Radioheadโ€˜s independent-minded multi-media assault continued last Friday (November 9) with a lengthy webcast on their channel, radiohead.tv.

The show was titled โ€˜Thumbs Downโ€™ and featured the band making thumbs-down signals throughout.

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โ€œThis is โ€˜Thumbs Downโ€™,โ€explained singer Thom Yorke helpfully. โ€œThis is our way of celebrating the fact that we finished a record. Weโ€™ve been doing some stupid stuff really for a couple of weeks, knocking some stuff together. Donโ€™t expect any quality level cos there is none, except when of course when the professionals are involved and there are a couple here because frankly we need โ€™em.โ€

Radiohead performed a bunch of songs from their excellent โ€œIn Rainbowsโ€, plus cracking covers of New Orderโ€˜s โ€œCeremonyโ€ and The Smithsโ€˜ โ€œThe Headmaster Ritualโ€.

Most of the action took place in their studio, though a clip for the track โ€œ15 Stepโ€ used an extended clip from the David Fincher movie โ€œSe7enโ€, replacing Gwyneth Paltrowโ€˜s head in the box with that of a cheerfully singing Thom Yorke.

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The band also DJed throughout the broadcast. Hereโ€™s their playlist:

Burial: โ€œNear Darkโ€

M.I.A.: โ€œPull Up the Peopleโ€

Tomas Anderson: โ€œHappy Happyโ€

!!!: โ€œHeart of Heartsโ€

Kings of Leon: โ€œMy Partyโ€

Asian Dub Foundation: โ€œModel Apprenticeโ€

Jorge Ben: โ€œTake It Easy My Brother Charlieโ€

Les Baxter: โ€œThe Ancient Galleonโ€

The First Edition: โ€œJust Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was in)โ€

Iggy Pop: โ€œNightclubbin'โ€

Squarepusher: โ€œMy Red Hot Carโ€

Bauhaus: โ€œBella Lugosiโ€™s Deadโ€

Iron and Wine: โ€œPagan Angel and a Borrowed Carโ€

Captain Beefheat: โ€œSun Zoom Sparkโ€

Bonnie Prince Billy: โ€œLessons From Whatโ€™s Poorโ€

Asian Dub Foundation: โ€œNaxaliteโ€

Ray Charles: โ€œIt Shouldโ€™ve Been Meโ€

Juana Molina: โ€œMicaelโ€

Fela Kuti & the Africa 70: โ€œAlu Jon Jonki Jonโ€