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Radiohead In Non-Shocking Number One Album Entry

by Matthew Laidlow

In the depths of the countryside, five men collectively known as Radiohead locked themselves away in a big empty house to make their new album In Rainbows.

People everywhere had high expectations for this one so savvy people like us could call it ‘the return to OK Computer days’ album. Finally in October, an announcement was made that a new album had been created with an immediate release a few days later. Not only would this mean that the traditional three month wait between news of a new album and release would be quashed, but the geeks on the internet wouldn’t have to brave the outside when the big day finally came. And on Monday everyone else got to buy it on CD.

And, according to plan, In Rainbows has shot to number one.

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Thom Yorke Not Such A Fan Of EMI

by Stuart Heritage

Thom Yorke is a happy soul – his hobbies include puppy-stroking and riding around meadows on a bicycle going “Wheeeee” – but EMI seems to have somehow done the impossible and made Thom Yorke a bit miserable.

Thom Yorke and EMI boss Guy Hands are in the middle of a war of words about why Radiohead left the record label. According to Hands, Radiohead wanted a £10 million advance for In Rainbows and control of their old albums, while Thom Yorke is claiming that the band just wanted to make sure their back catalogue was treated correctly. The emotional impact of this public bickering is thought to have already taken its toll on Thom Yorke, and has made him ditch plans for his forthcoming Europop collaboration with Same Difference from X Factor called A Very Merry Radiohead Party Fun Time.

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The Spraylist 2007: Albums Of The Year

by Stuart Heritage

Boxing day. A day of cold turkey, lingering family resentment and the fist-hard realisation that you didn’t get a Nintendo Wii.

But don’t worry. We’re here. Well, actually we’re not here at all. We wrote this weeks ago. Right now we’re either laying on the balcony of an exclusive five-star hotel in the Seychelles or we’re watching An American Tail on TV in bed with a bucket of Haribo and a hangover. Who knows where our lives will take us?

Anyway, as is now fast becoming traditional in the week between Christmas and the new year, we’re going to fill the gap with the Spraylist, a personal insight into the stuff our senior writers liked best this year. And we’re kicking off today with everyone’s favourite albums…

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Celebrity Haiku Competition: Radiohead

by C J Davies

You know the score by now – hecklerspray presents a brief poetry-based diversion to brighten up your cripplingly dull Monday. Apart, of course, from those of you who now take this contest so seriously we’re genuinely getting a little bit frightened.

This week we’re asking you to scribble out lyrical odes to smilin’ Thom Yorke and his pals in Radiohead. But – before we get onto that – let’s take a look at last week’s winner, shall we?

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Lily Allen Vs Radiohead: The Fight We’ve All Been Waiting For

by Matthew Laidlow

We’ve all made the occasional balls-up. In some instances, it can be quite comical. You know, like that time when you accidentally gave you peanut allergy-suffering uncle a Reese’s cup? How all the family laughed down in A&E as he had his stomach pumped so he could live a few more months!

However, sometimes a mistake can be quite costly and leave multiple people in the shit. Look at Katie & Peter Unleashed. The commissioner must literally want to encase himself in cement as he has to witness two human pieces of plastic talking shit for an hour week after week. So we must spare a thought for the not-so working class Lily Allen who tried to come over all clever and intelligent when she tried to have a pop at Radiohead. She must be trying to practise slagging off other people for her new rubbish chat show.

We’ve all made the occasional balls-up. In some instances, it can be quite comical. You know, like that time when you accidentally gave you peanut allergy-suffering uncle a Reese's cup? How all the family laughed down in A&E as he had his stomach pumped so he could live a few more months! However, sometimes a mistake can be quite costly and leave multiple people in the shit. Look at Katie & Peter Unleashed. The commissioner must literally want to encase himself in cement as he has to witness two human pieces of plastic talking shit for an hour week after week. So we must spare a thought for the not-so working class Lily Allen who tried to come over all clever and intelligent when she tried to have a pop at Radiohead. She must be trying to practise slagging off other people for her new rubbish chat show.
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Hardly Anyone Pays For Radiohead’s New Album

by Stuart Heritage

When Radiohead announced that fans could pay whatever they wanted for new album In Rainbows, it was meant to show that a band could trust its fans to acknowledge all the work that goes into an album’s creation and pay accordingly.

Yeah, hasn’t happened. Of all the people who downloaded In Rainbows last month, less than half of them actually paid anything at all for it, it’s been revealed. According to researchers ComScore, only about 40% of people who downloaded In Rainbows by Radiohead decided that paying money to hear it was a good idea, spending an average sum of just $2.26 for it. Although this could be seen as a disastrous embarrassment for Radiohead, the band shouldn’t get too downhearted – after all, most bands would struggle to charge $2.26 for a bunch of songs that sound like a bunch of Broken Social Scene B-sides in the first place.

When Radiohead announced that fans could pay whatever they wanted for new album In Rainbows, it was meant to show that a band could trust its fans to acknowledge all the work that goes into an album's creation and pay accordingly. Yeah, hasn't happened. Of all the people who downloaded In Rainbows last month, less than half of them actually paid anything at all for it, it's been revealed. According to researchers ComScore, only about 40% of people who downloaded In Rainbows by Radiohead decided that paying money to hear it was a good idea, spending an average sum of just $2.26 for it. Although this could be seen as a disastrous embarrassment for Radiohead, the band shouldn't get too downhearted - after all, most bands would struggle to charge $2.26 for a bunch of songs that sound like a bunch of Broken Social Scene B-sides in the first place.
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Cliff Richard: Literally The New Radiohead

by Stuart Heritage

Now, chances are you've just read the words 'Cliff Richard: Literally The New Radiohead' and assumed that Sir Cliff Richard has recorded a depressing wonky-eyed album full of experimentally introspective songs called things like Kafka SMTP. However, the truth is a little more boring. Instead of, say, soundtracking an avant-garde movie about radio static with [...]

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