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Connections: Radiohead’s “OK Computer” and its message about the future

It has been 20 years since Radiohead released "OK Computer." The album was a departure in certain ways for the band, and today, it seems like everyone is writing think pieces about both Radiohead and that record. In the New Yorker, Amanda Petrusich wrote that Radiohead essentially saw the future, and the band's songs reflect the loneliness that comes from isolation -- isolation due to political malaise, celebrity culture, and addiction to technology. We talk to Radiohead fans about these ideas, the music, and more. Our guests:

  • Dave Chisholm, educator, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and comic artist
  • Matt Witten, director of the University of Rochester Percussion Ensemble, and faculty member at Rowan University
  • Mona Seghatoleslami, host and producer for Classical 91.5
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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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