Soundcheck

“Music seeks to change life; life goes on; the music is left behind; that is what is left to talk about.” Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces (1989)

I have seen Radiohead live over 100 times since I first discovered them in 1993. Along the way I’ve kept diaries, press cuttings, set lists and photos documenting my adventures. It has been suggested that this story should be a book, and eventually that’s what I would like it to be.

This story is as much about me and about being a fan as it is about Radiohead. We’ve all changed a lot over time, and the way that we access music has altered radically. I hope that this project will capture what it was like to be a music fan before the internet took over and before Radiohead themselves had a hand in finishing off the old style music industry as we knew it.

Opinions and views are all mine and a few names get changed along the way to protect certain people from embarrassment…

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Left Lion: Radioheadcase

After a pint with their Literature Correspondent, when I was still in somewhat of a state of post-tour euphoria, it was decided to feature my Radiohead blog in Nottingham’s premier cultural free paper, Left Lion. Here’s the Q&A and some extracts from the blog, which finds it’s new home here. I dug out my old… Continue reading Left Lion: Radioheadcase

All You Have To Do Is Say YES

My report on the three gigs Radiohead played at London’s Roundhouse Thursday 26th, Friday 27th & Saturday 28th May 2016. Radiohead have been opening their recent live sets with an excerpt from an interview with the great Nina Simone. Interviewer: “What’s ‘free’ to you?” Nina Simone: “What’s ‘free’ to me? Same thing it is to… Continue reading All You Have To Do Is Say YES