“In concert the band brought out muscular, kinetic patterns, to which Mr. Yorke responded with peculiar but totally liberated dancing.” – Thom Yorke’s New Band, From Many Angles
“‘It was excellent,’ said Matt Lingo, a 21-year-old student. ‘It was the most depressing dance music I’ve ever heard.'”
don’t bore us
get to the chorus
open the floodgates
we want the goodness
without the bullshit
and no heartache
no pain and
no suffering and
no one gets hurts
we absolve you
we absolve you
open the floodgates
While you make pretty speeches I’m being cut to shreds.
Excerpt from Dead Air Space:
if you read in tommorrows headlines that a deal was reached?? remember it was nothing like what was needed and was filed by a bored complicit press who needed to show something for two weeks of crap.. and that it reflected the wests inability to lead decisively.
A headline from BBC News, on the site’s front page (as of Dec 19 4:45am Pacific):
UN welcomes climate summit deal
Saying a deal is “welcome” does not mean a deal was made, as the article makes clear. A quote from Ban Ki-moon:
We must transform this into a legally binding treaty next year.
The accord sets no goal for concluding a binding international treaty, which leaves the implementation of its provisions uncertain. It is likely to undergo many months, perhaps years, of additional negotiations before it emerges in any internationally enforceable form.
An image from Dead Air Space:
“baby’s got the bends.” – the bends
“oh, baby burn” – maquiladora
“baby smiling in back seat” – fitter happier
“shot of baby strapped in back seat” – fitter happier
“living in times when i can’t stand it babe” – dollars & cents
“baby alligators in the sewers” – fog
“little baby’s eyes” – i will
“send baby jesus to radiate his light” – wicked child
“you’re either in the club, baby, or you’re not” – bangers and mash
2001 – 2005 ?: Rough video doesn’t sync with the music. But this is similar to the version I heard at The Gorge in George, WA on Saturday, June 23, 2001.
2005: At Methodist Central Hall, London, April 16, 2005 for the Wake Up to Trade Justice Vigil.
2009:
“in the past couple of weeks i’ve been getting a band together for fun to play the eraser stuff live and the new songs etc.. to see if it could work!
here’s a photo.. its me, joey waronker, mauro refosco, flea and nigel godrich.”
via.
waiting for something to happen. — “The Bends”
i wish that something would happen — “The Bends”
this isn’t happening. — “How to Disappear Completely”
this is really happening. — “Idioteque”
something big is going to happen. — “Go To Sleep”
we are accidents waiting to happen. — “There There”
i won’t let this happen to my children. — “I Will”
what happened? — “15 Step”
they’re not going to happen — “Nude”
no matter what happens now. — “Videotape”
nothing’s going to happen without warning — “Down is the New Up”
Sayings. More:
Sayings are stopgaps.
Song: present_tense.mp3.
this dance
this dance
is like a weapon
is like a weapon
of self-defense
self-defense
against the present
against the present
present tense
i won’t get heavy
don’t get heavy
keep it light
keep it moving
i am doing
no harm
as my world
comes crashing down
i am dancing
freaking out
deaf dumb and blind
in you i’m lost
in you i’m lost
i won’t turn around
[ ? ]
i won’t stop now
i won’t slack off
all is lost
will be in vain
stop from falling
down a mine
[ ? ]
[ ? ]
but all is lost
will be in vain
in you i’m lost
in you i’m lost
in you i’m lost
in you i’m lost
{ edited on 9.20.09 in response to comment; changed “distance” to “this dance” in the opening lines }
{ edited on 9.21.09 in response to comment; changed “stop from falling [ ? ]” to “stop from falling / down a mine” }
{ edited on 9.21.0 in response to comment; added “will be in vain,” and changed “all is lost’ to “but all is lost” }
