is definitely not mediocre. i even prefer it to "everything in its right place". which i find nice and all but somehow too obvious as a tune to love it.

was totally inadequate. there is nothing in radiohead's music which i could ever call nice or which i could ever love. i am very much fascinated by their recent musical output though. it is a fascination by the dark, unconscious depths of the soul. which to me is much stronger in backdrifts than in the kid a song. there is a kind of fatal attraction. they go to places where no-one has been before. that's the exciting thing about their music. and those places are necessarily lonely places, places where there is no sun. cold places. places where there is no life.

the album is phantastic. maybe not as terrific as amnesiac but still very close to perfect. the tracks show an amazing variety. from jangle pop to ambient, psychedelics, almost hard rock, kitsch ballad, electronic experiments and back. and the alienation factor is high again which is a good thing. i hope i will be able to write something on it tomorrow.

btw i didn't get into kid a yet. morning bell is great though.

i believe after downloading the whole of "hail to the thief" (MUAHAHA) that this album totals all radiohead's previous respected albums. with tracks like 2+2=5 and Where I End And You Begin...i found this whole album to overwrap me with ever escending joy... one of my best mates died two days ago, and since then i got the album i been thinking twice about everything in the world. Thom puts in twice as much effort as previous as well as other band members. The guitar bit of the album is superb; actually the most creative guitar album i've heard in a long time. Also i must add that this album is jam packed with variation... you won't believe your own souls. rock n roll to wacky spastic eerie sounds...it has it all for radiohead fans ;) peace out and my respects to pat...a best mate who will live in the hearts of everyone he knew!