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What a strange and cryptic string of numbers and letters.

Track 7 on Radiohead’s Kid A is titled “In Limbo.” In a publication called “The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptised,” the Vatican has now “buried the concept of limbo.”

John 16.24: “ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.” Good Morning Mr. Magpie. Good Morning Mr. Magpie.

On From the Basement, Thom Yorke performed “Down is the New Up,” a possible new Radiohead song. These may be the lyrics. Corrections are encouraged.

get yourself together
let the light pour in
pour yourself a hot bath
pour yourself a drink
nothing’s going to happen
without warning

down is the new up
what is up, buttercup?
down is the new up,
is the new up

your services are not required
your future’s bleak
you’re so last week

ladies and gentlemen
without a safety net
I shall now perform a one-eighty flip-flop
I shall now amputate
I shall now contort

because down is the new up
what if I just flip-flop

down is the new up
down is the new up
down is the new up
is the new up

crawled off and left us
crawled off and left us, you bastard
bastard

you’re on candid camera
the chink in your armor
topsy-turvy town
topsy-turvy town
shake your pockets out
pass it on, pass it down
topsy-turvy town
topsy-turvy town

crawled off and left us
crawled off and left us, you bastard
bastard

crawled off and left us
crawled off and left us

You can listen, but not see, here.

Today, “Videotape” was released via From the Basement.These may be the lyrics. Corrections are encouraged.

when I’m at the pearly gates
this’ll be on my videotape
when Mephistopheles is just beneath
and he’s reaching up to grab me

this is one for the good days
and i have it all here in red blue green
you are my centre when I spin away
out of control on videotape

this is my way of saying goodbye
’cause I can’t do it face to face
or talking to you
after it’s too late from my videotape

no matter what happens now
I won’t be afraid because I know
today has been the most perfect day
I’ve ever seen

You can listen, but not see, here.

From the Basement, Nigel Godrich’s online music series launches on the 18th December. One guest will be Thom Yorke singing two new Radiohead songs, “Videotape” and “Down is the New Up.”

In the trailer, Yorke sings lyrics previously posted to Dead Air Space on April 5, 2005:

when im at the pearly gates
thisll be on my videotape
when Mephistopholis is just beneath
and he’s reaching up to grab me
this is one for the good days
and i have it all here in red blue green
you are my centre when i spin away
out of control on videotape

And, presumably, these photos from February 6 show the band working on “Videotape.” Sasha Frere-Jones has described a live version of the song: “The lovely “Videotape,â€? which invokes death and Mephistopheles (Yorke opens with “When I’m at the pearly gates, this’ll be on my videotapeâ€?), slowly ramps up and then down, the guitars and the drums bobbing around Yorke’s piano chords, emphasizing different beats of the rhythm, as if three songs were slowly becoming one.”

The British Composer Awards 2006: “The winner of the 2006 Listeners’ Award is Jonny Greenwood, who receives £10,000 from the PRS Foundation towards a commission for a new orchestral work.” For more on what a superhet popcorn receiver is, see this message.

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