Retro Album of the Month — “OK, Computer” (1997) by Radiohead

“Dear Diary”, 11th June 2026

The boys from Oxford, England, and keepers of my musical flame. Picture courtesy of and with thanks to www.news.wjct.org

Track Listing:

Airbag Paranoid Android Subterranean Homesick Alien Exit Music (For a Film) Let Down Karma Police Fitter Happier Electioneering Climbing Up The Walls No Surprises Lucky The Tourist

Approaching its 30th anniversary next year, any time is a real good time to listen to “OK, Computer” again, which I did this very morning as the June sunshine occasionally won its battle of wills with the fluffy white clouds overhead. In my humble (and very biased opinion) “OK, Computer” remains the finest album ever pressed to wax and I listen to it far more often than I’ll ever admit to in public conversation. From the urgent cries of a man returning to save the universe you’ll find the same man lamenting at the pace of digital life by the end of an exhausting critique of modern living.

A MASTERPIECE!

“Dear Diary” is a new concept I’m running with for the new year. Short, punchy, irreverent, spoiler free, telling you everything and nothing about that day’s particular journal entry. Here’s today’s entry. Do check back in tomorrow. After you’ve tempted yourself with one of these beauties I self-published either side of Christmas 2025:

(Author’s Collection)

(Author’s Collection)

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