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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: 4, Insightful) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 03 2016, @02:52PM

    by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 03 2016, @02:52PM (#340871) Journal

    I'll see your hunch and raise you a gut instinct!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:19PM (#340884)

    Maybe Elon is going to ship them to Mars and rename them Disaster Area.

  • (Score: 2) by devlux on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:31PM

    by devlux (6151) on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:31PM (#340889)

    Ya know I've seen your sig a dozen times and been meaning to comment on it.
    Was wondering if you were aware that beer really was the worlds first currency.

    The oldest money we know of are little clay tokens that have been identified as representing beer.
    Can't seem to find a link but I do remember reading that somewhere, possibly on a bar napkin though so YMMV.

    Also looks like it might be coming back into style.
    https://munchies.vice.com/en/articles/thousands-of-australians-now-use-beer-as-currency [vice.com]

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 03 2016, @05:11PM

      by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 03 2016, @05:11PM (#340937) Journal

      Hell, i'd be even poorer than i am now:

      "Hey, i'll buy your cow with this beer.... ahhhhhshit... i drank the beer.

      shit."
      :)

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @07:38PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @07:38PM (#340999)

        Always plan for "evaporation!"