What it Does: Makes you want to listen to Radiohead instead. If you're already selling out, you might as well buy it on Amazon. Thommy wouldn't want you to have it, but Radiohedz love overpackaged product, making this a must-own. This handy lil four-gigabyte collectible came packaged with the band-unapproved Radiohead Box Set, in the shape of their most recognizable visual creation - that toothy bear thingy that EMI probably owns the rights to. How to Use: Stick it in, then load Radiohead's entire Parlophone/Capital oeuvre into your computer and audio player of choice. Not feeling your current thief in chief (wherever you live)? Buy one here.Īlbum: All of 'em up to (not including) In Rainbows (2007) Bush days (though the title is not a direct reference to Dubya, Thom swears), the temptation to spray those words on everything was overwhelming. Thank you.” Keeping in mind that this album dropped during phase one of the George W. How to Use: The stencil itself contains some very specific non-directions: “Do not use this stencil to apply graffiti to private property such as advertising hoardings, boarded-up buildings, walls, vehicles, &c. In order to promote their latest LP (whose deluxe format comes wrapped in a newspaper), Radiohead release a different newspaper that appears designed to make its readers regret living in modern times, hence driving them toward the shelter of a large tree - or rather, a theoretical one represented by the album, The King of Limbs. How to Use: If you have to ask, slap your first-grade teacher.

What it Does: Sits there, yellows over time, bums you out. In honor of the occasion, we've rounded up eight examples of odd Radiohead swag, displaying the band's mastery of using an ever-evolving combination of technology and confusion to their benefit and our enjoyment.

in Silver Lake, Hollywood, and Santa Monica (more info here).

The Universal Sigh is being given out at 1 p.m. The experimental promotion began abroad yesterday, and the paper's website is already hosting photos of happy recipients, grinning despite the publication's dour title and subject matter (sample article headline: “Sell Your House and Buy Gold”). Today, representatives of Radiohead will hand out free copies of the band's one-off newspaper, The Universal Sigh, at three L.A.-area locations.

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