Radiohead's newspaper, The Universal Sigh, comes to Minneapolis

"...without newspapers it was impossible not to write my own internal headlines during my sleepless nights. Worry became constant; worry and enforced exile from everything I was accustomed to."

If this was a real newspaper it would be the most depressing in the world - while trying to be the most hopeful.

The paper features short story contributions from two British writers well-known for their soul-of-the-woods pontifications (Robert MacFarlane, author of The Wild Places and Jay Griffiths, author of Wild: An Elemental Journey) and art from "Stanley Donwood" aka Dan Rickwood. He's been responsible for the design of Radiohead since The Bends, and now the reams of art throughout The Universal Sigh. Donwood -- say it with a British accent and it sounds like "downward" -- also turned in a short story for the paper, "Sell Your House and Buy Gold," as well as likely being responsible for the fragmented, stained-glass mosaics of poetry scattered throughout the paper.

The pleasant lad and lass handing out papers on the corner of Hennepin Ave. and Lake St. told us that the American release had been organized and discharged by Filter Magazine, who were taking pictures of everyone grabbing their copy for use on Filter's and the newspaper's websites. They were being paid for their time.