The King of Limbs Part 2

Here is a photo of The Universal Sigh in Melbourne, Australia!

Here it is in her hands(Muggs)!

Photo taken by Behzad at Polyester Records in Melbourne.  Notice this one reads “Tree Climbing For Adults”?

Also from Behzad.

Also from Behzad.

This is also from Australia.  Notice it says “I See Zombies”?

This will be updated with more photos and video as they arrive.

Here is the entire newspaper and in the bottom right corner is the secret code that you scan enlarged:

Download The Universal Sigh in a pdf  here Added new link 3-28-2011

I can now confirm that the newspaper contains codes that are a mystery to be revealed in the future…

They may in fact be part of something bigger….

Also, you can upload all of your photos on this site http://theuniversalsigh.com/

You can also upload your pictures here

Let me know what you think in the comments.

Make sure and use the following tag on Twitter for all tweets relating to The Universal Sigh  #theuniversalsigh

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Here are 7 photos of “The Universal Sigh” Newspaper!  Here are some photos of the paper in German, though they are not very clear.   More to follow…

Notice!-  I have received 2-3 complaints for posting these photos now.  It has never been my intention to post anything that would bother or upset anyone.  In fact there have been many things I have not posted on this site due to the fact that I don’t want to spoil things for everybody.  These photos did not appear first on this site nor did I leak them.  They have been on several sites, Facebook, Twitter, and various message boards prior to being posted here.  These pictures are not the greatest quality either.  So, to those that I offended I do apologize.

Update # 2– 3-26-2011-  I have moved the photos here: http://twitpic.com/photos/MeToSpeak for those that want to see them.

This is a promo sent out by W.A.S.T.E.

The symbols at the bottom of the page read:

“SPARE ME ALL YOUR WAVING FLAGS”
“LET US RAISE OUR GLASSES TO WHAT WE DON’T DESERVE”
“YEAH NICE TRY THOUGH, NICE TRY, NICE TRY”
“GATHER UP THE LOST & THEIR SOULS”

Here is an unboxing video of the vinyl, check out the interesting things that are scratched into the album towards the end of the video.

Update: Also on Monday March 28th there is going to be an effort made by many to get #theuniversalsigh as a trending topic on Twitter.  Make sure to use this in all of your tweets on Monday.

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As we enter the weekend the anticipation for the newspaper “The Universal Sigh” continues to gain momentum.  The newspaper will be released on Monday March 28th.  If you are going to be at one of the locations where the newspaper is handed out please make sure and take photos and even video of the event.  I would love to feature the footage on the site.  Also, if anyone will take photos of the inside of the newspaper I would really like to share those photos.  Even if you happen to have a copy of the newspaper you can send me the pictures.

If you were not aware this website was mentioned on Rolling Stone’s website.  The article was less than flattering, though I was still thrilled to have been mentioned on their site.  I also feel as if there was little effort put into this article.  Here is an excerpt from the article:

“a significant number of the band’s fans have insisted that the eight-song record was the first part of a larger work or series of EPs. One website, The King of Limbs Part 2, is devoted to proving that a follow-up is in the pipeline. This is very odd, as the band have said absolutely nothing to support this theory and have consistently advertised The King of Limbs as a complete, discrete work.”

Here is another excerpt:

“It could be that fans are disappointed that The King of Limbs is a relatively brief work, particularly after waiting four years since the group’s previous record In Rainbows. Others may be let down by the muted, arty music (even compared to their experimental Kid A) on Limbs, and are eager to fit the record into a larger career narrative. Strangely, it could be that many people have forgotten that albums can be brief or contain a relatively small number of compositions after decades of track listings bloated by the expansive constraints of CDs.”

I think they really are missing the point on this.  Of course we ALL know that an album is not defined by the number of songs or its length.   Anyone who knows anything about music is familiar with the track listing of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” and their album “Animals” both containing 5 tracks.  But to say there is nothing to support this theory is being a little daft on the writer’s part.  Let’s look at just at just a few of these:  We can start by looking at all of these cryptic messages being sent out by the band, the message sent out on Twitter in Japanese giving only a time and location in Japan.  Or, the band’s complete silence up until yesterday when they announced “The Universal Sigh”.  And when it comes to cryptic messages, nobody does them better than Chieftan Mews.  Chieftan Mews is a character that the band has used over the past few years.  He first Appeared in the Radiohead.tv series “The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Of All Time”, he was on the “In Rainbows” web cast, and now he’s on Twitter.  Stanley Donwood has been sending the same type of messages as a unofficial mouthpiece for the band.  Then on top of that the band, which are usually pretty quick to deny rumors, but have not said a single word since the release.  Then if you back to the band mentioning releasing only EP’s in a “Revolutionary” way, and the fact that the band has repeatedly referred to TKOL as a “record”, NOT an “album”.  Though when you look at the Newspaper Edition it is the only thing listed as an album.  On top of that there is a long list of songs that Thom performed by himself and with Atoms For Peace that are not on this album.

Then the article ends with this:

“Though many of Radiohead’s fans are old-school obsessives who are willing to pore over the band’s website and artwork searching for clues that may lead to new music, a lot of them seem to have very rigid notions of what an album can be.”

I don’t feel as if we have rigid notions of what an album can be, we are just simply looking at the facts, an art apparently long forgotten by Rolling Stone and the other music press magazines who copy/paste the majority of their content and waste time with endless philosophical articles when a real story is right under their noses.   But what can we expect coming from a magazine that praises artists like Kanye West’s and Lady Gaga’s every move.

You also forgot to mention that Jonny Greenwood recently said in an interview that the band were still recording and failed to even mention “The Universal Sigh”

Rolling Stone, “You have not been paying attention”, and “If you think this is over then you’re wrong”.

This story was contributed to by Muggs.

Update: Also on Monday March 28th there is going to be an effort made by many to get #theuniversalsigh as a trending topic on Twitter.  Make sure to use this in all of your tweets on Monday.

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Radiohead have just launched their new website http://www.theuniversalsigh.com/.  It gives the locations of where the Free Newspaper will be handed out.  Here is the post they made on their website, which is also the first update since The King Of Limbs was made available to download back on February 18th.

You can check out all of the locations here.

From the site:

The Radiohead album ‘The King of Limbs’ will be available for purchase in all good record stores everywhere on Monday 28th March, except in the United States of America and in Canada, where for reasons beyond the purview of this writer it will be available from Tuesday 29th March. On VINYL! On COMPACT DISC! As a DOWNLOAD!

To commemorate this momentous occasion, Radiohead have produced a newspaper which will be given away, free, gratis, without cost to the consumer by accredited vendors from a multitude of locations WORLDWIDE! In the USA, in the Netherlands, in Belgium, Poland, Germany, Austria, in the Czech Republic, in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Ireland, France, Italy, Slovakia, Finland, Greece, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Australia, Latvia, Iceland, Romania, New Zealand, the UK and a load of other places around the globe, our dedicated teams of newspaper delivery people will be handing out copies of THE UNIVERSAL SIGH to anyone who wants one, until we run out!

In conjunction with this unbelievable offer, Radiohead have established THE UNIVERSAL SIGH as a website on the internet, where details of your nearest vendor can be found, as well as more informations and a photogallery where we will be posting photos and the lucky owners of the gratis tabloid are invited to post pictures of themselves and their friends reading the newspaper in locations diverse and unusual. There will be other stuff too, but we haven’t thought of it yet.

Also on the site:

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This newspaper IS NOT the newspaper that accompanies the Newspaper Album version of The King of Limbs.

This event WILL NOT be repeated.

This event IS NOT a live performance by Radiohead.

Not sure what they mean by “There will be other stuff too, but we haven’t thought of it yet”…

Let me know in the comments if you are going to be at one of these locations.  Also, if you are going to the event I would love to have video footage of it, so feel free to contact me.  My e-mail is on the About page or you click here

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