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RickRollin’Astley

I love the internet. Radiohead fans awaiting a special announcement at radioheadlp7.com during the week were foiled by an elaborate Rickroll.

A Rickroll occurs when you post a link that is so tantal­ising that over-eager Android’s Dungeon–types simply can’t resist clicking on it (“Footage of Carrie Fisher’s costume fitting for Return of a Jedi? Yes, I believe I would profit from seeing that”) but which actually sends the eager clicker in the pastel and flaming red coloured direction of a Rick Astley video on YouTube. Yes, that Rick Astley, emblem of the late 1980s and winner of the ‘popstar who most looks like David Caruso’ compet­ition hosted and judged by myself about six minutes ago.

A fuller and more amusing explan­ation of this internet phenomenon can be found at encyclopediadramatica.com.

And yes, I have been Rickrolled — because when it comes down to it, I’m really just an over-eager Android’s Dungeon type.

No, I won’t tell you what I clicked on.