New Radiohead!

Radiohead recently released a new song, These are my twisted words (thanks Matt!). You can download it here for free. 

AND, when you do download it, and you know you will, because it's Radiohead (and free), you also get a PDF containing 15 tree designs, with the suggestion to print on tracing paper. I would love to see some simple, haunting animation done with these. The way they are drawn makes you feel like you're under the tree, looking up. For some reason, I assumed lying down. (Get ready to see some new Halloween decor this year, Liz!)

In honor of the release, I decided to write down my own words, as they came to me, while listening to the new track. I typed whatever little story started growing in my mind and stopped writing when the song ended. Please forgive spelling and grammar mistakes, I wasn't really paying attention. It's kind of a fun way to experience a new song, and I suggest giving it a try. Anyway, so here's what These are my twisted words made happen in my head: 

"there is man in a room, an old dusty bar with few patrons and wood for walls. It’s dark, and he’s tapping his foot really fast. Another man enters, no, he was there all along. He’s playing his guitar. He might be in the man’s head. There’s a window with mountains outside, but the view is obscured by slivers of trees; black streaks against the sunset. He’s tapping his foot, faster and faster. He stops and walks over to the window, taking his hand and running it through his thick, greasy hair. It’s white, but yellowed with age. The other man is completely in shadow, but his guitar is vibrating the glasses on the table. The man begins pacing the room again, hands flying in foreign gestures. The window expands until it is the forefront. Grass and trees spin back, dipped, and pop up to see inside the bar; the man pacing, now through the window. He’s obscured by the shado-guitar man. The tree streaks quiver and stop. Repeat and stand still. The sun goes down."