On the Origin of Radiohead

Fake Plastic Podcast by Alternate Thursdays

Mar 13, 201928:45Music

Today’s episode isn’t about a specific song. But it does serve as a belated preface to the theme of our first season: Radiohead and the press. This season I’m interviewing journalists, authors, and musicologists. People...

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