Saturday, July 1, 2006

Across the Internet, Raumpatrouille Orion Frogs Greifen Uns An II: Raumpatrouille Redux. As usual, Xeni at bOINGbOING is a bit late to the party and a little light on her research. She's apparently just discovered the swingadelic German space-opera from the 60s, Raumpatrouille (AKA Spaceship Orion), and writes: "I'd never heard of "Raumpatrouille" before this week." Maybe you should read my pal, The Cartoonist more often? He's only been posting fab Orion links and images for the past 3 or 4 years and has been linked to bOINGbOING multiple times. [Link: The Cartoonist's Orion Archives] [Link: YouTube Raumpatrouille clips] [Eye of the Goof] 3:50:21 PM

now on donewaiting.com Radiohead Mulls Independent Release. In this interview with Yorke, he discusses the possibility of releasing the next album on their own. Asked whether Radiohead would consider distributing its next album independently, Yorke unhesitatingly said yes. "We have two or three options, and that's one," he said. "Once we finish whatever we think is good enough to put out, then we'll start thinking about it. We haven't discussed it a great deal. I would love for us to drop a chemical weapon within the music industry. But I don't see it as our responsibility, either." (full story) There was similar talk awhile back when Pearl Jam ended their major label contract. In the end, they signed to a different major. [donewaiting.com] 12:15:11 PM