Tag: Jonny Greenwood

#9 The Smile: Wall of Eyes

~ Lex Leeson ~ 5 Comments

The kind of dialogue that they want to engage in is one that’s black or white. I have a problem with that. It’s deeply distressing that they choose to, rather than engage with us personally, throw shit at us in public. It’s deeply disrespectful to assume that we’re either being misinformed or that we’re so retarded we can’t make these decisions ourselves. I thought it was patronizing in the extreme.

Thom Yorke explains their stance on Israel to Rolling Stone 2017/06/02

Strap yourself iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!!!

Apart from the Joe Biden and the Neonazis, few people have as long and as enduring an affection for the state of Israel as the fellas from that there Radiohead. And I can kinda appreciate their reasoning, at least more than I can Nick Cave’s pathetic fanboy “OMG! This is the bar where Jesus shot Gredo first!” or whatever the fuck. It’s even arguable whether, without Israel, Radiohead would have even made it to a second album after the ridiculously of-its-time posh boy grunge karaoke of their debut.

Alaa Murad Ali Binat

#37 The Smile: Cutouts

~ Lex Leeson ~ 3 Comments

In case anyone was wondering whether I still had these meme:

Been using that for more than seven years now, and yet it is as appropriate now as it ever was. More so, when you think about it. And, yes, I could technically edit it to make it more appropriate for the band The Smile, but I don’t believe in such Stalinesque historical revisionism. If we don’t learn from our history, we are doomed to repeat it. And I really want to continue posting this meme, so I refuse to learn from it.

By the way, I am so ready to write a long post debating the nuances and the propaganda surrounding Josef Stalin! Isn’t it quite ironic how perhaps the 20th century’s biggest victim of historical revisionism has been Uncle Joe himself??

Muhammad ‘Issam Mustafa Judah