I think they're arrogant. If they lose, there won't be any soul searching in the DNC because they'll refuse to accept responsibility for a mess they had the power to avoid. Anyone of us here would be better Democrat strategists.

It's incredible how little I can name the cabinet members of the government. Even struggled for a moment to remember that its Jeremy Hunt as chancellor. Beyond that..... no, I'm struggling.

It just shows how irrelevant they all are. They all just blend into, as Malcolm Tucker would say, one big ball of 'solid f**k'.

I'm in the same boat. For me I think it has something to do with the influences. OK Computer displays prog rock influences, a genre that I have absolutely no interest in. Meanwhile, Kid A digs into electronic influences that I have a lot of time for. I prefer the minimalist sound, it's a real vibe album that you can focus on or have on in the background while doing some work. I like its dark and ominous sound. OK Computer leaves me feeling nothing, like a good few of their albums thereafter. Outside of Kid A, the only other Radiohead albums I'd rescue in a housefire are The Bends and A Moon Shaped Pool. I like the straight forward rock of the former and the cinematic beauty of the latter.

I thought Everyday Life was their best one since Viva La Vida, for the 'full band' tracks. Extremely flawed, half of it sounds like a Chris Martin solo record but musically it definitely felt like real Coldplay for the fully fledged songs. Church, Trouble In Town, Arabesque, Orphans, bonus track Flags too.... there's the core of a very good album.

Devoid of chart baiting stunts and personnel, it strips it back to what they really are without the desire to be so commercial.

Max Martin is simply not as good a songwriter as Chris Martin, and the only reason he is there is to dumb down their songs and appeal to the audience that listens to chart nonsense. I know I sound like an old man, but I'd have had this opinion back in 2008 when Max Martin was still shovelling shite into the mainstream.

The gig suffers from a lifelessness and lack of energy. It's like they're on autopilot. Barring the odd gig here and there, sadly all to frequent from this period until their split.

Feel sorry for Liam most, he's trying his best to get with the crowd. His voice ain't great but he makes a decent point about the in ear technology disturbing him and losing that connection. The rest look like they don't care, or too insecure to interact and connect with an audience they don't know.

Dare I say it, but if Liam were headlining with his current band and his choice of setlist, it would be a hell of a lot better than an Oasis reunion.

It's also the first time that many in the public eye were seeing Oasis with Gem and Andy rather than Guigsy and Bonehead. They were better musicians, being more refined and technical, but it was at the expense of the brash energy of old.

Yes, its all very autopilot with Noel. He can write albums like Council Skies in his sleep, sadly its just not surprising for any one at this stage.

So now the England fans have decided their team is shite, the 'silver bullet' is now on the bench in Palmer or Watkins or Mainoo.

Like Grealish before them. Like Vardy before them. Like Barkley before them. Like Defoe before them....

I skim read that and thought it was the title of their new album.

Shame, now that would be interesting.

No I'm not saying he's the cause for division and unrest. But he is a symptom of a failing democracy. As with the likes of Farage and Johnson over here.

People and society have to be in a pretty bad state to look at these guys and think 'yeah they're the answer'. As I say, Trump is a symptom, not the cause.

The bottom line is this though - don't try to make him out to be a solution either.

Definite relief and delight at Tory misery, not sure about optimism though. Something radical has to change and nobody is excited at the prospect of Labour. I understand New Labour brought in various welfare policies that would never have happened under a Tory government (I also say it's just not true that they were 'just the same as the Tories', I would like to see middle class hipster Corbynites tell that to lower income folk who benefited from Sure Start, minimum wage increase or bursaries like myself, Blair might not have cared but Gordon Brown definitely kept it left leaning to that extent). That welfare support is commendable, if not exactly radical, but I can't even see that level of welfare support coming. This next Labour government can't simply try and work within the confines of neoliberal economics like New Labour did. It's failed and the system is broken. Society is decimated and the old 'red wall' working class communities in England have broken to pieces because of it. The sad state of these once proud places that emphasised working class solidarity is shameful for a supposed democracy. Their social fabric has been torn to shreds, the levels of deprivations being the nightmarish manifestation of neoliberal economics.

Even a landslide majority for Labour will be a support base made from foundations of sand. The electorate is so volatile, probably just siding with Labour just because everyone hates the Tories, rather than supporting them. The old class based voting traditions have gone. Lower income, working class people who usually vote Labour live in ghost towns now with no meaningful jobs, public services, prospects or any way to pay for the cost of living. Worryingly, I think that stress causes anger, dissociation, unrest - but not in a revolutionary sense. Moreso where compassion and empathy is limited due to societal and ultimately personal ruin, the anger of which creates a emotionally vulnerable voter base and a vacuum for dangerous politicians like Farage to capitalise on. They will vote Labour this time, but merely to kick the Tories out rather than actual advocacy that previous generations gave. But if Labour do nothing for these places, in five years time, they could opt for something worryingly extreme and violent.

Sadly I don't see where the reforms are coming with Labour. I worry they'll try to fix the system rather than bin it and start again. These 'economic paradigm shifts' go in phases, Keynesian economics lasted from the 1930s to 1979, neoliberalism has a similar lifespan and judging by those timeframes and what we're seeing now, is in its death rattle. I fear it will take something horrible and extreme to completely reset though, these radical economic reforms usually only happen when a country is completely decimated to the point that rebuilding is the only option. And I worry that we've not seen the worst of it. 1930s experienced the traumas of instability in Europe, 1970s was industrial and societal trauma and decline. What we're heading for I don't want to know.

Apologies for the rant. I will happily celebrate sticking the knife into those Tory c***s on 4th July, but I just have no clue where its all going to end up.

I think the band in general are very big fans of New Adventures. And most fans rate it really highly. I think it's a brilliant album, in my top 10 there's often little more than a fag papers separation between them. But it's just one that I simply haven't given as much attention to as the others and I feel obliged to give it some proper spins again.

Anyway, here's a new interview with Rick Beato chatting to Mike Mills. A very compelling long interview, very technical and detailed. Mills talks with such integrity, no sense of hubris, ego or indulgence to the work they created. Just really humble, almost workmanlike perspective to making timeless records.

What an experience! Did you catch any lyrics? There was so many song titles floating around from that period that you might have heard one of them.