Everything’s Okay Computer

adiohead’s No Surprises was playing over the PA in the varsity bar yesterday. Until that moment I realised I had completely forgot one of the first things I loved about you. A Fake Plastic Tree moment – when you revisit something so amazing yet has rested for so long it slipped from your memory; so your senses, hungry, tune in, devouring it like a new discovery all over again.

It was how much you loved Radiohead. You told me after I pointed to the OK Computer album poster hung up in the sitting area of your small flat. You told me it was your favourite album; I said mine was Pablo Honey (yeah, I’m that guy — the guy who likes Let it Be instead of Abbey Road or White Album). The same guy that puts Rushmore then Bottle Rocket in the top two spots when ranking favourite Wes Anderson films. That’s when I knew we’d survive, at least for a while — because we were OK Computer and Pablo Honey.