How Radiohead Makes Art? A Thom Yorke, Stanley Donwood tutorial

The other day I got Stanley Donwood's book - There Will Be No Quite. I've found it so inspiring that I've decided to make a short film about it. Reading the interface by Thom Yorke, and shooting some footage of the spreads, playing my modular synth and an old pad I'd recorded on a Marantz PMD222. If you're a Radiohead fan or simply an artist, you should check this book out. It's quite remarkable.
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"First day of college. Donwood in a tweed cap and green tweed suit.
Decided I didn't trust him. Had a feeling I'd end up working with him. Him reading a book.
Looked like he was there by mistake.
He was a hippy who did fire-breathing.
I was shaven-headed guitar-playing pretend DJ type who was going to do music.
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King of Limbs.
Downward convinced we must make a free newspaper. And give it away.
We heavily studied the radical magazines and papers of the late 60s and 70s.
Populated ours with strange hand-drawn nonexistent creatures mostly from my dreams and stories of nature's relationship to our own collective madness.
The Universal Sight.
As strange and out of time as record itself.
Stanley and I spent a day in central London with a newspaper stand and 50s peaked caps
giving the papers away in their thousands.
I had forgot that people would want to take our photo, and talk to us.
Long day.
Then watched people queueing up all over the world for theirs.
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[@lisavanggg]

Really loved this. Your narration, the choice of music. You should do the entire book. haha. I would pay. Really beautifully put together.

[@Damian-ri4fx]

I love this, really good atmosphere for a Radiohead themed video.

[@roeytsemah]

Thanks, Damian! It's always hard to pay homage to your heros. Happy you liked it!

[@Damian-ri4fx]

@@roeytsemah yeah totally!

[@vitormatiasjr]

I'm waiting to get my signed copy. After watching your video I so anxious.. Btw the synth bg is really good. Right mood to read/ listen this book.

[@roeytsemah]

Thanks, Vitor! Enjoy it!

[@Sofia-xv6uw]

Love you for this i will definitely buy this book ineed to save some money

[@roeytsemah]

Enjoy! It's worth every penny

[@ssamiuddin1]

Beautiful. Thank you for making this! :)

[@roeytsemah]

🤟 Cheers!

[@helgamelody4980]

Я прямо слышала, как Том говорит все это. Нереально. Спасибо вам большое !

[@thederbycitygirl]

Thank you for this most excellent reading -

[@MazeFrogBeatbox]

Dude, such an underrated channel

[@andreedipo6356]

This book is fantastic

[@modifiedwings]

I would love to have a copy of your music from this video! Really cool piece

[@seamishmusic]

this was pretty cool actually. Please do more books like this! Check out a book called, "Going Bovine". The only book that pulled me into a story. Inspired me in some ways to open up more...

[@jesseyules]

Well done!

[@roeytsemah]

Cheers, Jesse!

[@EdwinAdame00]

You should make some vids of yoyr modular synth!

[@roeytsemah]

Thanks for the encouragement! I always find it hard to combine all my obsessions 😅

[@vitormatiasjr]

@@roeytsemah I know that feeling...

[@anubisdm1199]

thanks! :)

[@mohammad4110]

Great

[@brianbos6304]

What is the synth music called?

[@roeytsemah]

It's an original piece I composed for this video. I can send you the file if you wish.

[@kingslayerfr]

your voice is so sexy bro

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

He DIDN'T cut his own hair with scissors and a penknife. He is being pretentious.

[@haphapp7282]

And you know that how? If he was actually hearing voices it doesn’t seem like a stretch to say he did, plus I’m pretty sure he had a problem with pulling his hair out as well

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

Because he was just being a precious little ego monster. I love his work but I know the ego and it's fantasies when I hear it. He's just image making. He's not going to tell us he had a crunchie then farted, he's bending the truth.

[@haphapp7282]

@@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc you realize that just because you assert something about someone to be true doesn’t mean it actually is, right? Especially when there’s no actual evidence that indicates your claim. Thom had a problem with pulling out his hair, if anything it’s way easier to cut your hair with a knife than it is to pull it. ALSO, note that he only indicates that he did it once.

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

@@haphapp7282 yea, it was a Tuesday, after he got stoned 'round his mates house and he listened to the Pixies. Then he went home and his mum gave him Jaffa cakes.

[@sodoffbaldrick]

bro, Phil told that story in one of his interviews. Thom came downstairs with uneven haircut and bleeding scalp. Phil helped Thom to shave off whatever was left of his hair