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Stereogum has ambitiously organized an MP3 tribute to Radiohead’s OK Computer, comprised of covers by My Brightest Diamond, John Vanderslice, David Bazan’s Black Coud and others. Called OKX, it’s a nerdy but justified nod to the album’s brilliance -- the kind of reminder a person needs every couple of years, after thinking he has listed his copy into the ground.

From the website:
… we embrace the irony of releasing OKX as a series of MP3's sent to us by their makers via email and enjoyed by you on a computer. Kissing might still include saliva, but putting together and playing a record no longer requires human contact. In our over-documented, blogged, reality televised, YouTube/MySpace realm -- "a town where you can't smell a thing" -- OK Computer's sense of vacuum-packed alienation remains presciently relevant. "Yuppies" are busy networking in "Paranoid Android"; now it's everyone (yeah, even you kid). Now more than ever we need to heed "The Tourist"'s request to slow down and look at the scenery (unless, of course, your scenery's an iPhone "touch" screen).

Click here to read the rest of the write-up and download the tracks.

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