Last night, when we should have been talking about post-structuralist theory, instead two of my closest friends and I drank beer, ate Indian food and watched, Scotch Mist, a film of Radiohead in the studio that accompanied the release of In Raindbows. It was perfect. I was always late to the Radiohead buzz. Even though I was their target demographic – an over-educated Anglophile, self-involved and depressed – other than “Creep“, I didn’t really start listening to them until Kid A was released. It’s something that at times – like last night – I occasionally regret. The video, which goes on for over 50 minutes, is stunningly good, and the music is both haunting and moving. If you have the time, highly recommended you watch the whole thing, but “House of Cards” is my fave and starts at 34:27.
Ridiculously Late to the Party: Scotch Mist
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#1 by Nav on July 10, 2009 - 12:04 am
Hey look, it’s me putting an extra thought in the comments of my own posts again!
But, pet peeve: when I said “Indian food” what I actually meant was Panjabi food – saying ‘Indian food’ is sorta’ like saying ‘European food’. A lot of what people in the UK and North America know as Indian food – butter chicken, saag paneer, daal makhanee etc – is actually Panjabi food, though I haven’t quite been able to figure out why more Panjabis open restaurants than people from other areas in India.