You did so well Thom Yorke! I was so blessed with the help of Austin Brock to see you on the Jonathan Ross show live in the states, just now. Ingenue was perfect! So fricking proud to have gotten to know your music and now proud to get to know the real you. Keep on keeping on Mr. Thom Yorke!!!
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KdL's Spacemix.
Just what I needed tonight :)
"Deiner Mutter Seele schwebt voraus.
Deiner Mutter Seele hilft die Nacht umschiffen, Riff um Riff.
Deiner Mutter Seele peitscht die haie vor dir her.
Dieses Wort ist deiner Mutter Mündel.
Deiner Mutter Mündel teilt dein Leiger, Stein um Stein.
Deiner Mutter Mündel bückt sich nach der Krume Lichts".
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The Travelling Companion
"Your mother's soul hovers ahead.
Your mother's soul helps to navigate night, reef after reef.
Your mother's soul whips on the sharks at the bow.
This word is your mother's ward.
Your mother's soul shares your couch, stone by stone.
Your mother's soul stoops for the crumb of light".
Paul Celan
When will the U.S. wake up?
Yesterday Europe’s health commissioner Tonio Borg said the European Commission would go ahead with a continent-wide plan to severely restrict three of the most commonly-used pesticides over the next two years (with exception to wheat crops), in an effort to protect the health of bees.
Their decision was based on a growing body of research that suggests that bees exposed to pesticides might be harmed -- either by the pesticides' application to corn and soybean seeds, or through the plants' nectar and pollen (neonics are absorbed by the plants' vascular system and contaminate the pollen and nectar). Because much of this research has been conducted in laboratories rather than in the field, pesticide manufacturers have been using that as their basis for countering the significance of the studies.
Read the full article here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=europe-restricts-3-commonly-used-pesticides-in-effort-to-protect-honeybees
Read more about the various studies here:http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8662
Window Socket: Just attach the plug on to a window and it will harness solar energy. A small converter will convert it into electricity which can be freely used as a plug when you are in the car, on a plane or outside.
http://www.yankodesign.com/2013/04/26/plug-it-on-the-window/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcl5TKQ64dA
Ciwan Haco (born 1957) is a Kurdish singer. He was born near Qamishlo in Syria. His grandfather was originally from Mardin, Turkey.
http://www.novaplanet.com/radionova/15162/episode-thom-yorke-dans-le-nova-club
“I think we’re always responsible for our actions. We’re free. I raise my hand – I’m responsible. I turn my head to the right – I’m responsible. I’m unhappy – I’m responsible. I smoke a cigarette – I’m responsible. I shut my eyes – I’m responsible. I forget that I’m responsible, but I am. I told you escape is a pipe dream. After all, everything is beautiful. You only have to take an interest in things, see their beauty. It’s true. After all, things are just what they are. A face is a face. Plates are plates. Men are men. And life…is life.” Nana Kleinfrankenheim in My Life to Live by Jean-Luc Godard
OK Thom Yorke
By: Javier Blánquez
The charismatic Thom Yorke takes a break from working with Radiohead to focus on Atoms for Peace, his new futuristic pop project.
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"Are you really going to record the interview with this?". On the breakfast table in the Barcelona Arts Hotel where Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich eat from a platter of strawberries, purée, juice, and cups of cappuccino, there is a Blackberry...mine, in fact, and defenseless against their arrogant-looking iPhones. They both look upon it as if it were a dog's fecal matter and erupt into noisy bursts of laughter. "I would never have the courage to do anything with a Blackberry. I commend you," adds Nigel.
It may seem humiliating, but there couldn't be a better way of beginning my talk with the frontman and producer of Radiohead. This reaction, one that's along the lines of amusing and harmless fair play, defines them in a single moment like refined connoisseurs of technology. This is especially in the case of Thom Yorke, who, at 44 years old, takes time to live almost on the other side of rock, feeling more comfortable with a computer between his hands than playing a guitar. In fact, when he doesn't have to stay in charge of Radiohead, a band with a balance of power more complicated than that of the protagonists of Game of Thrones, Yorke dedicates himself to being a leisurely tourist in a spacious field of experimentation.
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When did you have this epiphany, or rather, the moment when you came to understand how to use technology as a vehicle for creating music?
THOM YORKE: I first became aware of it around OK Computer (1997).
NIGEL GODRICH: That's why it's called OK Computer (laughs).
TY: Nigel mixed the album for us on a computer using programs like Pro Tools. I then became tremendously curious about it. I'd never learned how to work a mixing desk that had multiple tracks, but a computer program...shit. It was able to learn on its own. I also began to buy Aphex Twin's albums at the time. I suppose all of that was part of the epiphany: understanding that we could change the way we work and make the entire recording process into something more surprising and fun.
Do you consider yourself addicted to technology at this point?
TY: I don't know. I still enjoy sitting at the piano in order to write a song. But when I'm milling around pieces of junk that are hard for me to understand how they work, I need to solve those puzzles and end up sleeping on it. I almost never figure it out, but that in itself is good. From luck and error come great ideas.
When you first released OK Computer, that album conveyed a sense of uncertainty. It wasn't exactly clear if it was criticizing a capitalist world reinforced by computers or if the title of the album implicated blind faith in technological progress.
TY: The change that we noticed then encouraged us greatly. We saw it as an incredible opportunity to gain creative independence and harvest better communication. On occasion, we would go on fansites with chatrooms and introduce ourselves: "Hi, we're Radiohead, and we're in the studio recording an album". No one believed us. That was when demanded to EMI that we set up our own web page like Massive Attack. We learned how to program html and all that.
It seems like everything you do is a continuous learning experience where you adapt without halting to a world that's always changing. Is that easy for you, or has it gotten more difficult with age?
TY: It's a daily struggle. It's a lot harder to learn how the Internet works now. Social networking sites...shit, each day brings a new problem. When you've adapted to Twitter, it suddenly becomes Instagram and so on. You never know what kind of real impact they have, nor do you know how to reach the public through them. On top of that, you feel helpless. They're mounted tools for someone who is getting rich by channelling private matters to people. I may be showing my age, but all of this has become problematic to me.
A few weeks ago, you participated in a sentimental advice session for the website Rookie, which is geared towards adolescent girls. Did you do it to try to connect with today's youth or to understand it better?
NG: It piqued our curiosity. It's one of those methods of unexpected promotion that comes your way and normally you would say no to that, but this was something so peculiar that we had to say yes. We had heard about it from Tavi, a 16-year-old blogger who runs the page.
It seems that the generation gaps are much stronger than before. Now there's hardly a difference between each year and there seems to be little in common between those in their 40s and the "millennials".
TY: Do you have kids? I'm sure that if you were to have kids, it would be a lot easier to understand. What are the millennials, by the way?
It's the generation of kids who were born at the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s. They reached their adolescence at the turn of the century. It's the generation that's portrayed in shows like Girls.
TY: Oh, I get it. I take back what I said. My kids are a lot younger than that.
NG: I don't have children of my own, but I have friends who have them at that age. It's true that it's hard to connect with them on a cultural level, but I also feel that we still have that youthful spirit at our age. Our work still allows us to keep in contact with a younger audience.
Now you're even working on a DJ side project.
NG: Thom was a DJ even when he was still going to university. He took a shot at it at parties on Friday nights.
TY: Yes, but now it's something entirely different. I want to create a kind of live hybrid that could result in throwing in unexpected things at the drop of a hat. I'm fascinated by the kinds of shows that artists like Flying Lotus and Modeselektor put on. Everything is under their control, but at the same time, it sounds spontaneous. With Atoms for Peace, we're attaining this effect a lot of the time. People come to the shows and dance while we give them an incredibly abstract experience.
AMOK is like a continuation of The Eraser, yet the album sounds stronger and more complete. Thom's first solo album was precisely that: a single person making a lot of noise. What kind of effect have you been looking for now?
TY: I had to be something more distinct. It's been seven years.
NG: At the time, Thom was going through a strange period in his life. It was very disoriented because he was learning new ways of making music without the help of his bandmates from Radiohead. But neither Thom nor I like to work alone, so we brought a lot of people to play in the studio. We then filled the studio with more sounds and ideas so that the process would seem more dynamic. We didn't plan anything. Their strengths came about naturally.
Why the name "Atoms for Peace"? Putting together the words "atoms" and "peace" makes it sounds like a criticism on ecology or something along those lines.
TY: The truth is that there wasn't any sort of intention like that. We picked "Atoms" because it seemed like a good idea. It describes particles of sound that create energy.
But AMOK isn't a peaceful album. It's dynamic and overwhelming.
TY: Yeah, you have a point. I don't know. But it's an album made of atoms! But here the band worked to share their own ideas. It's much more distinct than working with Radiohead, where Colin and Jonny Greenwood would also have a say in the matter and their own perspectives on things. How can those clashes be mediated when it comes time for them to record the material?
NG: I don't know how it's done, but I have to do it. Jonny and Thom are the two most prominent composers in the band. They bring in their ideas and finally, I have to piece together the puzzle. With Atoms, we only had to recruit the people that we needed. Radiohead is something more complicated. There isn't much room for improvisation. You have to plan so a lot of people are satisfied with the results.
Of course, we're not talking too much about a certain anniversary, since this year marks two decades since the release of Pablo Honey.
TY: Ugh!! (Thom fakes some coughing and choking sounds)
I'm sorry, I know that you don't think too fondly of that album. But that was how you got your start even though you're a different musician now. What's one thing you could have never imagined to become reality 20 years later?
TY: It's precisely that, that there was such a thing as a future. At first, we didn't know what was going on or what was happening. All we knew was that something wasn't going right. We hoped that we would be signed to EMI and that they would help us all the same, just like they did with Pink Floyd or The Beatles. But we soon discovered that those big corporations have a very sinister side to them. They only wanted money. We knew that something had to happen so we wouldn't be eaten up by that awful system. Then we wrote "Creep" (1992) and since that moment, the managers came, shook our hands, thanked us, and said, "Boys, from now on, you do what you want". And you think, "That's fucking great!". But that was a stroke of luck. Without that stroke of luck, I wouldn't be here.
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Source:
http://www.metropoli.com/musica/2013/04/26/517a455a6843410f43000003.html
Nathan Fake's photo on twitter
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Atoms For Peace - Thom Yorke & Nigel Live Ingenue @ Gaité Lyrique, Paris (19/04/2013)
Atoms For Peace - Thom Yorke & Nigel Live Black Swan @ Gaité Lyrique, Paris (19/04/2013)
Thom+Nigel (Atoms for Peace) - Black Swan - Paris 04/19/2013
Atoms For Peace - Thom Yorke & Nigel Live Before Your Very Eyes... @ Gaité Lyrique (19/04/2013)
[Stuck Together Pieces] Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke + Nigel Godrich) live at La Gaîté Lyrique 2/3
Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich (Atoms For Peace) - Dropped / Live @ La Gaîté Lyrique - Paris
Atoms For Peace Paris Gaite Lyrique Harrowdown Hill[+Default] 16mins. really great work!!
[Default] thom yorke + nigel godrich / atoms for peace
*front row*Thom Yorke + Nigel Gordich - AMOK (live at Gaîté Lyrique, Paris)
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Vine from Alejandro Lopez “dance Thom, dance!!”
Vine from Alejandro Lopez “Dancing Thom made my day!”
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AMOK & Before Your Very Eyes en directo en Razzmatazz, Barcelona 2013
Thom Yorke - Marvin Gaye - Azealia Banks - Razzmatazz Barcelona
*thanks to http://ripley312.tumblr.com
Black Swan, Atoms for Peace Thom&Nigel DJ set Barcelona 17.04.13 front row
Atoms For Peace - Dropped - directo en Razzmatazz (17 abril 2013, Barcelona)
Dropped Atoms for Peace Thom&Nigel DJ set Barcelona 17.04.13 front row
[The Eraser] Thom + Nigel [Atoms for Peace]-Live Amok- Barcelona, Razzmatazz (17/04/2013)
[Amok] Atoms for Peace @ Razzmatazz, Barcelona, 17.04.13
AMOK Atoms for Peace Thom&Nigel DJ set Barcelona 17.04.13 front row
[Amok, Barcelona] Atoms for Peace. Hearing.
[S.A.D.] Atoms for Peace - Barcelona. 17 April 2013
S.A.D. - Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich - DJset @Razzmatazz, Barcelona
Harrowdown Hill - Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich - DJset @Razzmatazz, Barcelona
[Stuck Together Pieces] Thom + Nigel [Atoms for Peace] Barcelona, Razzmatazz.(17/04/2013)
[Atoms For Peace] Atoms for Peace @ Razzmatazz, Barcelona, 17.04.13
Atoms for Peace Thom&Nigel DJ set Barcelona 17.04.13
Atoms for Peace (Thom + Nigel) - Atoms for Peace @ Razzmatazz, 17th April 2013
Atoms For Peace - Default (live)
[Default] Atoms for peace @ Razzmatazz Barcelona [17.04.2013]
Default Atoms for Peace Thom&Nigel DJ set Barcelona 17.04.13 front row
[Default] Atoms for Peace. Barcelona.
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01. Ingenue
02. Black Swan
03. Dropped
04. The Eraser
05. Amok
06. Before Your Very Eyes…
07. S.A.D.
08. Skip Divided
09. Harrowdown Hill
10. Atoms for Peace
11. Stuck Together Pieces
12. Unless
13. Default
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limbothe blue coastsome placeinbetween two placesthe sea-sidewearing a dress ofpale blue, almost white,slightly turquiose,over a black sackwith a little string of redstrungfrom my breaststomy neck.like a nooseis my saftey net.walking alongthe "promenade"walking along the wallbetween a cliff...and...the expanse ofwhere water meets the sky;enclosure, and freedom...all in one walk.the windhad been blowing hardcarried on it's wings a message:..."he is near"... it whispered.and then...i saw... this man...walking with....noticed him from afar off...he had beenturning around the bend...the curve of the sea-shore,i noticed him instantlycouldn't look awaywatching himwondering at him,in the wayyou would muse at a paintingor a song...there wassomething beautiful and familiarabout this stranger,and at the same timealmost, other-worldlyand yet,of my world.watching until he got too close,looking down as he walked by,too shy to look him in the eye.once hewas at my backthe thought hit me, hard...
"turn, turn, turn, turn around and look at me...turn now...turn...turn now"...i just had to look back.i had to.stareing back...over my shoulder...he was lookingback at meeyes lockedhe had this look on his facei will never forgeti will never forget!that feeling,the reality oftwo worlds colliding.seeing and feeling the impossible!"my world does not fit with yours"...i thought,..."and yet it does! "......"your with your children...your children"...i thought all these things,a flash through my mind.with just one glance.i couldn't even look athis children.just him,i tried to say: "hello" and "goodbye"as quickly as i couldwith my eyes...i tried to say all of this to himwith just one glance."thank-you"it was hard to turn away...andwords are thin...turning my gaze towardsthe rocks of the cliffabove mei admired them,there,tucked away,safely behind their nets...i thought..."i wish this mountain would fall,fall right on top of me!i wish every rock would crumble,as it should,into the sea!"ohwhen worlds collide!there are rocks behind nets....and, yes, all things do rise to fall...the landscape said it all.man made precautionsman made protectionsa permenent illusion of safety.i could have thrown myselfinto the seathat day.but like the rocksbehind their nets...i have my safety...i have my noose.and he...was just asvulnerableas i.a vulnerableencounter witha stranger.maytwo worlds everbe as one?i think not.
I have mixed feelings about old friends. On one hand, they're great companions and stick by me no matter what, and I've had some great times with them. On the other hand, after being around them for so long I start to notice their flaws more than their virtues, and they bother me more and more. It's like being married to like 5 different people, every day is more abrasive. It makes me want to venture out and make new friends. So I do. But then I have a longing for the old, their holes draw me back, begging to be filled. I don't even know what to do about it anymore, perhaps a road trip.
ED O' BRIEN BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!
CHEERS ED!
YEAH, TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!
THANKS A LOT, DEAR FANS!
GOD BLESS ED WITH PEACE, HAPPINESS, LIGHT, GOOD THINGS!
THANKS FOR ALL, ED!
YEAH!!!
WE ALL LOVE YOU!
natercia(Planet Ed O' Brien)
So I was given the choice by an owl, do you choose hell? And I chose hell. Now, I am living with my mother and her husband in the middle of nowhere with only one friend and a loneliness that never ends. I am committed and must take medication or otherwise face permanent institutionalization. I am bipolar and suffer from depression. This is in reaction to the post previous. I know how you feel. It would be lovely if the people you met on here could be your friends in real life because then I might not feel so alone. But the truth is I fall asleep every night hoping for a dream in which someone will hold me and hoping for a true love that can never exist. I have had very spiritual experiences but they amount to nothing. They have become just memories of voices I once heard when I was lonely. The voices go and I am all by myself again waiting for their return waiting for my audience. I don't know what to tell you, except suicide is painful and you will rarely succeed. I don't know if life is beautiful or if beauty is what you need. I see beauty but it just makes me feel vacant and disconntected like there is no one to witness this with me. I hope you are well and that you are not alone. I wish I could be with you.
been gone from here for a while... been obsessing. been depressed. been my usual chronically depressed/anxiety disordered/neurotic/OCD self... but i'm still here! i'm still trying. i'm still praying. i'm still hoping. i'm still trying to keep the faith. i don't go as low as i used to. i don't question my existence. i don't stay stuck for months on end. i am making progress. i am not self medicating. i take my medicine. i take my vitamins, herbs, nutrients. i am doing more than just surviving. i am actually attempting to live life again. so many memories come to mind of my life before.... so many thoughts of what could be...
thank you mr. yorke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3wGbBRxcZQ i know he understands! i know he is pulling for all of us who suffer from depression. i feel comforted and blessed that i found Radiohead music. thank you ruby blue, your blog touched my heart this evening. i have hope today!
