so lighten up, squirt kamek, collector of rare thom photos, hobbyist-archivist. 24, nonbinary, they/them main blog: kamek i blog mostly about radiohead/thom yorke but i also love R.E.M., eels, placebo, nirvana, etc. i'd love to chat! Radiohead Bootleg List taglist
The UPDATED Radiohead concert video masterlist is LIVE!
Yes! Those of you who have been here a while might remember my posts full of links to their concerts on here. It was split into four parts due to a tumblr post link limit, and was a pain to update for that, and it was also just super outdated!
The new list is hosted on Google Docs, with no requirement to click between pages! It’s a lot easier to maintain here and easy to link to! And the list is bigger than ever!
(gif by minnough-blog)
For all your concert video needs, the masterlist is HERE!
So our 26-year old boiler died on us (it wasn’t firing up so we called someone to look at it and he found a crack causing moisture on the inside and also detected slight carbon monoxide leakage) and because of its age and the fact many of its key parts are obsolete, we are having to get an entirely new system put in instead of trying to get it fixed.
The problem is we just don’t have the money for any of that. We have been struggling as is to pay bills so this on top of that is a nightmare, as it’s December so the house is miserably cold with no heating or hot water.
The boiler alone is going to cost around £1500 and with the labour and additional costs the quote we’ve been given for the full job is going to be close to £4000.
I hate having to ask for help but our other attempts to get support paying for it haven’t been successful thus far.
Here is my KoFi which you can donate to. I’m happy to draw a character of your choice as thank you if you tell me one when donating! Any amount you can spare will be immensely helpful!
Become a supporter of Rua today!
And my art commissions are available too if you want something more specific for your money.
Please consider throwing whatever you can my way to help me get central heating back into my home as soon as possible, and if you can’t donate please consider sharing this post around. If I can even manage to knock £1000 off the total through this that would help so much.
Thank you in advance 🙏
Kabul Dreams is a rockband from Afghanistan, established in 2008 in Kabul. The band has paved the way for a modest but growing rock scene in Afghanistan, rebuilding itself after decades of war. The band's motivation to perform came from their own love for music, but also from a public hunger for a new life after war – a life that included new music and art. Kabul Dreams plays music in both English and Dari; one of Afghanistan's native languages. The song "Sadae Man" ("My Voice") is about the importance of Afghanistan's youth having a collective voice.
All of the band members were born in Afghanistan, but they were displaced to neighboring countries as refugees during the Taliban reign. After the fall of the Taliban regime, the band members returned to Afghanistan and met each other in Kabul. Their musical influences include Sex Pistols, Metallica, Nirvana and Oasis. In 2014, the band relocated to Oakland, California to grow their presence in the American music scene.
I’m offering pen-and-paper sketches in exchange for proof of donation to Palestinian gfm campaigns and/or donations to reliable organisations that will provide aid, esims etc.
The more we can help nudge up these urgent campaigns to help people the better!!
For more examples of my pen-and-paper sketches check out my #nerua doodles tag
Here’s how it works:
🔴 Make a donation (whatever you can offer, any amount however big or small is better than nothing at all!!) to a Palestinian family’s campaign, or one of the many reliable organisations providing aid, e-sims etc.
A quick non-exhaustive list of useful links you can use to donate:
Operation Olive Branch - Spreadsheet of many, many gfm campaigns tracking how much is needed.
This Tumblr Masterpost - Lists a good number of fundraisers, some of which are close to completion, and others which need much more boosting
GazaFunds - If it’s overwhelming trying to choose who to donate to, this page generates a random campaign each time for you
GazaEsims - Buy an esim to keep Palestinians connected in Gaza. Be sure to send the QR code screenshot to their provided email address and don’t activate the esim yourself!
CareForGaza - A non-profit charity providing aid to Gaza. Donate to their PayPal
UNRWA - Donate directly to UNRWA to support their operations in Gaza
Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund - Donate directly to PCRF to support the children in Gaza
Gaza Municipality - Donate to help improve water, waste management and sewage treatment conditions in Gaza
(other Palestinian family gfm links I’ve come across will be added under a cut at the bottom of this post, please check them out too and feel free to add any others you have seen to reblogs of this post!)
🟢 Take a screenshot of the receipt/proof of donation you receive once you’ve completed payment to prove that you have paid your chosen amount
⚪️ Message me your screenshot proof of your completed donation/payment to whichever campaign/organisation you chose along with what character(s) you would like a sketch of (be sure to let me know the fandom in case it’s not one I’m familiar with. You can drop a reference image along with your donation screenshot to be sure!)
⚫️ I’ll draw up the sketch for you as soon as I can to thank you for donating!
All donations of any size will receive a drawing, but be advised smaller donations will be quicker and less detailed/refined than larger donations.
Donations below $20 will receive a bust or waist shot. Donations $20 and over will be full body
Up to 3 characters available per sketch at any amount
I’ll draw for most fandoms, but here are a few I’m pretty familiar with: Red Dwarf, BBC Ghosts, Good Omens, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, YuGiOh, Pokemon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Cardcaptor Sakura (any CLAMP work tbh), Mob Psycho 100, Osomatsu-san, Naruto
I’ll also draw OCs if you send good references for them!
My usual commission/request limitations apply: No gore, NSFW etc
Bear in mind these function like character requests and aren’t as specific as full commissions, though I will try to honour general requests for what you would like from your sketch!
🚨🚨 Do NOT send ME your money!! Send it directly to the campaigns/organisations!! 🚨🚨
Please share and donate whatever you can if you are able to. And as always keep boycotting, protesting and talking about Palestine 🇵🇸
And remember to add your daily clicks too!
Some more gfm links below the cut ⬇️⬇️⬇️
I am Shahad from Gaza, 20 years old, studying English. My family a… GHADA AL JABOUR needs your support for Help Shahed and her family reloca
My name is Muhammad Al-Nims from Gaza (Palestine), I am writing this after much thought and hesitati… j h needs your support for Help Muhamm
I hope this message finds you well and warm,
My name is Thaer Inshasi, I… Thaer Inshasi needs your support for Help me and my family to esc
Hi , My name is Hashem , I live in Istanbul , I am fundraisng for my fam… Hashem Jadallah needs your support for URGENT : Help my Family to
Dear Compassionate Souls,
My name is Rawan Ali. I’m a 21 year old studen… Rawan Ali needs your support for Save the family of Dr.Ahmed esca
Hello everyone, I am Ahmed Abdelilah from Gaza, I am part of a family of 10, and tod… ahmed abdelah needs your support for Help My Family Su
Hi , my name is Ibrahem Al Wazer . I am a Palestinian who lived his entire life… Ibrahim Alwazir needs your support for Help me and my famil
Hello, and thank you for visiting my fundraiser. My name is Aya, and I’m a sixth ye… Estefan Sevilla needs your support for Help Aya evacuat
my favorite part of this is all the swifties in the replies of the original tweet like “someone we have to google” and “none of us know who uou are” like… COURTNEY LOVE? now im not claiming to be the number one courtney love defender in the world but if you have no idea who she is that says a lot more about you than her….
radiohead’s complicity in israeli-occupied palestine
my feelings on radiohead are complicated these days, as i’m sure they are for many. i'm using this post as a method of sorting out my own thoughts & to provide sources.
for me, the bottom line is this: radiohead is both a brand & a musical group. the brand of radiohead has always had deep roots in the israeli colonial project - they have played many, many shows there throughout their career. their breakout single - creep, was intially only a hit in israel (x, x) & the personal choices of some of radiohead's members remain just as involved. jonny greenwood met his future wife - the israeli artist, antivaxxer & vehement zionist (x) sharona katan - at a show radiohead played in israel in 1993 (x). jonny consistently collaborated with zionist musician shye ben tzur & his projects continue to tour in tel aviv as recently as last september. as for jonny himself - his only statement in regards to the war on gaza has been in mourning for the israeli concert goers on october 10th - w no such empathy spared to the 100,000 palestinians dead, injured, or missing. as for thom, while he’s thrown a few bitchfits (x) through the years abt criticism of radiohead’s shows in israel, he has imo - only paid lipservice to the criticism, saying “playing in a country isn’t the same as endorsing its government” going against the pleas of his peers & coworkers in the music industry. as well as the pro-palestine activism undertaken by his long term friend micheal stipe (x & x). (note: stipe stood by radiohead’s performance in israel in 2017, but his current political choices suggest his understanding of the situation has evolved). even his own son - noah yorke, a fellow working musician, has voiced his opposition to the genocide in gaza via instagram stories. as for the other members, rhythm guitarist ed o'brien has called for a ceasefire, as well as making a few tweets about "solidarity with palestinians & israeli peacemakers". while bassist colin greenwood reportedly refused to accept letters of dialogue from the fan-run organization radiohead fans for palestine. drummer phillip selway's commentary is similarly brief but defensive, saying radiohead's 2017 tel aviv concert "felt right"
to me, this paints a picture of a band who's members stances on israel range from abhorrent to simply not enough. & as a brand, their particular combination of action & inaction amounts to a fundamentally zionist perspective. you cannot separate radiohead as artists from radiohead as a brand name.
i've loved radiohead since i was 14. i was brought into it by another longtime fan. i cried & danced when i saw them live back in 2017 - it was, & remains, a moment that allowed me to live through the hardest parts of my life. i felt for the longest time, that radiohead's music & political positions encouraged my empathy - my questioning of conservative political authority. & while all celebrities are failures in some sense - it is still heartbreaking to know how wrong i was.
i don't think it's possible to disconnect the decade of connection & love i have for their music - I won't ask that of myself or anyone else. & the idea of scrubbing one's taste of the "morally impure" is useless effort & an inappropriate simplification of both art & our conceptions of what makes someone "bad". but i can say with certainty - i will not be giving them any more of my money, whether that be streaming their music or buying their merch - & i encourage you to do the same. silence is complicity - this is beyond silence.
in the words of nina simone - "an artist's duty, as far as i'm concerned, is to reflect the times. how can you be an artist and not reflect the times? that to me is the definition of an artist."
