I understand that you're not saying anything negative about them. I wouldn't care if you were. Then point I'm arguing is that, even if it's intended to be entirely complimentary, saying that a band are engaging in gimmickry and "heightening their brand" by just releasing their art and nothing else, is a cynical point…

People on here acting like 'Hole' isn't already one of the most obvious single-entendres in music history.

Opining, technically, but with the overwhelming weight of general consensus.

I guess the same thing Courtney Love was expecting when she decided to go with that band name.

It functions as perfect marketing, but you're saying that's the point of them being how they are, and I'm saying its incidental. I've seen Thom Yorke openly criticise his own songs before playing them live and chastise the audience for liking them afterward. The man is an arty misanthrope. Johnny is self evidently…

Not as though what comes from the ether? They're just absent from the media to an extent that most entities with their level of attendent public interest aren't. I'm not saying it doesn't work to their advantage, but if you directly accused Thom Yorke of consciously trying to "heighten his brand" I'm fairly certain…

Well, they've generated a huge amount of attention because they're Radiohead. I mean it's not as if they aren't Radiohead. There'd be a circus around their releases irrespective of how they handled them. And making a video with PTA is just artists collaborating on art. PTA in particular makes complete sense from a…

In fairness, Jagger had also already done Dancing in the Street four years prior to that.

I think it's a little cynical to say they're "monetising" their obscurity. I think they have a genuine distaste for the usual outlets for publicity and promotion, and only want to engage with the public through their work. I don't think it's a ploy or an affectation. What's that thing about: a recluse is what a…

>In related news, a Yorkshire Terrier named Mr. Nipsey has been cast as Young Chewie.

I hear they're planning to rename the book series "HBO's Game of Thrones: Legends"

No no, he has people who pay to live in his podcast garage with him.

There's hardly a drought of yuck-based shows on TV.

I guess something just needs to strike the right nerve at the right time. A film that speaks to where you're currently at, will be just as impactful to you as an amazing film will.

Wow. This sounds like the guys who made OK Computer and the guys who made In Rainbows did a song together. Can't wait for the album.

Muse is diet Radiohead. Coldplay is cherry Radiohead that's gone a bit flat.

Would have been a far better Sarah Connor and I'm not even entirely joking.

Yeah I think that's just because it served a purpose in that ep, (in terms of Stannis losing faith, iirc?) and then was just forgotten about. Would be super weird in the next ep if she hears about Balon and goes "Ah shit that's right. I did the leech thing didn't I?"

I don't know about that. It isn't as if the kings on the show weren't still all killed by actual people with motivations for doing it (ie, they'd have been killed whether Mel incinerated any annelids or not.) The show actually makes it less-likely that Balon's death was purely leech-related, since it clears up that he…

They're not awful, there's just a lot of sawdust mixed in with the cake batter. Cersei stuff is brilliant. Arya stuff, Theon stuff and (I guess, if you're into that sort of thing) Greyjoy stuff is all pretty good. Wall, Tyrion and Dany stuff is OK. Dorne stuff is tolerable. Everything else can eat a dick.