 of us...how could we miss him!? Minutes later as we left we pulled up next to Flea and his wife (?) in his Tesla. Gotta love Thom and Flea keeping it real (green) with their hybrid/electric cars.

SETLIST:

01 The Eraser
02 Analyse
03 The Clock
04 Black Swan
05 Skip Divided
06 Atoms For Peace
07 And It Rained All Night
08 Harrowdown Hill
09 Cymbal Rush

Solo encore:
10 Lotus Flower (Moon Upon A Stick)

11 Skirting the Surface
12 Super Collider

Encore w/ band:
13 Paperbag Writer
14 Judge, Jury & Executioner
15 The Hollow Earth
16 Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses

?????? (aka Thom Yorke's side band) at The Orpheum - Night 1

Thom, Nigel, Flea, Mauro and Joey took the stage for Night 1 at the Orpheum tonight and played most of the same set as Friday at the Echoplex. The audience, which sat for the first quarter of the show until Thom reminded us that he wrote the Eraser to dance to, got all the greats from the album as well as a few news songs and the recent single release. Thom danced his ass off even more than usual as I believe that he and Flea are practicing for some sort of competitive dance-off :) It was awesome. I have never seen Flea perform before but he was clearly mad for Eraser and vice-versa. His monkey-dance bass playing is a perfect sidekick for Thom's freakout dancing. Judge, Jury and Executioner was a particular favorite among the new stuff that looks to be future RH material. Colin was in the crowd as were a number of PROFESSIONAL cameramen (as opposed to the 100s of amateur camera LCD's that popped up throughout the show).

SETLIST:

01 The Eraser
02 Analyse
03 The Clock
04 Black Swan
05 Skip Divided
06 Atoms For Peace
07 And It Rained All Night
08 Harrowdown Hill
09 Cymbal Rush

Solo encore:
10 Lotus Flower (Moon Upon A Stick)
11 Open The Floodgates
12 Super Collider

Encore w/ band:
13 Paperbag Writer
14 Judge, Jury & Executioner
15 The Hollow Earth
16 Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses

New Thom Yorke/Radiohead: Lotus Flowers, Skirting on the Surface + Open the Floodgates (live at the Echoplex)

Lotus Flowers by Thom Yorke (Live at Echoplex .mp3)

(ripped from video by echoparkrecords)

Skirting on the Surface by Thom Yorke (Live at Echoplex .mp3)

(ripped from video by jahmbo)

Open the Floodgates by Thom Yorke (Live at Echoplex .mp3)

(ripped from video by noPro3lem)

Judge, Jury & Executioner by Thom Yorke (Live at Echoplex .mp3)

(ripped from video by ??)

(pic by eatmeatnow)

Harrowdown Hill + Lotus Flowers at the Echoplex [video]

Thom Yorke Superband at Echoplex right now [Twitter-review]

The first twitpic of Thom, Flea and company at the Echoplex right now. Wish I was there but I'm also content being at home, following the excitement via twitter and text messages and watching the Dodgers come back in the 7th inning (better not strikeout Manny). The Echo/Echoplex is my favorite venue but I'll patiently wait for the Orpheum shows. Word on the twitter street is taht rick rubin, ellen page, daft punk, kim gordon from sonic youth, zack de la rocha and muse are in the house. This is my first major event that I'm using Twitter to follow (besides the last earthquake and the sonic boom in SoCal)...cool cuz its real time, bad cuz its mostly people just saying "I wish I was at Thom Yorke" I wish there was a BS filter so I can just get good twitpics, setlists, etc. Get on that Internets!

Sweet...Manny strikes out again. Good job buddy.

[UPDATE: Some audio...via twitter! Not bad...thanks random dude! Harrowdown Hill]

SETLIST:

1. The Eraser
2. Analyse
3. The Clock
4. Black Swan
5. Skip Divided
6. Atoms For Peace
7. And It Rained All Night
8. Harrodown Hill
9. Cymbal Rush

Encore #1 [Thom solo]

10 Open The Floodgates
11 Lotus Flower
12 Skirting On The Surface
13 Judge, Jury, Executioner

Encore #2 [with band]

14 Paperbag Writer
15 The Hollow Earth
16 Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses

who's going to see Thom next week?

I know what I'm doing on Oct. 4th and 5th. And you will too on Oct. 6th when I post video (i hope!) of Thom, Nigel, Joey, Flea(!) and Mauro(?) High anxiety this morning hitting refresh on Ticketmaster. TM has been the mortal enemy of all concert-goers more often than not but my experienced fingers (and those of my friends) were able to score Orchestra seats. The scoreboard now reads Eric/Friends 1 - Ticketmaster 1,541. Victory!

Here's a TM tip: For the most part I've noticed that you don't have to get the reCAPTCHA words spelled correctly...just make sure you have the same # of letters and spacing down

Thom Yorke - Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses (.mp3)

We the Living - Black Swan (cover) (.mp3)

Age of Stupid Premiered w/ Thom Yorke

Attended the 64 country "world wide satellite premiere" of Age of Stupid last night at The Bridge theater. More on the message of the movie soon...but for now check out the trailer as well as the performance of Reckoner by my favorite environmentalist, Thom Yorke, which was part of the live post-screening festivities.

Office Charts Realized

Each time Thom posts them, I'm gonna try to translate his Office Charts into something we can listen to...

Check out Thom's 'office chart for grey dewy mornings'

1. Hull Drum and Bass by Ceephax from Exidy Tours
2. Huyendo Pt.2 by Alex Cortex from Huyendo EP
3. Bad Organs by Hate Hello Darkness/Bad Organs
4. Becalmed by Brian Eno from Another Green World
5. J&W Beat by Floating Points from J & W Beat
6. very 2 (bonus) by Lucky Dragons from Dream Island Laughing Language
7. L'Ascension: IV. Prière Du Christ Montant Vers Son Père by Messian / Marius Constant
8. Estampes, L. 100: I. Pagodes Pascal Rogé/ Debussy

Sounds like Thom loves his Drum n Bass with a topping of Classical on grey dewy mornings in Oxford.

New Thom Yorke 12"

New vinyl singles coming from Thom (via deadairspace):

"FeelingPulledApartbyHorses is written & played by Jonny and I and is a radical rework of an old tune thats been kicking around without a home since 2001? i think.

The Hollow Earth is a bass menace that was born out of the Eraser period but needed a little more time."

Pre-order now at WASTE before the 9/21 release

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And from Jonny Greenwood...a small interview on MP3 digital recordings in the New Yorker:

SFJ: What are your favorite and least favorite aspects of the MP3 age?

JG: The downside is that people are encouraged to own far more music than they can ever give their full attention to. People will have MP3s of every Miles Davis’ record but never think of hearing any of them twice in a row—there’s just too much to get through. You’re thinking, “I’ve got ‘Sketches of Spain and ‘Bitches Brew’—let’s zip through those while I’m finishing that e-mail.” That abundance can push any music into background music, furniture music.

Twisted Words: 1st live performance [Radiohead]

Frequency Fest 09 (Austria)