Craftwerk: The 10 Weirdest Radiohead Items On Etsy

Craftwerk: The 10 Weirdest Radiohead Items On Etsy

When I was a teenager, I had a little bit of a "everything Radiohead" phase. I didn't take it as far as my friend David -- a dude who regularly eBay'd Japanese import singles and once made a computer program to ensure we got tickets to Radiohead's pre-In Rainbows small theater tour -- but I certainly tracked down as much ...
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Painted Shoes.

Painted shoes seem to be a staple of the Radiohead Etsy marketplace -- here's some King Of Limbs shoes -- so this is probably a good place to start. I know it's arguable (like everything is when it comes to Radiohead) but Hail To The Thief appears to be the most adaptable cover with respect to the medium of shoe art.

Hip-Hop Radio Head

Seamless! Here's one for the fan that prefers their "older" material.

15 Step Drawing.

"Steamboat Willie" meets "15 Step." I'm into it.

Pillow.

This one isn't so much "weird" as it is cool; if you agree with me, I'd recommend you'd jump over to the Etsy page for this item and check out the detail of the embroidery. It's something that makes sense even if you didn't have to explain what it meant every time (why would you deprive yourself of that, though?)

Interpretive Painting.

And now, a brief dalliance into one of the more popular music-related Etsy genres -- a piece of media that interprets a specific song. This one's for "Fade Out (Street Spirit)," and you can see the artist is heavily leaning on "Cracked eggs, dead birds / Scream as they fight for life / I can feel death, can see its beady eyes" bit. Immerse yourself in love, you guys.

Interperative Painting.

This representation of The King Of Limbs-era Radiohead is only one of the many other creepy images that painters have taken up on Etsy, but this one is my favorite because of that "story book picture meets sinister context" tension. Taking a poll: Which figure is creepier? Crowe Yorke or Amoeba Colin Greenwood?

"Last Flowers" Abstract.

This one's a little less literal than the previous lyric interpretation; it's an abstract based on In Rainbows B-side "Last Flowers." So this is probably the thing to get if you're going for, er, "looser" interpretation.

Keychain.

I like the idea of carrying your favorite song lyrics around, especially if your favorite lyrics are printed out on what would appear to be plain printer paper, wrapped around a cork, stuffed in a miniature bottle, and attached to a keychain. Who said America has lost its ingenuitive spirit?!

T-Shirt

Overdone? Sure. But at least it exists.

Wall Painting.

I didn't really throw this slide in to showcase the Eraser-style wall mural in the foreground, even though it is cool. I threw it in cuz, are those Gorillaz FatHeads in the background? There totally need to be homemade Radiohead FatHeads on Etsy.

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