September 2011
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August 2011
22 posts
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An incident between the soundman and Thom
Ed: There was a great one about a couple years ago when we were in some gig up in the north of England, and one of the P.A. guys accused us of nicking a D.I. [direct audio signal injection] box. This guy's huge, he's taller than me, about six foot seven, and twice as wide.
Thom: Like a fucking psycho.
Ed: And basically, Thom says no. [The soundman]'s still giving us hassles, so Thom tells him to fuck off, and looks up at him with a mean stare. So this guy gets Thom by the neck...
Thom: He pinned me against the wall.
Ed: ... and Phil and I had to take one arm each of this guy and try to wrench them off.
Thom: I didn't tell him to fuck off.
Ed: Yeah, you did. I think that was the problem, really.
Jonny: It was.
Thom: Well, alright.
Ed: [laughs] Considering he was upset anyway.
June 2011
15 posts
Anonymous asked: where's the safety first part from? :)
You can say what you want about Thom’s fragile persona, but someone who works as...
– Colin Greenwood, about Thom Yorke (via it-girl-rag-doll)
May 2011
40 posts