Some paparazzi take pictures of super models and actresses lounging barely clothed on exotic beaches. Then there’s the guy who takes semi-nudes of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke. Of course, then there’s people like us, who post those pictures. We can’t really judge.

Yorke meditated in the sand, swam and relaxed on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — where they were playing festival dates — last Thursday. Maybe those deep, cleansing thoughts are about getting rid of negative energy in his life. Like Miley Cyrus.

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