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Pop Is Dead

## Description

Pop Is Dead needs no introduction! It is peak early Radiohead, simultaneously one of their most derided songs and one of their most celebrated. It's short, light in tone and surprisingly musically complex, with an extended section in 10/4 and several interesting guitar and drum parts. Pop Is Dead, however, is not known for this nowadays: it has taken on a life of its own as one of Radiohead's most infamous songs.

## Live history

Pop Is Dead is famously not well-regarded by the band at all, and its live history reflects this. It was first played in 1993, and between 1993 and 1994 it was performed at the majority of shows. Come 1995, however, it was all but dropped, only being played three times in total across the year. This belies the fact that Pop Is Dead was often a blast live - if you like this song, you're in for a treat with its live performances.

### 1993

Pop Is Dead was debuted in 1993 and the band proceeded to play it at just about every show that year. It often featured as either the show closer or the closer of the main set, prior to a short encore. A running theme with 1993 performances of Pop Is Dead is some variation on the 'one final line of coke to jack him off' line; with much tastefulness, the end would often be replaced with 'for Janet Jackson', 'for Whitney Houston', or some other equally respected pop star. Notable and/or recommended performances include:

* 1993-02-11 Signal Radio session - the idea of an acoustic Pop Is Dead sounds totally absurd, and frankly, it is - but it's *incredibly* entertaining.
* 1993-02-23 Black Session - these early performances of Pop Is Dead have so much wild energy.
* 1993-09-03, Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland - soundboard quality and some truly excellent guitar work from the Jonny-Ed duo.
* 1993-10-22, Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA - from an excellent AUD tape popularised by VP Cheney; Thom really gets into it here.
* 1993-11-23, Casino de Paris, Paris, France - another all-round brilliant performance, full of nervous, terse energy and a wall of sound at the end.

### 1994

Coming as a surprise to absolutely nobody, Pop Is Dead remained very Pop Is Dead-ish in 1994. Not much changed in the sound of the song from 1993. This year was the last in which it remained a setlist regular, and part of the fun of 1994 performances lies in hearing it played next to songs like Street Spirit (Fade Out). Notable and/or recommended performances include:

* 1994-05-27, The Astoria, London, UK - strangely emerges as one of the highlights of the famous Astoria show! Great stuff all round.
* 1994-08-27, Reading Festival, Reading, UK - wild rendition and a wildly moshing crowd.

## List of recordings

See Pop Is Dead/Recordings for full list.
Ciratovia

## Development

* When **Bart van Oosterhout** wrote the first case, he though **Luc Notoire** needed to have something to pepper his speach. This is when the country and the language of Ciratovia were created. According to Notoir, he studied the language and speaks it fluently.
* Ciratovia is a mix between Asian and Dutch culture. **Bart van Oosterhout** dropped this culture bomb to bring some more diversity to the series.

## Language

* Due to Ciratovia's bonds with England, modern Ciratovian is just English with a bunch of Ciratovian words scrambled through. This is why John, Verité and even more people, get around the country so easily. This is also the reason why the voiceclips of Ciratovians are in Ciratovian and English.
* The symbols of the Ciratovian Language (*Ya-Ma-Azai*) were created to look like a squiggly-lined style of asian language.
* Since Ciratovia was going to be a country with lots of mixed culture, the language was made to almost sound like Japanese.
* There is no real way to translate your own language to Ciratovian, but in some instances, Ciratovian is just a Japanese romanisation of Dutch sentences. For example **Shizuka Segosangigishi's** favorite sentence: "*Makee-go-dzunitsu-bo-su,-wa-neteda-ne-gaji-enarodehere!*" which comes from "*Maak God dus niet boos want dan ga je naar de hel!*"(So don't make god angry, because you'll go to hell.)
How Can You Be Sure?

## Description

How Can You Be Sure? is a really interesting and oft-overlooked corner of the Radiohead catalogue. It's a soft, dreamy ballad with some understated and effective lyrics, but what really sets it apart is the inclusion of a female backing vocalist - Dianne Swann, of the now-forgotten band The Julie Dolphin. Her voice compliments Thom's very nicely, and makes this song a great curio in the Radiohead story.

## Live history

There are only two known performances of this song in history, and both of them are pretty damn different! The first is from 1993-02-11 Signal Radio session, and it's an acoustic version featuring some really pretty singing and playing from Thom, Jonny and Ed. The second is the only full band version in existence, from 1995-06-27, Xanadu, Sapporo, Japan - and it's absolutely gorgeous. Ed provides the female backing vocals, and Jonny adds some excellent accompaniment on keys. It's easily one of the live highlights of 1995.

## List of recordings

See How Can You Be Sure?/Recordings for full list.
1995-03-29, Sam The Record Man, Toronto, Canada

## Tracklist

1. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
2. Bullet Proof..(I Wish I Was)
3. Fake Plastic Trees

## Comments

* As part of the band's small promotional jaunt in Canada prior to their U.S. tour in April 1995, Thom and Jonny stopped by a Sam the Record Man store in Toronto to play a little acoustic gig. The recording of this performance is actually pretty sublime, benefited by the lack of crowd noise - it feels really intimate and gorgeous. The two available sources are all but identical.
* It's a tiny show, sure, but it nevertheless provides you with three truly *awesome* performances. Thom and Jonny are in fine form here, playing off one another beautifully. It's a year chock full of acoustic performances, but this would have to be one of the best.
* Street Spirit here is obviously brilliant, as are most acoustic performances of the song. It features a uniquely desperate vocal from Thom, who sounds like he's really feeling the lyrics more than many other performances. Then they break into Bullet Proof, perhaps its best performance to date, with a tangible sense of confidence and self-assurance that had been missing in shows up to that point.
* Thom and Jonny wrap it up with Fake Plastic Trees, which is almost as good as the legendary 1994 acoustic performance (note the *almost* - nothing can really top it!) For some reason, Fake Plastic Trees is such that acoustic renditions often felt even more intense than the heavy studio arrangement. You can really feel that here.
* 'This is so embarrassing. Sorry, it is. On a scale of one to ten, this is definitely twenty-three.'
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon cover)

## Description

Recorded by pop darling Carly Simon, Nobody Does It Better is one of the greatest and most enduring Bond songs, having been recorded for The Spy Who Loved Me. It was also a clear favourite of Thom's.

## Live history

Surprisingly, Nobody Does It Better actually emerged as an rare live favourite in the mid-to-late 90s. It was played between 1994 to 1997, either as an occasional full-band encore or an interpolation in another song. Thom would adapt the vocals to suit his own style, but otherwise, the cover followed the general arrangement and structure of the original.

### 1994

Although never played in full in 1994, Thom interpolated Nobody Does It Better into a performance of Stop Whispering on 1994-06-09, Club Citta, Tokyo, Japan during the 'doesn't matter anyway' section. This is a very pleasant change, and the two songs mesh surprisingly well together!

## List of recordings

See Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon cover)/Recordings for full list.
1994-10-19, La Diabla, Mexico City, Mexico

## Comments

* Well this is slightly odd, isn't it? Radiohead embarked on a (surprisingly lengthy) tour of Mexico in October of 1994, and only two performances from said tour were recorded to any extent. This is one of them. A performance of Anyone Can Play Guitar is edited in a bizarre collage-like fashion amidst clips of the band from the tour, as well as fans and other vaguely promotional footage.
* My best guess is that this was put together for a local TV station. The video quality is technically decent, but the way it's edited is distracting as all hell. Some intern was having fun in the office that day.
* The performance is nothing special (except for the return of 'fat. ugly. dead.'), but it's cool to get some video footage from this point in 1994; notice Thom's hair getting shorter and shorter.
The Trickster

## Description

Out of the plethora of Bends-era b-sides, it's safe to say that few are more unique and captivating than The Trickster. Up there with Permanent Daylight as one of the band's most post-punk-inspired songs, The Trickster immediately plunges you into a razor-sharp, devilishly angular guitar-and-drums soundscape, over which Thom delivers perhaps his most cryptic lyrics to date. Unable to contain the tension any longer, the song then explodes into its huge Britpop-worthy chorus. Strong enough to be an album track, it's a shame that The Trickster never got the attention it deserved.

## Live history

For a song that would, in theory, translate brilliantly to live performance, The Trickster was largely ignored in setlists, having been played a grand total of 10 times across its short live career. Performed just once in 1994, it would proceed to show up as a rarity at a handful of shows in 1997 and 1998. Live, The Trickster retained all of its trademark punch; there's nary a bad performance.

### 1994

The Trickster was performed just once in 1994, at 1994-02-21, Royal Berks Social Club, Reading, UK - a show that was intended to be a testing ground for brand new material. It's mindblowing that they didn't continue to work on the song across the course of the year, because the performance is great - angular in all the right places and smoothed over elsewhere thanks to Thom's crooning vocals. All it needed was some of the extra guitar work present in the studio version.

## List of recordings

See The Trickster/Recordings for full list.
1994-10-06, Exeter University, Exeter, England

## Tracklist

1. Bones
2. You
3. Prove Yourself
4. Just
5. Banana Co.
6. Ripcord
7. Permanent Daylight
8. Creep
9. My Iron Lung
10. Vegetable
11. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
12. The Bends
13. Pop Is Dead
14. Stop Whispering
15. Anyone Can Play Guitar
16. Thinking About You
17. (Nice Dream)
18. Inside My Head
19. Blow Out

## Comments

* The second of three recorded shows from the band's Spring UK tour, two tapes exist of this one. One is the clear favourite, a surprisingly strong audience recording only marred by some slightly boomy bass and occasional audience noise; the other isn't all that great.
* This gig holds particular significance for Thom: it was played at his alma mater, Exeter University. More than that, Creep was actually written while Thom was in Exeter! A big show, then, and the band marks it with another extra-long setlist and some solid performances. Not as awesome as the previous show, though.
* The banter between Thom and the audience on this recording is definitely one of its highlights; he clearly finds it amusing to be back, and so the joke-cracking is top notch.
* A major re-introduction to the set can be found here in the form of (Nice Dream), its first performance since February of that year! And in that time, they changed the song a *lot.* The bizarrely heavy nature of early performances has now been converted into a lighter, acoustic guitar-focused arrangement which bears far more resemblance to the studio cut. By this point, the song was just about ready to record, and you can hear it by how confident they are in performing it.
* The other song that has made a return to live performance is Blow Out, and just like Stop Whispering, it's well on its way to being slowed down into oblivion. The change came pretty suddenly, and the decline was pretty rapid.
* Looks like Jonny's given up resolving the end of Ripcord with a major chord and has reverted back to detuning it into oblivion.
* As is fitting given the significance of Exeter to the song, Creep is performed rather beautifully here, with the super-sized scream that was becoming increasingly uncommon in 1994. Also, one of Thom's best intros to the song here, in my opinion - 'it's karaoke time now!'
* Another excellent Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong here. It's a song that you wouldn't really pick as a live wonder, but something about the guitar work on this version is just sublime.
* A word of warning: appreciate Pop Is Dead performances while they last! The song wasn't long for this world by late 1994.
1994-12-02, Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands

## Tracklist

1. The Bends
2. You
3. Prove Yourself
4. Ripcord
5. Permanent Daylight
6. Vegetable
7. Just
8. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
9. Creep
10. My Iron Lung
11. Sulk
12. Inside My Head
13. Stop Whispering
14. Anyone Can Play Guitar
15. Bones
16. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
17. Blow Out

## Comments

* Welcome to the last recorded full show of 1994, and the second-last full show overall! It's a bizarre one-off, as well - the band flew to the Netherlands seemingly just to play this show, and 4 songs were recorded by EMI in pristine soundboard quality for a live EP released in 1995. Otherwise, there are two transfers of a stunningly clear audience recording floating around out there, good enough to rival some soundboards. An embarrassment of riches, then!
* This particular gig holds special significance for the band, in that it's their first following the completion of the Bends sessions! You can hear it, too. All of the Bends songs here sound awesome: confidently performed, with occasional small arrangement changes and plenty of enthusiasm. That, coupled with the long setlist and the awesome recording quality, makes this yet another essential 1994 show. Getting tired of them yet? Hope not!
* A huge reason to get this show is the extremely rare presence of Sulk, which had been only just recently finished. Is it too big a statement to say that this is by far and away its best performance? I shouldn't think so. The song never got smoother or silkier than it was here; the interlocking guitars and rollicking drums never came across better.
* Notice the return of The Bends to setlist opener, and the demotion of Bones to the third-last song in the set. A questionable arrangement to return to - Bones *owns* as the opening song - but it's still a fun change.
* The guitar work in this version of Inside My Head is truly outstanding, especially in the verses; Jonny and Ed play a couple new lines that blow me away, and it generally feels more urgent and ragged than past performances of the (already very urgent and ragged) song.
* Permanent Daylight comes off really well here, especially Phil's crazed drumming just before the slow-down outro. Probably its heaviest-ever performance, as well - highly recommended.
* Another candidate for best Punchdrunk performance on this tape; this one feels heavier and more intense than past versions, with Thom delivering an all-time great vocal performance and some brilliant, desolate guitar work. Plus, the only one in soundboard quality.
* Badass Thom moment after Creep: 'Thanks very much. We didn't know how to follow that for ages. It's a bit difficult, really. Until we came up with this one.' Enter My Iron Lung.

## Audio sources

 SBD recording
 AUD recording
(Nice Dream)

## Description

(Nice Dream) is a fan favourite from The Bends, and for very good reason. It's absolutely devastating songwriting from front to back - a defeated, deeply melancholic piece in a lilting 6/8 that briefly erupts into a heavier, grungier song for the bridge. Some of Thom's saddest lyrics can be found here, with a level of sophistication that totally belies their 1993 origins. There's a reason that this song has emerged as a dark horse pick for the definitive Bends song.

## Live history

(Nice Dream) has had a long (if sparse) live history. Debuted in 1993, two years before its eventual release, and played a handful of times in 1994, it then saw semi-regular play between 1995 and 1997. From 2000 all the way up to 2009, it was a live rarity, only performed at a select few shows; it was totally dropped thereafter. (Nice Dream) has endured several interesting changes over the years.

### 1993

(Nice Dream), like The Bends and Bullet Proof..(I Wish I Was), was first played live in 1993 in a very early arrangement. Receiving its first outing as an acoustic version in February of that year, it joined full band setlists much, much later in the year during the James tour. The full band arrangements are notable in that they are very electric guitar dominated, lacking a lot of the delicacy of the studio take (to say nothing of the very early lyrics.) Notable and/or recommended performances include:

* 1993-02-11 Signal Radio session - the first recorded performance of the song is an acoustic take featuring Thom and Jonny. Extremely early, unfinished lyrics, but a relatively complete arrangement.
* 1993-12-09, Brixton Academy, London, England - there aren't any versions from 1993 in decent quality except for this one. It's a good performance to hear the early lyrics and the extremely electric guitar-heavy arrangement.

### 1994

This song was played three different times in 1994, in three different forms. The first is from 1994-02-21, Royal Berks Social Club, Reading, UK, and it's very similar to previous early performances, retaining the crushing heaviness of 1993 renditions. The next is from 1994-10-06, Exeter University, Exeter, England, and over that time, a ton had changed in the song's arrangement; this performance is more or less a dead ringer for the studio cut, which would make sense, given that the band had recorded the song in the studio by then! The final version is a questionable Thom and Jonny take from 1994-12-17, Deck The Hall Ball, Seattle, WA, USA; it's from a disastrous show and isn't particularly worth getting.

### 2004

Like many rarities that get performed more frequently than not in Japan, '(Nice Dream)' appeared at the second Osaka show on the 2004 Japanese tour, as well as a week later in Sydney.

### 2009

'(Nice Dream)' was performed for the first time in five years at the 2009 Frequency Festival, but unfortunately no recording is circulating. It would make two recorded appearances at later shows, in Praha and Leeds Festival, but has not been performed since.

## List of recordings

See (Nice Dream)/Recordings for full list.
1993-09-03, Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland

## Tracklist

1. Prove Yourself
2. Creep
3. Yes I Am
4. Ripcord
5. Banana Co.
6. Anyone Can Play Guitar
7. Pop Is Dead

## Comments

* A clear but low-end heavy soundboard recording on this one, taped for BBC broadcast. Had the full show been broadcast, fans would have had the first recorded performance of (Nice Dream)!
* Not much to say other than this recording is pretty excellent from top to tail. The renditions of Creep, Yes I Am and Pop Is Dead are ace - if you have to have a recording of Yes I Am, it really doesn't get much better than this.
High and Dry

## Description

High and Dry is a corner of the Radiohead catalogue that seems to have been neglected over the years. It was one of the singles released from 1995's The Bends, and it certainly *sounds* like a pop single; with its simple verse-chorus structure, comparatively light guitar tones and hugely memorable melody, many fans have derided it for the same reasons that it ended up becoming reasonably successful. The band - especially Thom - absolutely *despise* this song now, which is probably one of the reasons why it has become so forgotten.

## Live history

For its stature as a successful pop single, High and Dry had a comparatively short live history. It was subject to a one-off performance with Thom's punk band, Headless Chickens, which is hilarious; other than that, though, it received the bulk of its performances in 1995 and 1996, a handful of renditions in 1997 and (supposedly) 1998, and then nothing past that. The band clearly didn't enjoy performing this song, and so it's often hard to find straight-faced performances.

### 1990

Amusingly, High and Dry was around all the way back in 1990, when Thom was still performing with a garage punk band named Headless Chickens. Of all songs from early Radiohead to conceivably receive a thrashed-up punk interpretation, High and Dry would probably sit very low on that list; nevertheless, in the single Headless Chickens performance we have a recording of, High and Dry is there. And it's hilarious.

### 1994

High and Dry was shelved for 4 years, only to be resurrected during The Bends sessions (even though they just went with the original demo in the end!) It finally popped up in something resembling its final form in the very last show of the year - 1994-12-17, Deck The Hall Ball, Seattle, WA, USA, a Thom and Jonny performance. It's *very* rough, hampered by technical issues, weird Jonny playing and someone lobbing something at Thom, forcing them to briefly stop the song midway through. It's not a particularly auspicious start for the song.

## List of recordings

See High and Dry/Recordings for full list.
1988 Woodworm Studios demos

## Tracklist

1. Happy Song
2. To Be A Brilliant Light
3. Sinking Ship

## Comments

a.k.a. It's So Much Better Than The First One.

This demo features a gradually forming Radiohead who have obviously gone away and done their homework since last time. It's amazing what a difference two years makes; Thom and the rest of the band sound confident, like (at least for now) they're pretty happy with the sound they've settled on. Even though they'd mostly abandon it by the time the next demo rolled around.

You can tell just by listening to it that the band has been listening to a lot of post-punk and new wave like Talking Heads and The Police, because they've adapted a lot of those ideas to the sound here. "Happy Song" is heaps of fun, featuring xylophone and some hilarious backing vocals in the chorus. So is "Sinking Ship," even if it sounds a bit unoriginal.

But get this demo for "To Be A Brilliant Light". If On a Friday were to record a version of Man of War, this is what it would sound like, and it's actually really, really good. Yes, the lyrics are very mopey teenage Thom, but the structure is great and - dare I say it - the saxophone solos are *nearly* tasteful! But the highlight here is Thom's vocal. Listen to his explosive, grizzled performance in the chorus and *tell* me it's not one of the best performances of his early career.
Yes I Am/Recordings

All live recordings of Yes I Am.

## Soundboard recordings

* 1993-06-25 Westwood One 'On The Edge' session
* 1993-09-03, Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
* 1993-11-20, Vernier-sur-Rock, Geneva, Switzerland
* 1994-06-04, Shibuya Club Quatro, Tokyo, Japan

## Audience recordings

* 1993-08-28, The Venue, Oxford, England
* 1993-09-01, The Garage, London, England
* 1993-09-23, Cameo Theatre, Miami, FL, USA
* 1993-10-06, Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI, USA
* 1993-10-08, Avalon Ballroom, Boston, MA, USA
* 1993-10-15, Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
* 1993-10-22, Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 1993-11-01, RPM Club, Toronto, Canada
* 1993-11-11, Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
* 1993-11-12, Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
* 1993-11-23, Casino de Paris, Paris, France
* 1993-11-25, Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain
* 1993-11-27, Pavilhão Os Belenenses, Lisbon, Portugal
1993-10-08, Avalon Ballroom, Boston, MA, USA

## Tracklist

1. You (cuts in)
2. Prove Yourself
3. The Bends
4. Vegetable
5. Creep
6. Yes I Am
7. Stop Whispering
8. Banana Co.
9. Lurgee
10. Ripcord
11. Anyone Can Play Guitar
12. Pop Is Dead
13. Thinking About You
14. Inside My Head
15. Blow Out

## Comments

* Just like the Providence tape, this one is in less-than-ideal sound quality and suffers from an abundance of crowd chatter. Perhaps slightly more listenable, but nothing to write home about.
* This one is a slightly more inspired show than the previous one, though still probably only recommended to the hardcore fan. Still has that very static setlist, but there's more interesting stuff going on here to make it a worthy listen.
* No doubt spurred on by boredom with these songs, Jonny's guitar work continues to get crazier and crazier on some performances, particularly Banana Co. where the solo is just ridiculous, full of crazy harmonics. Likewise, the end of Ripcord reaches a new absurd detuned height.
* For the first-ever time, Thom hands over the mic to a fan for one line of Creep! As his apathy for the song grew, he would do this more and more.
* "That guy playing lead guitar is ROCKIN'!"
Faithless the Wonder Boy/Recordings

All live recordings of Faithless the Wonder Boy.

## Soundboard recordings

* 1992-11-11, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield, England
* 1992-11-14, University of Essex, Colchester, England
* 1993-04-02, Roxanne, Tel Aviv, Israel
* 1993-06-04, Magasinet, Göteborg, Sweden
* 1993-06-30, The Metro, Chicago, IL, USA
* 1993-07-12, The Whiskey A Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA, USA

## Audience recordings

* 1992-11-09, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England
* 1993-05-04, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
* 1993-06-03, Barbue, Copenhagen, Denmark
* 1993-06-05, Bergslagsrocken Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
* 1993-06-12, Beeckestijnpop Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* 1993-06-15, Cine 3000, Nancy, France
* 1993-06-15, FNAC Auditorium, Nancy, France
* 1993-06-20, Passage du Nord, Paris, France
* 1993-07-13, The Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 1993-07-16, World Beat Center, San Diego, CA, USA
* 1993-08-15, Markt Rock Festival, Leuven, Belgium
* 1993-08-21, Waterpop Festival, Wateringen, Netherlands
* 1993-08-28, The Venue, Oxford, England
* 1993-09-01, The Garage, London, England
* 1993-12-09, Brixton Academy, London, England
* 1993-12-11, Guildhall, Portsmouth, England
* 1994-06-04, Shibuya Club Quatro, Tokyo, Japan
MiniDiscs (Hacked)

**MiniDiscs [Hacked]** is a compilation of demos, rehearsals, live performances and other material recorded by Radiohead while they were working on OK Computer. The recordings, taken from MiniDiscs belonging to Thom, leaked online in 2019. In response, Radiohead sold them through the music sharing site Bandcamp for 18 days for £18, with all proceeds going to the environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion.

## Leak

According to Ed, the MiniDiscs were stolen from a cloud archive, possibly while material was being prepared for the 2017 White Cassette.

The leak was widely reported, incorrectly, as an attempt to blackmail the band for $150,000 in exchange for not releasing the recordings. This appears to have been based on a misunderstanding that was copied across media reports. Even the band members seemed in the dark about what had really happened, with Jonny tweeting: "We got hacked last week—someone stole Thom’s minidisk archive from around the time of OK Computer, and reportedly demanded $150,000 on threat of releasing it."

In fact, the recordings were leaked by a thief using the name Zimbra, who hoped to sell them to fans. Zimbra told *Pitchfork* that "the whole $150k thing and 'ransom' was taken way out of context". A fan who negotiated with Zimbra said he did not believe extortion was his intent: "He never told us anything to suggest he was trying to get money from the band, only from fans." Zimbra released the recordings free after news broke on Reddit.

## Contents

Fans collaborated to produce an enormous Google document cataloguing the MiniDiscs contents, including a statement about how it was released.

The official release removed a 12-minute field recording and non-Radiohead material, such as several minutes of a James Bond score, almost certainly for legal reasons.

## How to get a copy

As Radiohead made the MiniDiscs available for only 18 days, there's no longer any legal way to get a copy of them. They are still widely available on filesharing networks such as Soulseek, but of course the editors of this website don't know anything about that sort of business. If you find that you have accidentally downloaded them illegally, you could always make yourself feel better by donating £18 to Extinction Rebellion.
Treefingers

## Description

A quiet, ambient interlude in the middle of *Kid A*, Treefingers is perhaps the most overt piece of Warp Records homage on the record. The ambient instrumental is made entirely up of processed and looped guitar, performed by Ed and arranged by Thom, and still remains unique in the Radiohead canon for its atmosphere.

## Live history

### 2012

A good twelve years after its release on Kid A, Treefingers was played for the first time at 2012-07-10, Festival de Nîmes, Nîmes, France, opening the first encore. The twelve year period between Kid A's release and the live debut is the second-longest for any song in Radiohead's discography (behind fellow instrumental Meeting in the Aisle), and the song was likely only played as a 'moment of silence' in tribute to deceased technician Scott Johnson - the Nîmes show was the first since the stage collapse. The song's second, and only other, performance was 2012-07-11, Festival de Nîmes, Nîmes, France, also opening the encore. Both performances are beautiful and fairly faithful to the studio cut.

### 2018

Although not *performed* by Radiohead, Treefingers served as a pre-taped opener for the South American festival tour in 2018.

## List of recordings

See Treefingers/Recordings for full list.
2012-07-11, Festival de Nîmes, Nîmes, France

## Setlist

1. Bloom
2. Kid A
3. 15 Step
4. Morning Mr. Magpie
5. The National Anthem
6. The Gloaming
7. Supercollider
8. Codex
9. Airbag
10. Climbing Up the Walls
11. Nude
12. Exit Music (for a Film)
13. Lotus Flower
14. There There
15. Feral
16. Bodysnatchers
17. Treefingers
18. Give Up the Ghost
19. House of Cards
20. Reckoner
21. Myxomatosis
22. Everything In Its Right Place (with True Love Waits intro)
23. Idioteque
24. Street Spirit (Fade Out)

## Audio sources

 AUD
 AUD
1992-05-13, Islington Powerhouse, London, England

## Tracklist

1. Prove Yourself
2. I Can't
3. Creep
4. Stop Whispering
5. Blow Out
6. Nothing Touches Me
7. Prove Yourself (tape cut)

## Comments

* The recording is tolerable, but to actually hear it you'll probably have to manually adjust the levels a bit - it's very quiet. Even when adjusted, it's fairly muddy.
* This is the first recorded performance of many Pablo Honey songs including Creep, so for that reason alone it's worth having.
* They've added proper drums to Stop Whispering!
* Look out for a *very* fast early rendition of Blow Out.
* Appreciate the crowd not going insane during Creep, because soon that won't be the case.
1994-10-04 MTV's Most Wanted broadcast

## Tracklist

1. My Iron Lung
2. You
3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen cover) (snippet)

## Comments

* This was a short and sweet performance that Thom and Jonny did for Britain's version of MTV in October of 1994, recorded in the midst of their England tour that took place that month. Needless to say, video and audio quality are sublime, and it thankfully suffers from no tape degradation like many other recordings have from around this time.
* Both of the full performances here are really great, but the highlight of the two by far would have to be You. Stripped down to just an acoustic and electric guitar, and informed by years of performing the song on stage, You gets one of its best ever performances. A more mellow arrangement really brings out the sadness in the song, and the contrast between the velvety acoustic and the more angular electric works wonders. My Iron Lung is also great, but a little more pedestrian in sound. Overall, both are highly recommended.
* Unfortunately, only a tiny snippet exists of the third song performed here - a rollicking cover of Queen's classic Crazy Little Thing Called Love! Hopefully the full recording of this turns up someday.

## Audio sources

converted .Wav files with flac frontend.'
1993-11-11, Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany

## Tracklist

1. The Bends
2. Prove Yourself
3. You
4. Yes I Am
5. Vegetable
6. Creep
7. Ripcord
8. Lurgee
9. Pop Is Dead
10. Anyone Can Play Guitar
11. Stop Whispering

## Comments

* Two similar-sounding sources for this one so it's really up to you to take your pick. They both play well as long as you turn the volume up (but watch out for the booming kick drum - some questionable mic-ing happening there.)
* They really didn't stop in '93, did they? Fresh off a gruelling tour supporting Belly, and a handful of headlining Canada shows, Radiohead don't take time to rest: they immediately jump on a European tour supporting another 90s relic, the band James. That means we're back to shorter sets, and you'll notice that songs like Thinking About You and even Blow Out fall victim to this. And what happened to (Nice Dream)???
* You'll also notice that this is one of the quietest audiences that you'll hear on any Radiohead show. This is their first-ever Germany show, as Thom points out at the beginning, and that + being an opening act + Creep only barely charting in Germany + Germans being Germans = a crowd that is as stoic and sombre as they get.
	+ Having said that, there is a funny moment where one guy makes an audible sound of surprise after Creep starts up. It's like an 'oh, it's THESE guys!' sound.
* Two cool highlights here are Ripcord and Anyone Can Play Guitar, which feel extra punk-y and fun. The guitar at the end of the latter in particular is awesome in how over-the-top it sounds.
* There's some nice delay on Thom's voice on a few songs that they seemed to have started experimenting with in late 1993. You can hear it a bit on some of the successive shows.

## Audio sources

 AUD recording
> Sound Forge 9.0 (resampling) > CD Wave Editor > wav. > flac
Decks Dark

**Decks Dark**is the third track from Radiohead's ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool. Nothing was known about it before the album release, and it's never been discussed in interviews.

Like some other Moon Shaped Pool tracks, it features a choir (the London Contemporary Orchestra). In live performances, Radiohead recreate this with vocals from Thom, Ed and Clive.

Text printed behind the lyrics in the album booklet appears to be taken from the description of a UFO sighting posted online in 2009:

Bright orange ball, fuzzy edges moving towards east. No noise, speed of a plane
They came together above Wicken Fen and assembled into one large light. It was quite intense in the centre and seemed to pulsate. This object then dropped into the river and disappeared under the water. What was really strange was throughout this there was no sound from the light/s. I didn’t hang around to find out what happened next as my dog was getting very distressed.
Hayosiko

600

**Hayosiko** on sininen pakettiauto, joka perustuu toisen sukupolven Toyota HiACE:en. Se on hyvin ruosteinen, ja siinä on erittäin pehmeä jousitus. Toisen sukupolven tuotanto aloitettiin vuonna 1977 ja 2,4-litrainen moottori otettiin käyttöön vuonna 1979.

Pelin alussa Hayosikon omistaa pelaajan eno Toivo Kesseli, jolta autoa voi pyytää lainaksi. Auton kyljessä lukee "KESSELIN URAKOINTI KY PERÄJÄRVI".
1994 (Nice Dream) demo

## Comments

What a fascinating little corner of the Radiohead catalogue! It's still unknown exactly when this was recorded - all we know is that it was from some time in 1994. It's pretty likely that it was put together prior to the band's Spring UK tour, because the version that pops up there is somewhat similar to this one.

People who love this song will find this version absolutely stunning. It features an incredibly rich instrumental palette, resplendent with organ, burbling synthesiser and even violin during the choruses. Furthermore, there's almost no electric guitar present here - the song is driven entirely by the acoustic guitar and colourful keyboard work. It's also missing the 'now come home' section, ending almost straight after the 'if you think that you're strong enough) harmonies. There could honestly be a good argument for this being superior to the studio version. If you thought that, I wouldn't hold it against you.
1994 live

1994 was an altogether smaller year for Radiohead compared with 1993. Much of the year was devoted to putting together some new songs for an as-yet-untitled second LP, many of which (My Iron Lung, Fake Plastic Trees, Bones and several others) were debuted at shows as the band teased out the arrangements and gauged crowd reactions. Some songs made it onto the My Iron Lung EP, released in October; others were kept for the album. Because of the high amounts of recording in 1994, fewer shows were played, though that doesn't mean the band slacked off - large tours of Britain, Japan, Australia and continental Europe were found throughout the year, as well as a stop or three in the US.

1994 also happens to be one of the single strongest years in terms of Radiohead performances ever! The band were truly at an early performing apogee, with many stunning shows and perhaps the greatest renditions of certain songs. The introduction of several Bends tracks and other b-sides gave the setlists a much-needed source of interest. I tried cutting the list down to six, which would make more sense given the lower number of performances, but it was downright impossible; I couldn't remove a single show. So here's nine!

## 9 recommended performances from 1994

* 1994-02-21, Royal Berks Social Club, Reading, UK - a hugely important show in that it features the live debuts of an incredible *seven* songs, including a number of notable rarities. Great performances all-round, as well.
* 1994-05-20, Festival Balélec, Lausanne, Switzerland - a recently-discovered soundboard recording with the first ever full-band Street Spirit and a number of brilliant highlights.
* 1994-05-27, The Astoria, London, UK - one of the most famous early Radiohead shows, available in officially-released form. Early live videos don't get much better than this.
* 1994-06-26, Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, England - a personal pick for the best show of the year: an absolute *triumph*, from start to finish. Also features what might be the finest-ever Blow Out.
* 1994-08-27, Reading Festival, Reading, UK - yet another iconic festival performance; also probably the best start to any Radiohead show.
* 1994-09-14 BBC Radio 1 'Evening Session' - because of the stunning studio-quality performances of four unreleased Bends songs.
* 1994-10-04 MTV's Most Wanted broadcast - Thom and Jonny performances from 1994 were never particularly special, but here's the best: a strong My Iron Lung and a *mindblowing* You.
* 1994-10-08, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England - the longest show up til that point, and the source of an acoustic Fake Plastic Trees that will blow your mind (among other bits of greatness.)
* 1994-12-02, Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands - about as good as an AUD can get, with the best-ever rendition of Sulk and a bizarre full-band Killer Cars!
High and Dry/Recordings

All live recordings of High and Dry.

## Soundboard recordings

* 1995-02-21 Black Session
* 1995-02-25, Apollo Theatre, Oxford, England
* 1995-02-27 2 Meter Session
* 1995-03-09 Top of the Pops broadcast
* 1995-03-24, The Forum, London, England

## Audience recordings

* 1990-11-XX, Exeter University, Cornwall, England
* 1994-12-17, Deck The Hall Ball, Seattle, WA, USA
* 1995-02-16, The Eve's Club, London, England
* 1995-03-14, Hallam University, Sheffield, England
* 1995-04-01, Moe's Mo' Rockin' Cafe, Seattle, WA, USA
1995-04-01, Moe's Mo' Rockin' Cafe, Seattle, WA, USA

## Tracklist

1. The Bends
2. Just
3. Anyone Can Play Guitar
4. Bones
5. High and Dry
6. Black Star
7. Banana Co.
8. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
9. Fake Plastic Trees
10. Planet Telex
11. Prove Yourself
12. Creep
13. My Iron Lung
14. You

## Comments

* This is a recording of Radiohead's first show of their U.S. tour proper, at a small venue in Seattle (an early incarnation of the legendary Neumo's, which is still around today!) As with (almost) all recordings up to this point from 1995, the audio quality is really decent, with particularly good definition on the drums. Round of applause to all the '95 tapers for making their recordings *not* sound like white noise.
* This gig actually features a number of solid renditions all round, which are unfortunately hampered a little by the audience who clearly don't know any of the band's songs except for the obvious one. It means less audience noise, but it also means less atmosphere than many other shows.
* For this American tour, the band shortened their setlists from nigh-on 20 songs to a mere 14, which meant cutting songs like Stop Whispering and (strangely) Bullet Proof. 1995 is the first year where the band's setlists would consistently evolve from tour to tour, and often even from show to show.
* The band plays Bones a fair bit faster than usual here and it results in a great performance with tons of anxious energy.
* Check out Jonny's brilliant guitar effects in the 'lying in the bar' sections of The Bends (another strong rendition.)
* Just starts a little slow but warms up towards the end of the performance, where Thom seems to morph into a prairie dog and just screeches over the final breakdown. It's a great moment.
* The 'if I could be' section in Fake Plastic Trees is uniquely gorgeous here - it's about as delicate as they've ever played it, and Jonny's shimmering organ plays brilliantly off Thom's voice.
* Around this time, Thom would continuously introduce Bones as being a song about 'meaning it, or not meaning it.' Whatever that means is up to your interpretation.
* An AWESOME entry to the 'Radiohead vs. Creep' saga at this show. Out of nowhere, in a *really* miffed tone, Thom introduces the song by saying 'WE'RE GONNA PLAY THIS, BECAUSE IT'S OUR FUCKING SONG AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT. WE DON'T FEEL THAT WE HAVE TO AVOID IT, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT ALL THE OTHER SONGS WE'VE EVER WRITTEN HAVE BEEN JUST AS GOOD.' You get the sense that Thom doesn't really buy into his own words here nonetheless.
* This recording includes the emcee of the gig introducing the band, and it's pretty great. 'All the way from Sweden, please welcome... ACE OF BASE!'
Maquiladora

## Description

Maquiladora is an early b-side that has nevertheless endured as an enjoyable cut from the band's early career. Dominated by a three-note guitar and bass motif, the song shifts through various sections, all the while remaining excellently underpinned by the acerbic guitar and bass. Although clearly of its time, it's hard not to like this Bends deep cut.

## Live history

Maquiladora received largely infrequent performances during the band's early career. Road-tested at several shows in 1994, Maquiladora was retired in 1995, only to be brought back for a small handful of performances between 1996 and 1997. Across its truncated live history, it received a number of very strong outings.

### 1994

Most of this song's live performances can be found in 1994. Although not quite a setlist regular - especially later in the year - the song seemed to be a favourite of the band at this stage, and it's known that they were considering it for inclusion on their forthcoming second studio album. As such, there are a few very strong performances. Notable and/or recommended performances include:

* 1994-02-21, Royal Berks Social Club, Reading, UK - to hear its debut performance, featuring some early lyrics.
* 1994-05-20, Festival Balélec, Lausanne, Switzerland - a recently discovered performance in stunning soundboard quality.
* 1994-05-27, The Astoria, London, UK - A+ video, A+ audio, great performance - what more could you want?
* 1994-06-04, Shibuya Club Quatro, Tokyo, Japan - if you're sick of soundboard quality, check out this AUD with a barnstorming, mega-aggressive take.

## List of recordings

See Maquiladora/Recordings for full list.
1993-06-15, FNAC Auditorium, Nancy, France

## Tracklist

1. Thinking About You (cut)
2. Bullet Proof..(I Wish I Was)
3. Stop Whispering
4. Lozenge of Love
5. Faithless the Wonder Boy
6. You

## Comments

* There are two different audio sources available for this one, from the same recording. One has the full set (albeit missing some of Thinking About You), but seems to need a speed correction - it sounds a little slow. The other one has slightly better sound quality but is completely missing Thinking About You altogether. A good remedy might be to grab Thinking About You from the lesser source and the rest from the better one.
* The recording itself here is very nice - in fact, it's hard to figure out whether it's an AUD or SBD recording at points, but the crowd noise hints at it being the former.
* This date, a Thom and Jonny in-store performance, is now famous for two pretty significant debuts - Bullet Proof..(I Wish I Was) and Lozenge of Love. Both are presented here as stripped-back acoustic guitar arrangements.
* Bullet Proof is considerably shorter and more upbeat than the studio version that would feature on The Bends two years later, with lyrics that are virtually unrecognisable when compared to the released version.
* The arrangement of Lozenge of Love is pretty much the same as the studio version, but again with some early lyrics. It sounds absolutely fantastic.
* Stop Whispering ends before the final breakdown.
* "We don't know any Bob Dylan songs, sorry. Bye!"
Season 1 (The Flash)

The **First Season** of *The Flash* premiered on March 17, 2017 on Netflix, with thirteen episodes.

## Synopsis

After his home planet of Krypton was destroyed when he was an infant, Clark Kent becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Metropolis. But he is soon pulled out of the shadows and must fight a battle for the heart of his city--forcing him to confront a past he had tried to bury.

## Cast

### Starring Cast

* Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
* Shantel VanSanten as Patty Spivot
* Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor
* Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor
* Joel Kinnaman as David Cain
* Matt Letscher as Eobard Thawne
* Erica Durance as Lois Lane
* Kevin Spacey as Lionel Luthor

### Supporting Cast

* John Wesley Shipp as Henry Allen
* MacKenzie Mauzy as Jasmine
* Calum Worthy as Luke
* Colin Ford as Nick
* Wai Ching Ho as Fouch
* Joel McHale as John Datington
* Robert Carlyle as Samuel Booth
* Ben McKenzie as Mickey Baller
* Elena Satine as Justine Garcia
1993-11-24 Canal+ 'Nulle Part Alliers' broadcast

## Comments

* One of many TV performances of Creep from this year, this Canal+ rendition was very well shot but suffers from a fair bit of tape degradation. Not poor by any means, but not ideal.
* The main draw of this one is seeing Thom with the best, most ridiculous haircut of his entire life. It surely has to be a wig - it's platinum blonde and absolutely *huge.* This is the apex of his flamboyant phase, and it's a shame it didn't last for too much longer.
Stupid Car

## Description

It would not be a rash statement to say that Stupid Car is the most obscure officially-released Radiohead song. This isn't even a b-side - it was released in 1992 on the now-forgotten Drill EP, and unlike the other songs on that EP, it never made it onto an album or a b-side. That means it's not available on any streaming services, nor has it ever been mentioned by the band in interviews - and that's a *damn* shame, because this song is gorgeous. It's just Thom and his electric guitar, singing a beautifully sad song that gradually rises in intensity and reaches a climax before dissolving into nothingness. There is no reason for this song to have become as obscure as it is. For the most forgotten Radiohead song, it also happens to be one of the most pretty.

## Live history

Befitting its obscure nature, Stupid Car never received play as part of a regular show; in fact, the only performance we have of it is an acoustic take from Thom. 1993-02-11 Signal Radio session has a version that adheres pretty closely to the studio take in excellent sound quality. If you're clamouring for everything there is to know about this little corner of the Radiohead story, you need look no further.

## List of recordings

See Stupid Car/Recordings for full list (heh.)