Mercury News, California — WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the most broadcast songs of the 20th century, Ben E. King's "Stand by Me," has been selected for preservation at the Library of Congress, along with recordings from Joan Baez, The Righteous Brothers, Steve Martin and the dar... more info

Core News — “Who is your musical hero, and why? It’s Heroes’ Day (somewhere in the world), and Mary Anne wants your nominations for this morning’s show! (Don’t pick Bowie. We’ve already got that one covered…) How about some Radiohead, PJ Harvey or ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — All Things Considered interviewed Jane Hirshfield about her book Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World. Stereogum listed the best Radiohead music videos. The Sound interviewed authors Atticus Lish and John Benditt. Turntable Kitchen previe... more info

Stereogum — It’s oddly appropriate that Elastica’s self-titled debut came out on the same day as The Bends, Radiohead’s classic sophomore album. Those two records represent opposite sides of British rock in the mid-’90s. The Radiohead of The Bends was a ... more info

Stereogum — The most important Radiohead video is probably this clip, of the band playing “Creep” at the MTV Beach House in 1993. That’s the video that showed what the band could’ve easily been: A one-hit wonder playing for disinterested frat boys and be... more info

Stereogum — More than a year after they released The Bends, Radiohead spent their summer touring North America’s finer outdoor shed venues, opening for Alanis Morrisette. Considering the lordly spot Radiohead now occupy, that seems like a gross indignity. But ... more info

Stereogum — Flying Lotus must have gotten the memo that it’s Radiohead Week here at Stereogum, so he brought Jonny Greenwood onto his BBC Radio 1 residency for a guest mix. His set included an unreleased solo track called “Lola Choir,” an instrumental edit... more info

Stereogum — Unlike Radiohead albums, it’s not really fair for me to rank band-inspired tattoos from worst to best. At the end of the day, that’s someone’s art and another person’s flesh that I’m critiquing, and this isn’t the right platform for it. W... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Toni Morrison discussed dealing with failure at the NEA Arts Magazine. Stream the trailer for the new Kurt Cobain documentary, Montage of Heck. Stereogum listed essential Radiohead non-album tracks. Author Claire Fuller interviewed herself at The Ner... more info

Stereogum — My passionate teenage obsession with Radiohead coincided with the rise of Napster. So whereas previous generations of fanatical music fans lived and died by record stores, catalogs, and zines, I surfed the far recesses of the internet for rarities an... more info