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I think it means that even when they're done production, they'll just hide it away until things clear up.

^ In Rainbows for sure, The Bends if you like their more rock side, or Amnesiac if you want a more jazzy version of Kid A

^ :laugh3::P

Alot of people seem to really like it. I really wish I understood. *feels dumb now* ...I guess the hairs on the back of my neck can only stand up so high before they start to itch. Which doesn't make me inclined to like it. Or maybe it reminds me of a part of my mind I don't like to acknowlege exists or something?

What if it's a year or more now? :dead:

^ :laugh3: I told my dad about the artists walking out, much like the writers. His response: "Sounds like Babylon the Great is falling." yeah. :inquisitive: :laugh3:

^like driving through the woods in New Hampshire in the dark listening to Sigur Ros. :nice: Actually one of my favorite times listening to Coldplay was when I was having a really bad day and nothing was going right and I had a deadline I was about to miss for something. Then I dropped a bowl of hot ravioli on the dining room floor and it shattered everywhere- tiny glass shards glued to everything with tomato sauce. Total emotional breakdown time. So when I had pulled myself together enough to get a broom, I also got my copy of arobtth. I hadn't listened to it in months, and it just hit me like this massive emotional wallop, pulling me out of whatever hole I had been stuck in the bottom of. By the end of the album, I felt much better and the floor was finally clean. It was nice. Heh... this thread makes me want to take my own challenge again. :wacko: So I will.

Fair enough. :laugh3:

Ok, so I just do a random search to keep tabs on Radiohead in the album charts and the top result is about EMI going into meltdown for real this time? Zuh? I mean I was expecting something like that eventually... but seriously... like falling into a pothole that you were looking for but didn't see. Still shook up. What will I do with no new coldplay album this year? :bigcry:

^hmm... based on what you said, 15? (Would have guessed 18 or so otherwise :P) I totally respect you wanting privacy, the internet is not somewhere to be posting personal info unless you're totally comfortable about it and realize the dangers... but I don't think anyone would treat you any different around here. You are the age you act. I think most of the regulars are in their teens actually, but that's one of the things I like about this place- teens with brains who know how to have a civilised conversation. Unlike some places...

Climbing Up the Walls... interesting as art, creeps me out too much to listen to when I just want to listen.

So much for this press release trying to make things sound all hunkydory. “The band's relationship with EMI is both long-term and very healthy and positive. Any suggestion to the contrary is incorrect and unfair on both parties.” My foot. "Confused bull in a china shop" indeed. p.s. my sympathies to those who will inevitably go insane should this come to pass... :confused:

From the Times Online: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article3168528.ece "Robbie Williams issues call to arms in protest at EMI 'bean counters' Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent Robbie Williams is going on strike in protest at the private equity firm that has taken over his record company, as other stars down tools in an artists’ revolt. Williams, who has sold 70 million records for EMI, is leading a number of stars refusing to work for the company since its £3.2 billion takeover by Terra Firma, the financier. He is withholding the next album in his £80 million deal from EMI and his manager said Guy Hands, the new boss of EMI, was behaving like a “plantation owner”. Coldplay, one of EMI’s few US chart-toppers, are also prepared to withdraw their labour. Their manager said that the band was considering its options after EMI’s head of music left this week, with thousands more redundancies expected. The US screenwriters’ strike, which brought Hollywood to a halt, has influenced pop stars, who believe that they can use their muscle to wrest control from the “bean-counters”. ....The 30-million album selling Coldplay, currently recording new material with Brian Eno, are upset at the departure of Tony Wadsworth, head of EMI’s UK music division. Dave Holmes, the band’s Los Angeles-based manager, told The Times: “Tony was the reason a lot of bands signed to EMI. Artists want to work with music people, not finance guys.” He added: “Why would you want to release an album with a record company in the midst of massive lay-offs? Coldplay have a lot of options. They are in no hurry to deliver their new album.”

In Rainbows is #1 in Canada! :D http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/01/10/radiohead-no1-rainbows.html

I think they left it out because of time and a very stupid lawsuit.... and http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1510896/10042005/story.jhtml

I guess second-rate christian apologetics are a hobby of mine... so apologies, but here goes... Would it shock you to know that many evolutionists and even some top evolutionary scientists are christians? That's one neither side likes to teach. I was stunned when I heard it, after years at a christian school having creationism stuffed down my throat. The thing is, it really is all about interpretation. You can believe that God was behind everything and still believe that it changed over time. I don't think faith and reason have to be at war with each other. They are opposites, but they compliment each other, because they deal with two separate realms- the physical world, and the spirit world. Reason at it's best can strenghthen faith, because it makes what you believe make sense, and faith takes over where reason ends, explaining the things that reason can't touch- the big questions in life. Personally, I was raised on C.S. Lewis, who was all about both. His writings are old, and in this age sometimes a little outdated, but he has some amazing things to say. I'd highly recomend the first part of 'Mere Christianity' and 'The Screwtape Letters' as well as his essays 'God in the Dock' for anyone interested in how he thought. And even if you take the bible literally (although I always want people to define their terms when they talk about literally and metaphorically- both mean different things to different people), there are many ways to look at it, and you need both faith and reason to make sense of them and figure out what they mean in the real world, and for you personally. I went through a faith crisis just like yours when I was in my mid-teens, raised in a similar situation with a very shut-in church. I think there's a point anyone raised in a faith-based home reaches when they start thinking for themselves and they have to go through some sort of crisis. It's the point where you figure out who you are and what you really believe for yourself. It's painful, but it's important. In my case, I reached a point where I felt like I had to make a decision- to walk away or slog it through. I guess I just felt that there were too many of God's fingerprints in my life and in this world to walk away from him completely. I eventually left my church because I didn't believe a lot of the things that they were about. I tossed a lot of the things I had been taught out the window because I disagreed and thought they were keeping me from being the sort of Christian I was meant to be. It was really painful, and it meant eventually taking a different path than my parents were. But I couldn't let go of God, even with all my doubts about him. I did all that stuff with a lot of prayer (not meek stuff- I really don't think God minds if people yell at him and question him directly - as long as they keep talking to him. Be angry but sin not, I think it goes) and a lot of bible reading- the most I ever had read, actually. I clung to God like he was a piece of driftwood in a storm-tossed sea. And it took a few years, but the storm did end. I go to a different church now- my whole family does. It's been hard for them in spots, and they've been unaware of a lot of it, but they've come to accept the things I think they could handle, and I think it's strengthened their faith too. Music was a huge one- they used to think anything contemporary was bad, even christian stuff, but that's changed over time, and actually, neuroscience and exposure helped a lot on that point, I think. See, faith and reason at work together. :) But I guess the important thing for me was that I never gave up, even when I had a world-full of doubts. And I think that's what Christianity is about, ultimately. It's not about being perfect, it's about believing that Jesus- God was willing to die to save us. And that saving thing is something a few doubts can never take away.

^ Well, the good thing about either being in bed or on here at this time of night is that I've never noticed. :\ Just realised I had recorded the first episode of "Life on Mars" :heart: Such a brilliant show. All is right with my world again for the time being; I got my tv fix. And what can I say about John Simm... :wink3: (Will someone PLEASE tell the BBC to release that on dvd in north america.... Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssssssseeeeeeeee!!!!!!!)

:lol: Glad you remembered my little experiment. And glad to hear that you are singing along. it's a good sign, I take it.

Yeah, phantom limb... that's a good way to put it. It takes years to grow it that long, and it becomes such a part of your identity and self image, it's like a piece of who you are is missing when it's gone. It actually was a lot quicker and easier to take care of when it was long. It didn't take much longer to wash, I didn't have to blow dry it- at that length it would dry straight on it's own, and I didn't have to worry about styling it like I do now.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: WINTERSLEEP!!! :nice:

"Record company sources" :rolleyes: As in "time for damage control mode."

Dude, when you're a little kid and all you're allowed to listen to is classical music, happy dance music suddenly sounds like the greatest thing ever.

I want to go! :bigcry: I just am having too much trouble with the job situation. And all my friends who like Radiohead are apathetic...

:laugh3: Same here... It was the only thing in the house with a beat to it when I was a kid... my mom liked that "I believe in angels" song. Probably the reason I got into electronica long before I could ever get my head around rock. This thread cracks me up. It's so ridiculous. :lol:

Some brain-meltingly dumb reality tv show. I don't even remember what it was, but I desperatly needed a tv fix yesterday. Hurry up and give the writers what they need, please you stupid networks. :bigcry: I hate reality tv.