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This 32-page cloth-bound beauty won the band a Grammy and helped to inspired some of the more ambitious packaging decisions of the past decade. Or maybe - just maybe - they're so future they've lapped the present and most of the past. Might this be evidence that Radiohead has long been practicing the dreaded, Apple-perfected act of planned obsolescence? Perhaps. Which is okay, because you probably didn't have any desire for a screensaver anyway.

#Radiohead rarity list windows

Unless you have a computer with a floppy drive and a functioning copy of either Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 (remember that watershed moment in OS history?), it's useless.

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How to Use: вЂњCopy 'radio.exe' to the Windows directory вЂ¦вЂќ blah, blah, blah. What it Does: Saves your screen (it's a screensaver). We actually would've preferred this bit of memorabilia accompany In Rainbows, home to the song вЂњJigsaw Falling into PlaceвЂќ, but we can't have everything, can we? Ambitious collectors actually can have these - the former for $234, and the latter for $14.99. In order to solve the smaller sliding-tile puzzle, find an eight-year-old, pour whiskey down his gullet and watch him go. That's exclusively for the larger wooden one. How to Use: Invite grandma over, give her tea, let her at it. This unusual promo item was either conceived by a) the record company who somehow misheard the band's first true AOR opus as chock-full of the sort of songs one would expect to find on contemporary FM radio, or b) Radiohead, who recognized that their listeners were quickly becoming the type of folks who'd run right into their arms upon coming face to face with an actual FM dial. How to Use: Click the mouse to scan through the stations, or balance it on your noggin to become a Radio Head. What it Does: Makes you want to listen to Radiohead instead. If you're already selling out, you might as well buy it on Amazon. Thommy wouldn't want you to have it, but Radiohedz love overpackaged product, making this a must-own. This handy lil four-gigabyte collectible came packaged with the band-unapproved Radiohead Box Set, in the shape of their most recognizable visual creation - that toothy bear thingy that EMI probably owns the rights to.

How to Use: Stick it in, then load Radiohead's entire Parlophone/Capital oeuvre into your computer and audio player of choice. Not feeling your current thief in chief (wherever you live)? Buy one here.ДЄlbum: All of 'em up to (not including) In Rainbows (2007) Bush days (though the title is not a direct reference to Dubya, Thom swears), the temptation to spray those words on everything was overwhelming. Thank you.вЂќ Keeping in mind that this album dropped during phase one of the George W. How to Use: The stencil itself contains some very specific non-directions: вЂњDo not use this stencil to apply graffiti to private property such as advertising hoardings, boarded-up buildings, walls, vehicles, &c. In order to promote their latest LP (whose deluxe format comes wrapped in a newspaper), Radiohead release a different newspaper that appears designed to make its readers regret living in modern times, hence driving them toward the shelter of a large tree - or rather, a theoretical one represented by the album, The King of Limbs. How to Use: If you have to ask, slap your first-grade teacher. What it Does: Sits there, yellows over time, bums you out. In honor of the occasion, we've rounded up eight examples of odd Radiohead swag, displaying the band's mastery of using an ever-evolving combination of technology and confusion to their benefit and our enjoyment. in Silver Lake, Hollywood, and Santa Monica (more info here). The Universal Sigh is being given out at 1 p.m. The experimental promotion began abroad yesterday, and the paper's website is already hosting photos of happy recipients, grinning despite the publication's dour title and subject matter (sample article headline: вЂњSell Your House and Buy GoldвЂќ).

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Today, representatives of Radiohead will hand out free copies of the band's one-off newspaper, The Universal Sigh, at three L.A.-area locations.