Cynicism that knows no bounds...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7360000/7360670.stm

great. well done. you've sold a bajillion albums, toured all over the world, and what, watched one Al Gore documentary and now you're the saviours of the planet? give it a fucking rest lads. are you paying back all the carbon footprint that's been trodden all around the globe in your name before it became Hot Topic 2007/2008? or are you actually just rinsing the latest bandwagon in another self-righteous attempt to appeal to short-sighted wannabe liberals? get knotted.

i'd love to be proved wrong and be given a run down on how 'green' Radiohead have been through the course of their career, and i'd happily apologise out loud for it. but as far as i'm aware, the band have only got to where they are (music being put firmly aside here in favour of objectivity) through being heavily funded by major labels and leaving a trail of carbon around the globe comparable to any other band of their size. whether it's planes, trains, automobiles or simply the manufacturing of bucketloads of promo CDs for Paranoid Android - it all adds up.

so, basically, screw them, and screw their trailblazing DOWNLOAD OUR ALBUM bullshit (try that if you've not been reaping major label efforts for over a decade) and screw their sudden interest in the environment. plant some trees or be green on the quiet or something, but just give it a bleedin' rest.