BRIAN BLADE TOLD ME SOMETHING LIKE, "WELL, IT'S JUST FEELING LIKE 'THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LISTENING TO, SO WHY SHOULDN'T WE BE USING IT IN WHAT WE WRITE?" THAT HAS A STRONG ECHO WITH WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT COMING UP AT THAT TIME. FOR THESE GUYS IT'S RADIOHEAD AND BJÖRK AND — Yeah, right, exactly. Yeah, I think it is the same impulse. I mean, why deny it?
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