RADIOHEAD FAN DOCUMENTARY - I want to hear your story!

[Jamie Rogers]

Hi W.A.S.T.E. Central Community,

Truthfully I'm not sure of the best way to go post about this here - but my name is Jamie Rogers, I am a diehard Radiohead fan - and this year I am planning on making a documentary about the diehard Radiohead fan community, and I would like to invite you to be a part of it.

When I was 15, my uncle bought us tickets to see Radiohead at a music festival. I was only a casual fan at that point. Afterwards, I became immediately enthralled, infatuated, and listened to only them exclusively for two months (nothing else). I saw them twice on the King of Limbs tour, because that's all I could afford - but at one date in Dallas, I overheard a fan say she had seen them 23 times. I immediately decided, in that moment, that this is what I wanted to do. As soon as LP9 was announced, I started saving money for this dream. This year, I'm going to see Radiohead 8 times - and possibly 10 if they add Austin City Limits to their roster.

I'm reaching out to Radiohead communities, because I am also a documentary filmmaker, and I am working on making a film about my following them on tour - but also all the incredible, diehard Radiohead fans out there, who I'd love to meet along the way. I want to hear your stories. Why do you love this band? Why have so many of us decided to sacrifice time and money to passionately embark on ambitious travel, and face endurance tests (i.e. waiting in line all day) all for the love of Radiohead?

I aim to create a comprehensive and complex portrait of the Radiohead fandom that exists across the world, that transcends culture, language, age - because the thing about this band is that they also transcend every state of emotional being - and I feel like we all share such a deep connection with them because we all have those songs we still turn to, or come to appreciate, at different points in our lives.

Please contact me at [e-mail] to tell me your story. In your email, please let me know if you are seeing them on tour this year, if you've seen them in the past, and where you're located. I live in Los Angeles, but I'm traveling to New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Mexico City - and most likely Montreal and Austin, on my tour. I aim to film different, compelling people and stories in each city. I look forward to hopefully hearing from some of you! Thank you for your reading.