In Rainbows as Consolation for Coughing my Brains Out
I am home with bronchitis. This is my third week. Week one: feel terrible, sound fine. Week two: feel better, sound terrible. Week three: feel terrible, sound like death incarnate. Everytime I cough I feel like one of my lungs is going to exit my body. Blaise had a weekend of sickness, too. So on Monday we went to the doctor. Yep! I have bronchitis, he has strep throat. Yesterday it was the two boys in bed all day. Today he is back in school but I am still in bed.
Being in bed trying to stay still enough to keep from an explosion of coughing is giving me the opportunity to catch up on some stuff I have been wanting to do - like download the new Radiohead record, In Rainbows. I paid US$10, since that is what I would have paid on iTunes. After one listen, I like it.
Here is a good little interview I heard last week on NPR: Terry Gross from Fresh Air interviewing Thom Yorke.
"Thanks, but I have to write a paper" - is a terrible thing to say when you are studying in England in 1992 and a guy comes by your place and says "a few of us are going to the pub across the street to watch a really good local band. They are called Radiohead. They are about to release their new album."
Man. . .that was a bad move. I have never recovered from that.
Posted by: Chad j. | October 18, 2007 at 12:01 PM
Oh man, Chad. That is rough. I have had a few things like that where I wish I had made a different decision, but that is a biggy...maybe you can console yourself by saying you would have met a woman there that would have been disastrous for you and kept you from ever meeting Kristen. Yeah, that is what would have happened...man, good thing you didn't go to that Radiohead show!
Posted by: Tim | October 18, 2007 at 03:24 PM
I too have been savoring the latest audio delight from Radiohead. I too paid a more than reasonable $10 (though was tempted to pay far less . . . like nothing). I too have been fortunate enough to experience a Radiohead concert (6/06-NYC). However, where you and I differ is the fact that I do not have 'Iron Lung'.
http://www.greenplastic.com/lyrics/myironlung.php
really hope you get to feeling better and join the outside world soon. I do have a suggestion for both prevention and treatment of nearly all things that are and can ail you - Olive Leaf + Grapefruit Seed Extract. More powerful and effective than any antibiotic.
Posted by: doug | October 19, 2007 at 04:26 AM
We love the website, we love the design, and we love your messages. Thanks for inspiring us. I live in Springfield, MO, and when I can't make it up to KC I download your messages via podcast, curl into bed with my cats and take-out, and have "church".
Enjoying,
Lindsay
Posted by: Lindsay | October 19, 2007 at 05:31 AM
Doug - thanks for the post. Glad you don't share iron lung. No fun. Did you read the GRUP post, by the way. I thought of you as I re-read it.
Posted by: Tim | October 19, 2007 at 09:11 AM
Hey Lindsay, thanks for encouraging me! I followed your link and really like your blog. I especially like the Titus translation, including the Britney and Kevin reference. Beautiful.
Posted by: Tim | October 19, 2007 at 09:12 AM