Dead Air Space 2006-2

Mon, 18 December

2007-03-31T20:18:00.000-07:00

hope for the future
www.fromthebasement.tv

this site is up now... and luckily they have the facts straight about the songs.. so no beef do i have no more.
so thats alright then.
'videotape' i was very proud of. and it doesnt sound like the version that we are working on now..
which is even better...
they are sketches obviously just me on the piano. check it oot.

We are taking a break now
starting up again in jan.
Have a good christmas everyone, if you celebrate it that is,
love peace and hope for the future
x

Thom
Thom

Mon, 11 December

2007-03-31T20:10:00.000-07:00

RMx! x
back to The Eraser rmxs.

there is a second rmx up now.. on theeraser.net ....this is a deranged twist of Analyse by Various Productions.
i got into them after hearing Hater off their Lp The World is Gone.

love and non-commercial type xmas with not much shopping to christmas compilations.

thmx
Thom

Mon, 11 December

2007-03-31T19:59:00.000-07:00

RMx!
For anyone who has heard The Eraser, there are some remixes coming.

Yes.
http://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
I got excited. I've been listening through. I mean. There's some freaky shit.

They may start appearing soon. Gradually. Briefly.
Just a taste. And then gone.

On www.theeraser.net

First there is Surgeon's Rmx of The Clock.
This was the one that made me think, we got to start getting these out.
I was chuffed he wanted to do it as think he is a MASTER.
He has turned it into something really hard. And disco.
Well what i call disco anyhow.
It made me very proud.

I hope it gets played in a club somewhere.
Not that i get out much nowadays.

Peace to us all during the festive season.
Thom

Tue, 05 December

2007-03-31T19:34:00.000-07:00

visit sunny somerset

Tue, 05 December

2007-03-31T19:27:00.000-07:00

you will have a cup of tea

Mon, 04 December

2007-03-31T19:04:00.000-07:00

landscape with tent

Mon, 04 December

2007-03-31T18:36:00.000-07:00

hold it there don't move an inch

Mon, 20 November

2007-03-31T18:34:00.000-07:00

week offf
i just got sent two really interesting requesting type letters this week ( a blessed week off from recording)

i get these things A LOT

but i wanted to let you know about these ones

becuase they ring bells in my head.. maybe they might with you..

1. www.StopGlobalWarming.org

Join the Stop Global Warming Virtual March on Washington.. dont know how many of you know about this in the US
but at last the issue seems to be everywhere for you as it is in the UK. the idea of a virtual petition in this instance seems like genius to me.

(i have also just finished george monbiots Heat book about global warming... and even though he's a mate of mine i recommend it as the ideal christmas present. well... that is if you dont mind being called a sourpuss or a scrooge. lots of my mates went to see him give talk at the sheldonian theatre in oxford which was very inspiring. if a little terrifying. but then what can be more terrifying than watching the trees not changing colour when they should. ok perhaps i should get out more.
it aint very rocknroll. but i long since pissed all that bullshit away.)

2. http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/

supermarket demand for fish ( not that i eat fish or meat ) has meant we are fishing to extinction . what i find particularly offensive are the enormous nets they use that drag everything up and well.... just have a read. supermarkets should be made to source their fish responsibly and governments should act in the intersest of our future to regulate for sustainable fishing. not this mass production/destruction shit. i respect peoples right to eat fish. but evertime i watch the guys in the band sitting down to their whatever it is with scales i quietly wonder how its arrived. and what was destroyed and killed or thrown away to get it....

sermon over. sorry.

we had a good week in the studio last week. finally things are growing.

thm

Thom

Thu, 09 November

2007-03-31T18:17:00.000-07:00

What we did at the seaside (and elsewhere)

Phil

Wed, 08 November

2007-03-31T18:15:00.000-07:00

nnn

Stanley

Wed, 18 October

2007-03-31T18:11:00.000-07:00

Nigel

Il Spaghetti Nigelli di West Finchli
Jonny

Mon, 16 October

2007-03-31T18:09:00.000-07:00

Reasons to love the BBC No. 94*
Link

(*nb from paid employee)

Jonny

Mon, 16 October

2007-03-31T17:59:00.000-07:00

Studio

Jonny

Sun, 15 October

2007-03-31T17:54:00.000-07:00

if you are concerned about climate change
if it scares you speechless and wakes you in the night.
if you are bothered about the flooding you keep seeing.
or those high winds.
or that there is something not quite right about the fact you're still walking round in a Tshirt in october.

please find out about the the big ask campaign
www.thebigask.com

we are hassling all MPs in the uk to write to our glorious leader and get a bill that commits us all to reducing carbon emissions 3percent a year. its a start. it has to be law. otherwise its never going to happen. and it has to.

ahem speech over.
weve started the record properly now. starting to get somewhere i think. finally.

love thom

p.s. if you're american and wondering whether this is a load of old crap look at this flashy website if you have time
www.exxonsecrets.org
Thom

Mon, 11 September

2007-03-31T17:52:00.000-07:00

jonny guitar

Sat, 09 September

2007-03-31T17:38:00.000-07:00

San Francisco to Amsterdam

Sat, 02 September

2007-03-31T17:10:00.000-07:00

Amsterdam

Mon, 28 August

2007-03-31T16:45:00.000-07:00

Amsterdam Two

Jonny

Mon, 28 August

2007-03-31T15:29:00.000-07:00

Amsterdam One

Jonny

Sun, 27 August

2007-03-31T14:52:00.000-07:00

paris, amsterdam

Mon, 21 August

2007-03-31T13:20:00.000-07:00

after v.....

Mon, 14 August

2007-03-31T13:18:00.000-07:00

if you are ever in lausanne, switzerland
there is the best collection of outsider art in the world here

http://www.artbrut.ch/index.cfm?Show=Oeuvres

when i was at art college this collection was a big influence on me. now finally i have seen it.
and it surpassed even my expectations.
i found myself close to tears. and that never happens in galleries.. normally i am falling asleep
or try to find a cup of coffee.

honestly try it.. if you are ever here, it will change you.

Thom

Mon, 14 August

2007-03-31T13:13:00.000-07:00

Thom

Mon, 14 August

2007-03-31T12:56:00.000-07:00

_as i go to sleep in lausanne_
Form is emptiness;
emptiness is form.
Form is not other than emptiness,
emptiness is not other than form.
Thom

Tue, 25 July

2007-03-31T12:55:00.000-07:00

found this in old notes
(miscellaneous category *B)

7 out
of
10

coul d try harder.

could do better. lacks correct motivation.

â€œin my yopinion....â€?
(of course) hes crackerjack (you know)

(the fence whistl;es like sleighbells)

lacks motivation. full of own self importance.
always shooting his mouth off.
tends to stray from the path:

Not as good as.
that one there, no, not this one.
category.
sticker.
list.
position.

never was.
never will be again.
the only way is down.
so now ambels around aimlessly.
casting around for that magic. me.

it is denied.

searches for own epitaph in graveyard.
Thom

Thu, 20 July

2007-03-31T12:48:00.000-07:00

America

Wed, 19 July

2007-03-31T05:53:00.000-07:00

america

Colin

Tue, 18 July

2007-03-31T05:07:00.000-07:00

Thu, 06 July

2007-03-29T20:18:00.000-07:00

why watch sky?
whilst recovering from a nasty cold at the end of the tour, why watch the evil ones' channels on satellite when you could be watching this?

right now the shuttle is about to dock at the international space station, woh maaan

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

now thats waht i call tv.

Thom

Wed, 28 June

2007-03-29T20:06:00.000-07:00

sandiego

Tue, 27 June

2007-03-29T19:53:00.000-07:00

Chicago, San Francisco and San Diego Pictures

Jonny

Tue, 20 June

2007-03-29T19:45:00.000-07:00

Bonnaroo

Jonny

Sat, 17 June

2007-03-29T19:44:00.000-07:00

on the shitlist
this'll make you laugh.

i was told yesterday that one of the daughters of the president came to NY show 2.
we were playing THe Tourist at the end of the show.. and yyes we did wander what the shuffling manhandling fighting was in the distance of the audience.
turns out it was her 6 bodyguards clearing the way for the first daughters exit. and some pour soul objected at being manhandled by the secret service. i think i would have to.

infact if i had known all this my objections would have been more forthright and extensive...if you know what i mean. which is perhaps why our lot chose not to tell me who was in the building before we went on. probably a good idea.

hmm
i dont know if we should be

A. honoured
B. amused
C. bemused
D. ask if she had a valid ticket
E. object belatedly on moral grounds
F. ask again if she had a ticket and question whether this really what our gigs are about
G. dont blame the daughter for the father
H. shutup and smile

answers on a postcard

bonaroo today woo hoo
Thom

Fri, 16 June

2007-03-29T19:43:00.000-07:00

nashville

Thu, 15 June

2007-03-29T19:05:00.000-07:00

grainy new york

Sat, 10 June

2007-03-29T18:57:00.000-07:00

winter studio

Thu, 08 June

2007-03-29T18:54:00.000-07:00

bussign

Mon, 05 June

2007-03-29T18:49:00.000-07:00

boston 1stnight

Mon, 05 June

2007-03-29T18:42:00.000-07:00

postcards

Jonny

Sat, 03 June

2007-03-29T18:11:00.000-07:00

copenhagentoboston

Thu, 25 May

2007-03-29T18:09:00.000-07:00

coming off tune
i hAVE been asked lots and lots about the tune we play over the speakers at the end of the show.
its a track that richard russell sent me from XL... Turbulence 'notorious'
the record is coming out in the summer i think
on XL.

see you in US
Thom

Tue, 23 May

2007-03-29T18:08:00.001-07:00

Thanks
Thanks to everyone for their messages of condolence and support over the past few weeks - they really have been a great help. I have also really appreciated the respectful silence on DAS.... well, it's either that or nobody's had anything to say for a week and a half which, in my experience, is unlikely. See you in America.
Phil

Thu, 11 May

2007-03-29T18:06:00.000-07:00

My mum
Just wanted to say sorry to the people who were due to come to our show in Amsterdam last night, particularly those who made wasted journeys. My mum died suddenly in the early hours of yesterday morning and so I just wanted to be at home with my family. Mum was a big Radiohead fan, and was very proud of all we've done as a band. I love and miss her very much.
Phil

Thu, 11 May

2007-03-29T18:03:00.000-07:00

!!!!
theeraser.net

Thom

Wed, 10 May

2007-03-29T18:02:00.001-07:00

Cancelled 2nd Night Show in Amsterdam
We're very sorry, but because of a sudden family bereavement, we have had to cancel tonight's second concert at the Heineken Concert Hall. We are trying to re - schedule the concert in Amsterdam later on in the summer. We will keep you posted here, and in the usual media. We are especially sorry to those people who have made a special effort to travel and see us play. At least it's been a sunny day here, and there's no finer place in the sun than Amsterdam.
Colin

Wed, 10 May

2007-03-29T18:01:00.000-07:00

copehagen