NO DEPRESSION: Playing the introspective, often brooding music of Radiohead day in and day out could understandably send someone scurrying to a telephone help line. But drummer Phil Selway is actually answering despairing calls, not making them. He's a volunteer for the British organization the Samaritans--and has been for 11 years, having signed up long before he became part of the dark song-world of Radiohead leader Thom Yorke.
Samaritan volunteers traditionally work anonymously, but Selway went public with his involvement as part of "Comes Up," a new campaign by the organization to encourage teens and young adults to call when life seems unbearable, the effort spurred by a recent increase in the suicide rates among that age group.
