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Actually, I am the first man to find the atomic weight of webpages.

The new symbol will be named after me -- 'Dg'

For example a webpage about water is DgH2O

Also, I dig a lot of the subtle Bush/Iraq political references in the album -- Like the title 'Hail to the Thief' (Obviously a reference to George W. Bush at the presidential election) or songs like 2+2=5 (Possible reference to election results) and Sit Down Stand up (The line "We can wipe you out anytime') as examples (There are plenty more).

i might be wrong, but i think they named the album in reference to some anonymous guy who stole their early unfinished tapes for their new album a while ago. it seemed to piss them off a lot, which is understandable.

It could be both.

Also, remember that someone in the studio leaked the tracks onto Kazaa a few months before release -- could also be a reference to that.

However, you can't ignore the political references in most of the songs -- a lot of the references also deal with surveillance society developments in the last few years (e.g. the Patriot Act).

And 'Hail To ThE Thief' is a well known reference to Bush election 'win' -- there's even a webiste that goes by the same name that's been operating way before the album came about.

Bryan:
I very much agree with your list - though I'm temped to interchange The Bends and Amnesiac.

remixor:
I agree that HTTT isn't a technically innovative, but the reason why I like Radiohead (and the reason why I like this album so much) is that it continues to represent humanity on another level.

Where OK Computer represented the ideology of 'being human', HTTT provides a human uncertainty in their songs this time.

This is exactly how I feel, and I think how most people feel these days -- uncertain and confused, yet hoping for a better future.

Then again, I'm looking at the album as a whole here, including the album cover.

Try and make sense of the whole thing -- it's really impossbile to understand it all (for example, try and find links between the two different titles for each song).

In the end, it's impossible to understand 100% of anything -- just like humanity as a whole.

I don't understand all of what their albums try to tell me -- but I have a wonderful time trying.  

But in response to DGMacPhee:

their lucky number 7th album will be the one

Thom Yorke recently said this may be their last LP ( :'(*sniff*)  I guess he wants to focus on shorter length EPs because making a thematic statement for a whole LP is hard work or something along those lines.  Wish I could remember where I saw the article.  Hopefully, he's full of shit.

- Bryan

He is full of shit.

He does this so often.

He told fans after Kid A that the band were going back to OK Computer's style.

Then they released Amnesiac, which was a great album but nothing at all like OK Computer.

But that's part of the band's charm -- they continually surprise.

My monitor has the same problem.

However, I got an updated Geforce driver from NVIDIA and it had driver dependant adjustments.

Now my screen is bright enough for all games.

Check you manufacturer for updated drivers and see if they have gamma adjustments within them.

Aye -- although OK Computer is my fav, I'm sick of people who want Radiohead to go back to OK Computer or The Bends territory.

I want them to make an album that blows them away.

And that's where my hunch comes in -- their lucky number 7th album will be the one

However, (to quote Yorke) I might be wrong.  

I prefer to play 'Kerplunk' or 'Hungry Hungry Hippos'.

Okay, bought HTTT before I bought Nae's pres, but it was worth it.

Stalkey, you're right -- this is a must buy.

Loved Yorke as usual, and especially love O'Brien and Johnny Greenwood when they work their charms.

Favourite tracks: 2+2=5 (Good opener, though not as good as Airbag), Sail to the Moon (Very beautiful and mysterious, like How To Disappear Completely or Pyramid Song), Backdrifts (good beats, like Idioteque), Where I End and You Begin (Has a very Stone Roses-inspired sound, only darker), There There (Obviously), and Wolf at the Door (Stalkey, you're right -- good closer, though I lean towards to The Tourist as a perfect close for an album).

Also, I dig a lot of the subtle Bush/Iraq political references in the album -- Like the title 'Hail to the Thief' (Obviously a reference to George W. Bush at the presidential election) or songs like 2+2=5 (Possible reference to election results) and Sit Down Stand up (The line "We can wipe you out anytime') as examples (There are plenty more).

OK Computer is my fav Radiohead album (in fact one of my favourites period), and HTTT rates just half a notch lower.

Great album, not the greatest, but challenging and emotive nevertheless.

However, I'm guessing their next album will be their biggie (diverting from OK Computer but succeeding twice as much at the same time)

I also guess their next album will establish a new genre and place them, without a doubt, amidst rock-god legends like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Doors, etc

In other words, the album they will be remembered for when decades pass.

However, I have nothing to base that upon except a hunch.

Yes, they're my undies.

My arse is big like watermelon!

Click on 'Profile', then go to 'Use personal avatar image' and tick the box next to it -- then type in the URL of the image location.

In the spirit of the post:



Now I just gotta wait till Layabout, Narangas, Timosity, and Sasha show up and the party will begin!!

You've only just realised this NOW??  

I just don't visit the gen gen forum very much.

Problem solved!

Until someone posts a SomethingAwful pic in another forum.

Then you're stuffed, aren't you?  

Just to add to Dark Stalkey's comments, there are literally tons of places to play these games on the net -- or you can find a couple of people on MSN and play it.

However, I'm at fault too as I succumbed to playing one of those posted word games here -- not setting a very good example, am I?  


(By the way kids, purchase some special 'white powder' from DG's special site: http://www.dgmacpheeownsacrackhouse.com)

I like some of the writings of Allan Pease, who is aparently the "foremost expert on body lanuage".

Funnily enough, his major book on body language is entitled 'Body Language'.

Grim Fandango!!

The whole game is based upon a real spiritual belief of the journey of the soul.

I forget though -- was it an Aztec or Mayan belief?

From memory, I'm guessing Aztec -- but I could be wrong.

rye

too easy...

http://www.socko-entertainment.com/images/scrnshot_fatcave.gif

Maybe you should reread the starting post.

And perhaps reread the entire thread.

Just to clarify something, c-leks didn't actually post that particular image.

He posted an image of a guy putting on a glove.

However, SomethingAwful have configured their system so that anyone hotlinking images from their site gets the offending image instead.

And there was no way he could have warned anyone.

And think about it -- would a moderator purposely post stuff like that?

Besides me.  

Or Mods.

Or AGA.

And maybe Gilbert.

I think Who tours are going to be very desolate if Townsend gets convicted.

A Who concert with only Daltery is a little sad.

For some people, the image is the same.

For othes (like me), you get an anti-bandwidth stealing message from SomethingAwful along with a punishment -- a picture of a black woman sporting a phallus.

I'll never look at Halle Berry the same again -- CURSE YOU SOMETHINGAWFUL!!!

EDIT: After looking at that image, the thread title still makes perfect sense.

EDIT Number 2: Maybe we should just lock this thread seeing as how there's now tons of bits edited, some bits deleted, and someone may have gotten fired.  



Oh yeah, and Layabout's problem... ahh.... err.... ummm... You're on your own, dude!!!