Radiohead's Thom Yorke debuts 'Plasticine Figures' from home on The Tonight Show

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke performed a new song, "Plasticine Figures," for the first time on Wednesday's Tonight Show. If you've only heard the word "plasticine" in the lyrics to the Beatles similarly enigmatic "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and are not sure what it means, it is a form of modeling clay commonly used by children. The main characteristic of plasticine figures, Yorke suggests, is their malleability. You can try to figure out whether that's a good or bad quality.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.