I’ve been sitting on this theory for a while.
PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN.
You heard it here first, folks.
well fuck me
insomnius: John Darnielle on Amnesiac
John Darnielle on Amnesiac
The older Last Plane to Jakarta archives are not the easiest thing on the internet to navigate (although the effort, should you expend it, is extraordinarily worthwhile). This means it’s not trivial to find and read John Darnielle’s writings on the topic of Amnesiac; even an old Metafilter post on the subject now has broken links. And the internet is supposed to make everything trivial.
It is my duty, therefore, to present nice orderly links to said writings:
2001-09-16 - The Lake Isle of Radiohead.
2001-09-30 - Amnesiac 2: the Widening Gyre.
2001-10-14 - Amnesiac 3: Pulk.
2001-11-11 - Amnesiac 4: Sick.
2001-12-02 - Amnesiac 5: Wrong.
2001-12-16 - Amnesiac 6: Knives.
2002-01-13 - Amnesiac 7: Morning.
2002-01-27 - Amnesiac 8/9: Dollars.
2002-02-10 - Amnesiac 10: Spinning.
2002-02-25 - Amnesiac 11: Glass.(I’ve taken the liberty of correcting a typo and changing the dates to a less ambiguous format.)
If you’re interested in John Darnielle OR Radiohead OR music writing, I recommend that you read this stuff. If you’re interested in all three, I command it.
John Darnielle writing about Radiohead.
is Climbing Up The Walls the most terrifying song ever written
the answer is yes
Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Exit Music For a Film
Choral cover of the Radiohead song
Well that’s pretty dope.
in keeping with my general policy of always reblogging Radiohead covers
Radiohead’s Reckoner if it was written and produced in the 80s.
i was like “ok” but then HOLY FUCKING SHIT
amazing.
I was grooving along and loving this and then I just cracked up at the sax solo because it’s perfect.
What even. Whoever made this deserves awards.
AHAHAHAH OH WOW HOLY SHIT
Radiohead is actually one of my favorite bands, without me even being fully aware of it. One day I woke up and I realized I had 80% of their discography. I find it hard to actively CALL them a favorite, because they’re very challenging musically, and if I’m not careful, they can depress me into near oblivion.
However, this does not inspire depression. Rather, this inspires the urge to flip on some sunglasses, don a Members Only Jacket, hop in a Ferrari, and go CRUISE.
Oh yeah
finally, I can listen to a Radiohead song without getting into some quasi-nihilistic funk
John Darnielle || “No Surprises (Radiohead cover)”
Part two in the series is this cover of “No Surprises” from Radiohead’s
(best album, yeah I said it) The BendsOk Computer. (No idea which synapse misfired to produce this mixup, mea culpa maxima, etc.) Once again, Darnielle’s delivery and mode of recording is wildly different from the original, but the sheer fragility on display makes the song his own.attn: Dan
Possibly this cover was made for you.
necessary
(Source: sprezzatur-ish, via misamdry)







