Thank you for your inexplicable interest in the multifarious universe of ok city ok. Here at our MySpace headquarters we've got three ferocious live tracks from a victorious appearance in Tokyo from November 2006, plus a whole lot of information that makes no sense at all. More organized information is available at www.okcityok.com, including links to our record made by elaborate process. CD sales, free listens, delicious recipes, vivid photographs, and so forth may be found, and all questions will be answered there.
Topics for discussion: There is little doubt that Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) is one of the most pressing social concerns of our time, yet the misconceptions and prejudices surrounding this phenomenon (actually a related set of phenomena [see below]) conspire to keep SHC shrouded in ignorance. Too often is the sudden bursting into flames and subsequent reduction to cinders of a neighbor or colleague shrugged off as a social faux pas or mere janitorial problem to be (literally) swept under the carpet and later discreetly sifted for jewelry.
The ok city ok research team rejects the prevailing description of SHC as "people simply bursting into flames for no reason." Rather, we began the Elaborate Process by positing that there is a reason, just one that we didn't understand.
In fact, we discovered evidence of a number of factors that could cause an otherwise well-adjusted man or woman to explode into flames. After finding that stress deriving from pet injuries and relationship issues (see Chapter 1: she's literally on fire) appears to play a role in a significant number of suspected cases of SHC, our exploration into these relationship issues (e.g. Do personality disorders make SHC more likely in certain individuals? Are well-meaning friends and family members unwittingly enabling the "escape-from-your-problems-by-bursting-into-flames" mentality?) led us to consider factors such as histrionic personality disorder (Ch.8: skeleton kiss), obsessive-compulsive disorder (Ch.9: self-starter & Ch.10: dume), borderline personality disorder (Ch.5: min & Ch.11: I'll give you money), love (Ch.2: I wanna be your lawyer & Ch.4: ferocious) and fear of commitment (Ch.12 there's nothing I wouldn't do for love I haven't already done for spite) as precursors to a possible manifestation of SHC.
The Elaborate Process investigation yielded evidence that could have profound resonance in other areas of research, most notably the development of a "surveillance theory of love" (see Ch.3: whirlybird) and the (we believe) definitive debunking of the alien abduction hypothesis (see Ch.6: someone's been reading my horoscope). The investigation detailed in Chapter 6 led to the single most surprising finding in the Elaborate Process study, which is that while believing oneself to be persecuted by aliens is indeed a sign of paranoid personality disorder, the disorder itself is probably caused by demon possession. This will be explored in future investigations.
ok city ok: "made by elaborate process"
first collection of results of various investigations conducted by ok city ok at Maison Riviere Laboratory in Kimitsu, Japan.
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I remember a man who Jumped out from a window over the bay (There was hardly a raised eyebrow) The coroner told me, This kind of thing happens every day. You see, from the Pagoda, the world is so tiny.
If I had a god damned passport, I'd use my economic stimilus check to come to Toronto to North by Northeast to see you guys. (I know you don't need a passport to walk into Mexico... I wonder if it's the same for Canada... I could be a border-hopper!)
Godd-DAMN! I have to admit. There's something wrong with me. I have more or less bypassed Nick Cave over the years, knowing he was legendary, but never really getting it. He manages to affect an onstage persona that you would NEVER EVER let near your children--but at the same time, he has a preacher thing about him. Look at his high kick in this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmR-oKdkGw
Despite video evidence, I have confirmed from two reasonably drunk and highly prejudiced moms that you were awesome. So who are you going to believe? I wish I could have seen you also. Love ya and take care y'all!
Just back from America. Republicans still in power, but everything else still checks out. Fountains of Wayne didn't smile, but played a picture-perfect Minnesota State Fair set, opened by the legendary olde Suicide Commandos. (Seminal?) People still eat single servings of meat larger than their own shoes and non-carbonated liquids of any kind are scarce. Keep posted.
Has Keith told you about his new puppy a trillion times. Yea me to. Saw pictures of NY. Interesting. Heard you were awesome. Glad the MOMS didn't do anything horrible.
I had no idea Britt Daniel of Spoon used to be so cool listen to The Duckhills!
AVClub: When you first started playing, you used to wear sunglasses onstage. Was that because you were uncomfortable in front of an audience?
Britt Daniel: Actually, I think I wore sunglasses because I thought it was cool, and then I realized that it's not the only way to be cool. Of course, I still wear them if we're outside and it's real bright. But I think I saw Ben [Hotchkiss] from The Real Heroes, and he was in a band called The Duckhills where he wore sunglasses onstage. I thought, "Wow, this guy looks awesome." It made a big impression. And of course, I was really into Lou Reed.
It was great to meet you at Dundas Square this past Saturday during the NXNE Festival here.
Thank you so much for being part of NXNE! You helped to kick off the summer in Toronto with the best music experience Toronto could have asked for.
Please send a comment or e-mail on your experience with NXNE, it may just appear on my website in the near future and I would like to send them all to NXNE. I would love to know all about the time you spent at NXNE. Thanks again =)
