Dead Air Space

Anyone who has been a fan of Radiohead for the duration of at least two albums knows that surprise is standard. And considering that a great number of Radiohead fans are the cynical, always-a-step-ahead-of-the-rest, music snob type, they (er… we) know to be prepared for something new out of Radiohead every time. Or in other words, we’re prepared to not act surprised when Radiohead surprises us.

But I have to admit that Radiohead surprised even me when I recently found out that they are blogging about the recording process of their forthcoming album. For a band that holds so many secrets and markets on their own mystery, writing a publicly-accessible blog seemed very out of place for them.

Whatever the case may be, though, their blog, Dead Air Space, is amazing. Thom Yorke remains curious and mysterious as always, writing cryptic entries about Lord knows what exactly (and yet often being straightforward, also a surprise), Jonny proving his obsession with all things music (his most recent entry discusses how his latest listening project has been nothing but dub and reggae for the last six months), Colin and Phil posting pretty much nothing but random pictures of each other, and Ed… well, Ed hasn’t posted a thing, which doesn’t really surprise me considering he always seems to be the least prominent member of the band.

I personally always find band blogs interesting. The dynamic of a band is a curious and often entertaining thing, and Radiohead is, of course, no exception. In fact, I would even go so far as to say it is the the best of all band blogs I’ve read, maybe even among the best of all blogs, generally speaking. Although on the latter I may be a bit biased.