Anybody else remember when Thom Yorke wasn't so good live?

Rather different now. The ever-shimmy went rhythmic, and his voice is impressively precise.

Right then, haven't written since, what, October of 2007? It has been a while. Not that I have nothing to show for it, and maybe I'll even get into some of that. If I can manage to put some things down here, that is, and keep in touch in this little way. We'll see.

The following is not just a weak excuse to say hi, but also one of my favorite tracks on In Rainbows. Check out the accumulation of sounds as the song goes on, a lovely background eats foreground thing.



I did some tiny amount research into climate change public policy last winter, and one point I liked was Radiohead's public stance in their efforts to reduce carbon emissions. What's more impressive is that their primary focus is on their own behavior, and for those paying attention they're not trying to dumb things down. For example, here's information from a commissioned study of the carbon impact of a Radiohead tour, which includes a link to the whole report.