The last thing you may be looking for from your pop culture intake is a big old message about global trafficking — or as
MTV's EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) project puts it, modern-day slavery. However, I think it is precisely this blending together of real-world message with pop culture that Radiohead is attempting to do in a new video for their song "All I Need." They succeed beautifully by showing us two young boys in different parts of the world going about their everyday lives and how different their respective experiences are.
Of working with MTV and the importance of this issue,
frontman Thom Yorke told the Hollywood Reporter:
All power to MTV for taking this on because its obviously going to be difficult for them in terms of the advertisers.
And I love him for it. This spectacularly
talented and weird front man for Radiohead appeared on a game show in England and asked the panel a question about the band's most recent release, In Rainbows. He wanted to know what was special about it.
Happy Radiohead Day. If you're a fan of the UK band, then today — the day the band's
In Rainbows officially became available for download — kind of feels like Christmas and your birthday all in one. Radiohead made news with its decision to
let fans pay whatever they wanted for the album, so I'm wondering: How much did you (or will you) shell out.
First, the news that will have Radiohead fans everywhere squealing with joy: The band's first full-length album since 2003
will be released Oct. 10. The news came straight from the mouth — or rather the typing fingers — of guitarist Jonny Greenwood on
the band's blog.
Next, the part that will have record industry executives everywhere sobbing with frustration: Radiohead has chosen to forego record labels and release the album themselves, through
their Web site, for whatever price you choose to pay.
