I sort of see what you mean. Certain bands I used to really love but I don't listen to them any more (Led Zeppelin, The Who, Van Halen)... I can never explain why, but I guess when I really think about it, i associate it w/ high school which is a time that i had mixed feeling about... or it could be i've just gotten past those bands.

 

There are though some Radiohead songs that I can only listen to in certain moods like How to Disappear Completely, and Let Down

yeah I know I suck at explaining anything

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqP0WNpojFM]YouTube- Radiohead - Pyramid Song MV[/ame]

 

Just had to post this.

^ Sadly, I don't seem to be able to watch it.

 

yeah I know I suck at explaining anything

 

No, not at all.

Radiohead made me look at music in a new way

^ that.

^and that.

^ :uhoh:

Thom Yorke is my freakin hero. Seriously.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ckoXNi5vs&feature=player_embedded]YouTube- Thom Yorke Magically Appears at Climate Talks[/ame]

That video is amazing.

Anyone want to go there and try find him? :P

we should find him...

 

i can only imagine how annoyed he'd get if the interviewer started asking about radiohead stuff

He looks so relaxed :nice:

That video is amazing.

Anyone want to go there and try find him? :P

 

I have a friend who is representing Canadian youth there. I told her to get a picture and autograph if she sees him :P

I have a friend who is representing Canadian youth there. I told her to get a picture and autograph if she sees him :P

 

you should also tell to watch out if taking a picture.

 

i can't find the video of him getting mad about someone taking pictures of them, but he hates getting his pic taken

Radiohead made me look at music in a new way

 

 

radiohead (+ some other things) made me look at the world in a new way

I envy Thom's passion for the things that actually matter. he sees it all so clear it seems. People like that make me feel guilty about how selfishly I do things that I know are harmful just because it's 'too hard' to change your habits. And I'm too stupid to get really really scared,it's like Ican't really internalize all the horrible things going on. maybe it'sbecause my family never cared and all the people around me telling me it's not that big a deal. :/

people like thom are my heroes.

^It comes at a high cost though- lots of worrying which can really screw up your personal life. And it's compulsive.

 

But yeah listen to House of Cards and then look at how the credit crunch started. He called it two years before it happened.

 

Heh... was just coming in here to post that if no one else had. :nice: Now back to work... :(

Haha, +10000000000000000 for Thom :nice:

 

"I'm here as a press person, just like you guys. Do you imagine they'd let me in otherwise? Nuuuuuuuu" :D

^It comes at a high cost though- lots of worrying which can really screw up your personal life. And it's compulsive.

 

But yeah listen to House of Cards and then look at how the credit crunch started. He called it two years before it happened.

 

Heh... was just coming in here to post that if no one else had. :nice: Now back to work... :(

 

Yeah, that infrastructure will collapse line is truly spectacular considering what happened afterwards.

And denial, denial....

 

its such a politically charged song, yet you can still view it as non-political and very personal. Which is the beauty of the song.

thom made two posts on DAS. One of them is like an essay

 

a display of rhetoric

ok so now there are texts/ drafts flying around all over the place. just when things feel like they are falling apart rumours that europe will commit to bigger cuts? hysteria and confusion is in the air. there has been a request for leaders to stay an extra night? what 'on earth' is going on? i pray something. i pray that something comes of this process. that all these people for all these years, all these flights to copenhagen all this hot air has some meaning. and in the midst of it all i take to bbc radio 1 and am asked 'yeah but is climate change really real' etc etc. oh for gods sake.

what am i doing here??

Thom

 

not finished

Hello. I arrived at the copenhagen summit yesterday afternoon.

I felt compelled to come to find some hope from these talks. for our kids and theirs. judge that as you will.

i camewith a friend of mine Tony Juniper ( He was previously head of Friends of the Earth when i was involved with them to get the climate bill passed in the UK. a Framed copy of which i have on my wall at home. ) So is there any? well yesterday there seemed to be.

the first person i met was the famous john vidal from the guardian who said things were moving again. then we talked to others who said the same. got technical for a bit most of which i can follow but i get lost on the forest stuff and still can't piece together how you can have a kyoto style agreement and another for america et all running at the same time. but then i sat in on a uk press briefing with Ed Miliband. and he made things clear in some ways.

yesterday there is a lot of brinksmanship, the americans offering money seemed. but no-one was talking 40 percent cuts by 2020. and the negotiations had an obvious G8 vibe about them. the west dictating terms and bizarrely assuming that the science could be bartered.. !!! arguing about who cuts what??? that somehow the amount we have to cut our emissions is negotiable?? what a crock of shit. may i humbly suggest that we remove the professional negotiators who seem to relish the negotiations for their own sake. miliband talked about a hundred square brackets in the document waiting to be filled.

it feels like the developed countries are trying to wrestle some sort of business as usual out of this. despite huge domestic and global political pressure. and the imminent demise of life on earth.

these cuts are non negotiable, they are the facts. it is not surprising that the developing countries find this difficult to stomach and sign up too. that and the mysterious lack of transparency to the process.

 

what is frustrating so far is americas attitude. hilary clintons speech was apparently still trying to shift responsibilty for emissions around... which is just frankly nuts.

obama said nothing though i have not seen all the speech yet. i feel very sad for all americans i know who hold so much hope for this man. still.. i guess the day isnt over. its 3pm on friday ( though it should have finished by now). and our leaders are fully aware they are in disgrace. and fully aware that they cannot draw up an agreement and force it upon us all without us immediatley seeing the holes in it.

 

the atmosphere here is deepy distressing at the moment though, with many of the suits obviously puzzling how to make this look good how to spin something positive.

frankly they should have kept all the NGOs in here. throwing them out was an absolute disgrace.. ( though some are now back in )right now they should tearing this place apart with their bare hands, registering the utter disgust that the rest of the world will feel if today ends like this. and i say if. there is a prayer and meditation room here. i may have to go and sit it and dodge all these cameras.

 

tony just told me a bunch of latin american countries just walked out. at least someone is registering their anger here. people are being too reasonable.

 

Thom

 

http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/

:heart: Thom. Seriously.

yeah he's amazing.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2009/dec/18/thom-yorke-copenhagen-climate-summit

maybe you've seen it but here's him talking with John Vidal

Two more...

 

confused?

 

when is a good time to give up and go and eat something? leaders are still apparently still having heated discussions. where? no-one knows? there has been a debate going on how to vote on any decision.. but it is in a language of numbers and procedure. i have had a load of cameras and recorders stuck in my face now and tried to say what and outsider walking in to this madness might think. one who is perhaps concerned about the rise of global temperatures. one who has experienced this first hand maybe. one who may have even voted in their leader on the basis that they may do the right thing on this issue.. only to see them surrounded by this weird fog. i hope that the fog clears sometime tonight. but that they dont pretend to have an agreement that they do not. i hope this is not over.

 

Thom

 

ditto

 

i think i may have had enough of cynicism, brinkmanship, face saving and posturing. have had enough of sitting in a crowd of journalists watching for anything that might happen waves on nothing.. so crazy . . this is all far too late. far too late.

 

Thom

 

 

Hm... Stupid politicians. Always the same story, huh? :(

he's on a roll. i love how he speaks his mind and takes shit from no one... he's awesome

:/