Is Radiohead Trying To Upstage Barack Obama?

August 28th, 2008 // 5 Comments

A cryptic note about downloading video-conversion players popped up on Radiohead’s site today, and the people over at Hidden Track have interpreted it as a sign that the band will simulcast its Santa Barbara Bowl show this evening. If this is the case, the festivities kick off at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET–a curious bit of scheduling, given that Barack Obama is scheduled to give his big, historic Presidential nomination acceptance speech at exactly that time. Is Radiohead going to actually provide a score for Obama’s speech and invite users to listen to their computers and their TVs simultaneously, Dusk At Cubist Castle style? Or is something more nefarious afoot, something that will shake the blogging world to its core? [Hidden Track / thanks thomaswheatley]


  1. Chris Molanphy

    Hail to the Thief?

    (Maybe they were Clinton fans…?)

  2. MayhemintheHood

    My beer league softball team has a game tonight that we scheduled to garner more attention than both of these events.

  3. Josh Mock

    OH GOD I’M GOING TO BE AT THAT SHOW OH GOD

  4. Ned Raggett

    Not that anyone needs confirmation but yes the webcast is happening. And seeing as I couldn’t make any of the shows around here, I’m quite grateful!

  5. Ned Raggett

    And I just gotta say — stellar, stellar show.

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