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Radiohead Gradually Erases its Internet Presence

posted by martyb on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the lighter-shade-of-pale? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Is this a cleverly crafted Radiohead album launch, a protest, or something else?

Radiohead's internet presence is disappearing. As Reddit users noted, their website slowly decreased in opacity until it went entirely blank. It appears that tweets and Facebook posts from their accounts have been steadily disappearing. Update (5/1, 2:00 p.m. ET): There are no longer any tweets or Facebook posts on the band's accounts. Their profile pictures and cover photos have gone completely blank, as well. This comes one day after fans of the band received mysterious flyers with the words "Sing a song of sixpence that goes/Burn the Witch/We know where you live." It's unclear what it is, but something seems to be happening. Update (5/1, 2:28 p.m. ET): Now, it appears Thom Yorke has deleted his tweets. Update (5/1, 3:18 p.m. ET): Their Google+ page has now gone blank.

In the age of Napster, the band has been forward-thinking, so it could be anything.

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  • (Score: 2) by Sir Finkus on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:39AM

    by Sir Finkus (192) on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:39AM (#340616) Journal

    We're in the age of Napster? Is Napster even running anymore?

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @04:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @04:43AM (#340641)

    Napster was shit. Worse than torrents. And torrents are fucking worthless.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @07:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @07:39AM (#340704)

    Well, no, but in the age of Napster, whenever that was, Radiohead did stuff.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @08:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @08:11AM (#340710)

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @01:24PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @01:24PM (#340821)

      That shit site is not the same napster as the 1998 napster. Before they were shut down by the **AA, you could find some truly rare recordings that cannot be found or bought today. Yeah, they were crappy low bitrate mp3s and sometimes took an hour to download an album on dialup.