It is a good sorting process. And they are probably right about getting better versions of songs from better shows. There are songs that have never been released, that exist just like that. And it is an interesting way to do it, really. By opening up the creative process through the online studio diary and taking a laissez-faire attitude to tape trading, Radiohead has enhanced its relationship with its audience, he reckoned.
More direct contact is better.
I think so. It is great from our experience. The band runs the risk of becoming like Woody Allen, who made more off-beat, experimental films but was forever pestered by requests that he return to making simple comedies. A central thing is, we are motivated by still liking music and still wanting to make music. But making 'The Bends' and 'OK Computer' was getting stuff off our chest.