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Grauniad rveiw (sort of)

Tue 30th Aug 2011 - 9:41am

The Spill, 'Home to the Guardian Readers Recommend Community', review our album on their most recent podcast.

The Spill (UK)

BBC 6 Music (3)

Mon 15th Aug 2011 - 10:57am

Tom Robinson plays 'God Is Dead...' on BBC Introducing for a second time.

BBC 6 Music Introducing (UK)

German Huw Stephens

Mon 15th Aug 2011 - 1:55am

'God Is Dead...' on national German radio.

Freistil/Radio Eins (D)

On national Raadio in Estonia

Thu 11th Aug 2011 - 10:44am

'God Is Dead...' has been played twice on national Estonian radio. Is no part of the planet safe from that song?

Nestor ja Morna (EE)

Interview on Future FM

Wed 10th Aug 2011 - 1:42pm

A Scumbag interviewed by Hotrod Hector on Norwich's Future FM.

Hotrod Hector/Future FM (UK)

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tweets

Tue 3rd Jan 2012 - 4:31pm

Final reminder! Come to this really good gig, with Scumbags + more, this Thursday in Norwich. Official FB event page: http://t.co/Gx3dR0Oz

Fri 12th Aug 2011 - 11:26am

On the radio in Estonia, in the German equivalent of 6 Music's top twenty and plenty more. http://t.co/c3LjXOf and http://t.co/rzPhXwx

Thu 4th Aug 2011 - 4:01pm

@_strummerville Scumbag Philosopher: as approved of by the ghost of Joe Strummer... http://t.co/cxfgwFx

Thu 4th Aug 2011 - 12:51pm

@NYUB_UK Inc. drunken priests and lame Radiohead spoofs: 'God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead' http://t.co/JFjDfIx

Wed 3rd Aug 2011 - 12:17pm

@jimcarrollOTR Inc. drunken priests and lame Radiohead spoofs: 'God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead'... http://t.co/JFjDfIx

Mon 25th Jul 2011 - 11:08am

@MissJoGood 'God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead'... http://t.co/JFjDfIx

Mon 25th Jul 2011 - 10:55am

@mikejoycedrums 'God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead'. If He is, why wouldn't you? http://t.co/JFjDfIx

Sun 24th Jul 2011 - 5:48pm

@JosieLong Very much dug Allo Darling yesterday on 6. Last show next Sat so hoping you'll dig this too :http://t.co/0r9a0Wh

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Single: God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead

Re-produced and re-mixed by Phil Vinall (Placebo, Pulp, Elastica, Victorian English Gentlemen’s Club), "God Is Dead Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead" is the second single taken from their our debut album "It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing." The track is about the kind of neurotic boy outsider (or, if you prefer, suburban Nietzsche freak) who is looking for a bit of depth somewhere, anywhwere.

Without actually knowing anything about them (apart from their most famous quotes) he ends up attaching himself to the groovier (and gloomier) sounding philosophers (Nietzsche or Sartre for example) and to the bands and musicians that reference them. In the 70s that musician would have been David Bowie; in 2011 it’s Radiohead.

Release date - 13 June 2011

Dauphin (Scotland)

Mon 18th Jul 2011

Scumbag Philosopher are from Norwich, and used to be called Fuck Dress. So subtlety might not be their forte. Their new single, God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead spends three and a half minutes having a go at people who read Nietzsche and listen to Thom Yorke and don’t have anything else in their lives, which I guess are legitimate targets.

However, the since the lyrics are more spoken, Fall-style (that reference is important, the band supported The Fall on a recent tour) and the guitar jumpy, which for some listeners may produce a certain Marmite quality. It could be either blunt, pointless and hardly pushing the boundaries of guitar rock, or it could be hilarious, sneaky and a goldmine of talent compared to the Top 40. Your choice, dear reader. That, and to at least mine own untrained eye, their single artwork looks suspiciously alike to Franz Ferdinand’s.

Keep/Pop/Loud (UK)

Tue 12th Jul 2011

Scumbag Philosopher are a band destined to divide opinion. If it's not enough that they keep their attitudes and politics to the fore, the vocal is distinctly closer to being spoken that it is sung. In the same way that when most people (not me I assure you) first heard Art Brut and couldn't decide on whether they thought the band were shit or genius, it may take a few listens to anything by this gang of Norwich dwellers to decide if you actually like them or not. If you don't have time for that then that's fine.

However you will have 'God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead' in your head right from the first play. Sneakily and smartly it gets itself into yr consciousness and refuses to let go until you give it another listen. And another. The artwork is ace. Clearly. The Fall (with whom they've toured) are an obvious reference point. As are the aforementioned Art Brut. But unlike most of their contemporary art-popsters Scumbag Philosopher are pretty angry. Or at least, they don't like to hide any negativity. Intelligently letting out their scathing assault here on a certain type of Radiohead fan – the song was originally called 'Suburban Nietzsche Freak' (back when the band went under the name of Fuck Dress). As you might expect, the lyrics are the key here. So I won't go spoiling them for you.

Have a listen and a sly grin as you can be pretty much certain that Scumbag Philosopher are describing more than half of the Drowned In Sound message boards. Scumbag Philosopher are certainly persistent, so don't expect that this'll be the last that you or I'll hear from and of them. So whatever you conclude – and I'm definitely leaning towards embracing the band – you have to appreciate their lack of compromise and DIY attitudes . It's probably worth noting that Scumbag Philosopher aren't attacking Radiohead specifically here – more the attitudes that underpin a certain type of music fandom that in the past they attribute to Bowie fans – but I think probably points more towards a certain prog sect.

8smy (Poland)

Sat 11th Jun 2011

Cigarettes In Hell (D)

Fri 10th Jun 2011

Jest wiele historii do opowiedzenia, ale nie będą tu teraz opowiedziane. Będzie zagrany utwór "God is dead so I listen to Radiohead" w wykonaniu Scumbag Philosopher. Tak właśnie będzie, a gdy to czytacie, tak właśnie jest.

Tasty (UK)

Sat 28th May 2011

From what I can garner, this Norwich-based five-piece used to be called Fuck Dress and this song was originally released under the title 'Suburban Nietzsche Freak'. Somewhere along the way they've rebranded (but why?) and decided that the chorus line would make for a catchier or marketable title. Perhaps they got new management or a guy at the record label pointed out that most people wouldn't have clue who Nietzsche was. If so, that's pretty ironic, not least of all because this isn't music for the intellectually stunted.

That isn't because 'God is Dead' is overtly complex – quite the contrary – but because it takes some kind of mental engagement to appreciate what Scumbag Philosopher are doing. The genius lies in its simplicity.

Coming on with fuzzed out guitars with the treble up high and a solid display of primitive, simple drumming, the likes of which Mo Tucker or Bobby Gillespie might've hammered out, 'God is Dead' melds the sounds of early Jesus and Mary Chain to the relentless repetition of The Fall. The one-line chorus, repeated over and over is knowingly dumb, the song itself a sharp, barbed comment on disaffected outsiders – the 'suburban Nietzsche freaks' – who express their feelings of alienation and existentialism through the quotations of the all-too predictable roll-call of philosophers and bands. Delivered with a 'kiss my shades' deadpan cool by a bunch of players who look anything but, 'God is Dead' matches form and content perfectly to mirror the nihilistic sentiment of the keenly observed and wryly, dryly humorous lyrics.

Oh, and it’s guaranteed to lodge itself in your brain in an instant.

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Single: Scumbag Philosopher

The eponymous first single from the lengthily titled debut album, 'Scumbag Philosopher' takes aim at the type of relentlessly and pointlessly opinionated bigot that we all know.It could be your Dad's mate Dave from work, the old soak at the bar of your local or even the fountain of 'common sense' that is the irascible lead singer of your favourite veteran alt-rock band.

Whoever or whatever, if you just want them to shut the fuck up or fuck off and die 'Scumbag Philosopher' is that gulped down primal scream set to music. And, better still, in the song Dave dies a painful death alone (and probably lays undiscovered and gets eaten by an alsatian).

Pornographer, God botherer, cartographer, Heidegger - 'Scumbag Philosopher' is also another excuse for the band to indulge their recurring obsession with clever-dick/fucktard rhymes that you can shout along with.

Release date - 28 Mar 2011

Stereoboard (UK)

Mon 28th Mar 2011

Scumbag Philosopher (formerly the hilariously titled Fuck Dress) do like to keep things simple it seems. The duo behind the wonderfully titled 'God is Dead so I Listen to Radiohead” grumble their way through this slab of dirty avant-garde rock without really doing anything that catches the ear. Or at least it seemed after the first listen. Stick this on in the background while doing the dishes and all you’ll hear is a simple drumbeat backed up by a dribbling vocal and a guitar riff that would make Hendrix turn.

However, this is where a song like this hides its secret weapon. It’s not designed to be heard. It’s designed to be listened to. The first listen of this song, the all-important first impression was, quite frankly, uninspiring, but with each future listen you can start to unravel the different layers behind the music. You start to see the intriguing social commentary, which you feel should have been obvious first time around, especially where words dripped in venom that poke holes into the way that British people are today such as “It’s not like the olden days/Golden, respectful times” start to slowly burrow into the mind. This is, of course, before they abandon the burrowing and take an electric drill to it with the crescendo repetition of the word “Scum” several times during this three-minute tracks climax.

Scumbag Philosopher have a pretty unique sound. But you feel like you should have heard it before. Of course, if you haven’t heard it before, then don’t judge it on the first listen. You’ll hate it. Stick it on repeat, let it take you over and drag you down with it.

Stereoboard (UK)

It's All Happening (UK)

Mon 28th Mar 2011

It’s Friday night. You’ve gone down the pub with your mates to let loose and start the weekend. You see a gap at the bar next to the old guy at the end. Whilst waiting to order, the old guy starts talking to you. Nothing wrong with that, you think. But wait. It’s one of those. He doesn’t stop talking. He’s telling you what’s wrong with the world. He’s telling you the problem with your generation. He is a Scumbag Philosopher.

The self-titled debut single from Norwich’s Scumbag Philosopher, formerly known as Fuck Dress, is a short but snappy track that takes a pop at those know-it-all bigots that we have all encountered. The track starts at a high intensity with singer Grant Madden delivering Art Brut style spoken vocals over a powerful backdrop of bass, guitars and drums.

Lyrics such as ‘He knows what is right/ He can tell you what’s gone wrong’ capture the essence of a Scumbag Philosopher: also described as a ‘Crime seeking officer’ and ‘High rise God botherer’. Additional vocals from Anne Reekie provide the song with greater depth whilst historical citations such as to German philosopher Heidegger are a clever reference. The single has a catchy, repetitive chant that drives its message home.Scumbag Philosopher is a powerful debut to whet the appetite before the release of album ‘It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing’ later this year.

It's All Happening

Room Thirteen (UK)

Tue 8th Mar 2011

Relentless drum-pounding, the drawl of spiky guitars, an assured deadpan vocal delivery and mildly inchorent backing vocals are the ingredients of a killer song just shy of three minutes. Scumbag Philosopher are certainly out to showcase their unique sound and unwillingness to compromise on this eponymous single.

Whilst one section of the band create an ambient wall of noise on a Spector-esque scale, the vocals deal with the 'scumbag philosopher' in question. The lyrics are a highly poetic yet ultimately scathing attack on the song's antagonist, a man 'who loves to be talking with nothing to say', which evokes an image of a bigot you would meet in a pub and have a long, if totally pointless and irrelevant conversation with about religion, crime and the 'golden respectful times', an accurate caricature of a quintessentially British figure.

The message the band are trying to convey is clear, there is no room for people such as this in modern society and that radicals like themselves are here to stay, free and at liberty from archaic social conventions. A song with meaning and a message delivered in an atmospheric and catchy manner by a group as fiercely individual as they come.

Room Thirteen

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Album: It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing

Words On Music announces the release of It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing - the debut album by the English post-punk quartet Scumbag Philosopher.

The nine-song record’s rhythmic frame of stabbing basslines and a sparse, but ferocious, two-drum kit anchors the kind of angular, buzzing guitars found on early Wire or Gang of Four records.

Call and response vocals between Grant Madden's soliloquizing baritone and drummer Anne Reekie's alto siren skewer popular and consumerist culture with alternating sincerity and sardonicism befitting its punk origins.

The end result is an album brimming with fiery confidence and songs that compel your hips to move to what is anti-hip and your mind to contemplate all the reasons why along the way.

Signposts: Wire, Gang of Four, The Fall.

Release dates - US/world: April; UK: 13 June

My Word (IT)

Thu 25th Aug 2011

Siamo in area di rock radicale, violento insolente beffardo, e la musica conferma: un incrocio tra Wire, Fall e Gang Of Four

Vengono da Norwich, non sono più ragazzini e derivano da un gruppo chiamato F*** Dress che (mi avvisano dalla regia ma potrebbe essere una little swindle of rock&roll) ha scelto di cambiare nome dopo aver venduto la vecchia sigla a una catena di abiti per ragazzi.

Comunque, sigla titolo e storiella, ci siamo capiti. Siamo in area di rock radicale, violento insolente beffardo, e la musica conferma: un incrocio tra Wire, Fall e Gang Of Four, con il marziale clangore della batteria, acuminati denti da chitarra-sega e una perfida voce da schiaffi con accento irritantemente Brit. Nei patti la monotonia, che non solo non è evitata ma accuratamente ricercata, con nove variazioni sullo stesso tema di garage avvelenato, di depravata Louie Louie in Norwich. Una noia? Tutt’altro, anche perché gli Scumbag sprizzano sulle loro tele monocrome variopinti drippings di parole. In questo somigliano ai Chumbawamba: più ironici che nichilisti, oltraggiosi ma con juicio, e molta perversa paradossale fantasia.

Se la prendono con i tic dei collezionisti di vinile, martellano i prigionieri dei network sociali, immaginano le banalità quotidiane delle rock star e nel pezzo clou tracciano un identikit al vetriolo del tipico fan Radiohead, che vive con la mamma, si obbliga a leggere Nietzsche ed è schiavo delle sue manie. Tira quest’aria anti Thom Yorke, in effetti, più contro i seguaci che contro la band, mi sembra. Be’, chi è iscritto a quel partito si segni la canzone: si chiama God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead.

My Word (IT)

Caught In The Carousel (US)

Wed 17th Aug 2011

The intriguing band name alone makes you curious enough to check out Scumbag Philosopher's debut It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing, and the angry vocals, wailing guitars and a lot of attitude don't disappoint. Grant Madden talks rather than sings lyrics about celebrities, social networking and the general misery of modern life. The first single is the ironically titled "God is Dead So I Listen to Radiohead" which draws you in with its driving beat. Songs such as the dissonant "Tickbox Exercise" and the catchy "On the Shortwave" highlight Jon Burke's wailing guitars. There is a menacing feel to songs like "Sunshine Corporation" and "I Like Sums," while "Your Heroes At Home" and "Social Networking Site" show off the band's sense of humor. All and all, this is an intriguing post-punk debut that grabs your attention and doesn't let go.

Caught In The Carousel (US)

Is This Music? (Scotland)

Fri 12th Aug 2011

After the rip-roaring ‘God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead’ single a few months ago, this long player expands the SP palette with some strident and savvy songs which sound like Carter USM covering The Fall (and that is a complement). The guitar sounds are retro but also quite “now”, a bit like that Replicants LP last year, timeless garage rock I guess you’d call it. And the lyrical themes, the barky frontman backed by the shouty but rather sassy sounding female, very Brix era… are attacked with an uncompromising vigour.

Starting off with ‘Tickbox Exercise’, a real toe-tapper with a fabtastic guitar riff, evoking dead end call centre jobs and corporate doom, this should be played loud. ‘I Like Sums’ is verging on idiot savant territory and attempts to make maths cool, which it almost does. ‘Your Heroes at Home’ is hilarious and groovy, with a few Half Man Half Biscuit tendencies (“Brandon Flowers has forgotten that it’s bin day”) – “and the front hedge needs trimming”.

The rest of the nine tracks include the aforementioned ‘God is Dead’, the sneering ‘Social Networking Site’ and the eponymous ‘Scumbag Philospher’. ‘Sunshine Corporation’ pours scorn on self-improvement manuals while ‘On the Shortwave’ really does appear to be an commentary on changing music formats of our time. (“Still buy records, can’t let vinyl down, watch them spinning round”) – and an update of ‘I’m Into CB’ as well.

A cage-rattling debut, makes you glad to be alive.

Is This Music? (Scotland)

[sic] Magazine (USA)

Wed 27th Jul 2011

There’s a real ‘A to Z’ of things to spot in your typical Scumbag Philosopher review.

A usually stands for Abrasive, Agit or Angular.
F is The Fall
G is Gang of Four
P is Peel
W is Wire

You didn’t think I was going to do them all did you? I mean, come on! I do have better things to do with my time. Listening to Scumbag Philosopher though, isn’t a chore. These guys are really rather good. It’s true that you’ll find most of the above references in every review piece going around. There’s a reason for this. It’s all true. 100%, no debate, lock stock and smoking barrel. I’m even guilty myself, twice. Once here and previously when we featured the band in our ‘first glances’ piece.

And yet Scumbag Philosopher transcend this rather clumsy pigeon holing. This they achieve; a) by injecting some self-awareness and a good deal of humour into proceedings and b) by being rather good. Clanging, discordant opener ‘Tick Box Exercise’ is one of many album successes. But it gets even better.’ God Is dead So I Listen To Radiohead’ was, I think, a lead –off single before the album came out and it’s clear why. Witty, incisive lyrics and a hilarious spoof video never allow this track to become mired in Sixth Form territory (as the track name might suggest) My own personal favourite has to be ‘Your Heroes At Home’. Fabulous stuff. More please guys.

And thank f*** somebody is protesting about something in music. It’s been a while.

As to the tracks I haven’t yet mentioned, approximately half maintain this quality whilst the others dip a bit. Fair enough for an album in this day and age. There’s obviously some way to go to match the tour de force scornfulness of Colin Newman’s continually (after 30 years) excellent Wire. And the Mancs will doubtless say the same of The Fall. No matter. We’re in a different place here, a parallel universe of mirth making mischief. No Zzzzz’s to be found here.

[sic] Magazine (USA)

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Conceived as a sort of situationist prank by a group of Norfolk (UK) based misfits Scumbag Philosopher are a nihilist-baiting mismatch of a crazed girl mauling her two drum kit. a grumbling, misanthropic, borderline aspergers front man and cascading, caterwauling guitars. They make an odd yet still strangely catchy kind of post-punk racket - alienated, knowing and not afraid of wearing its smartness on its sleeve. Lyrical focus is on the absurdity of office life, celebrity and hipness.

Signed to painfully-hip US label Words On Music, Scumbag Philosopher line-up two releases later in the year - the “God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead” single (with its crazed companion promo vid) and the album “It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing”. ETA for both slabs of angular yet wry alienation: autumn 2010. Indie obscurantists may notice a similarity between Scumbag Philosopher and sometime Norwich grumble punkers F*** Dress. The latter moniker has been sold, for a considerable purse, to a well known youth fashion retailer who will use it for a new line of edgy urban clothing for the swearier young woman.

Tickbox Exercise

Give me the tools and I might surprise it's a tickbox exercise
Show me the leader who can inspire give me strength before I tire
To grow through my work I need a chance to be empowered in this dance
Give me the tools and I might surprise it's a tickbox exercise
Please do the needful please do the same I'm so tired of this game
Show me that you really give a damn and I'll take part in this sham

It's a tickbox exercise
It's a tickbox exercise
We have a new way
It's just for today
It's a tickbox exercise
It's a tickbox exercise

Give me the tools and I might surprise it's a tickbox exercise
Show me that you care a lot and I'll give it my best shot
You want me to strive to be better but don't follow your own letter
Give me the tools and I might surprise it's a tickbox exercise
Turn out the lights on another day its getting so hard to want to stay
There's an upgradation to prepare let's prepone because we care

It's a tickbox exercise
It's a tickbox exercise
We have a new way
Just right for today
It's a tickbox exercise
It's a tickbox exercise

How many times did you have to call
You can always fill in a feedback form
We'd like to dissuade you from what you want
How many times did you have to call
You can always fill in a feedback form
How many times did you have to call
We'd like to dissuade you from what you want

It's a tickbox exercise
It's a tickbox exercise
We have a new way
It's just for today
It's a tickbox exercise
It's a tickbox exercise
We have a new way
Just right for today
It's a tickbox exercise
It's a tickbox exercise

I Like Sums

I like sums think of a number, they're mathematical
Add it up divide and subtract, it's multiplication
Triangles squares and rectangles, simple geometry
Take away half from the total, just trigonometry

I like to work things out by counting out the words in sentences against the edges of shapes I see around me
I find it comforting to know how many strokes make up each number on a digital alarm clock face

I like sums think of a number, they're mathematical
38 solutions to our problem, it's all inequalities
You'll find it's a simple process of elimination
Just got to work out all the many permutations

I like sums think of a number, they're mathematical I like sums think of a number, they're mathematical

Heroes At Home

Brandon Flowers has forgotten it's bin day
Chris Martin has a gas bill to pay
Amy Winehouse needs to sort her speeding fine
Will Oldham is looking for insurance online

H E R O

They've got to get the ars*wipe in
And empty out the garden bin
Your heroes at home
(They might be loud but
They're still houseproud)
And the front hedge needs trimming
Got no time for mainlining
Your heroes at home

Jack White is topping up his phone sim card
Courtney Love is fixing a bike in her yard
Paul Daniels is cleaning out the toilet pan
Bono's worrying about his pension plan

H O M E

They've got to get the arsewipe in
And empty out the garden bin
Your heroes at home
(They may be brash
but they like saving cash)
there's letters to be posted out
they can't be getting wasted now
Your heroes at home

17000 celebrities all going to the shops
40000 a listers creating havoc for the cops
60000 movie stars busy with their chores
80000 pop singers wandering round the stores

They've got to get the arsewipe in
And empty out the garden bin
Your heroes at home
(They want applause
and to have tidy drawers)
there's bargains waiting at the sales
no time for going off the rails
Your heroes at home

Isolation

Boredom stalks me now
Isolation isolation
Boredom's with me now
Isolation integration
Boredom stalks me now
Isolation isolation
Boredom's with me now
Isolation integration

Something to do
Fill in my time
As if I'm busy
Make you ignore me

No need for talking there is no need for talking
No need for talking we've is no need for talking
No need for talking there is no need for talking
No need for talking we've is no need for talking

Boredom stalks me now
Isolation isolation
Boredom's with me now
Isolation integration
Boredom stalks me now
Isolation isolation
Boredom's with me now
Isolation integration

Taking things slow
In the background
I'm taking part
Playing my role

This it means nothing so it means nothing
This it means nothing it has no meaning
This it means nothing so it means nothing
This it means nothing it has no meaning

Boredom stalks me now
Isolation isolation
Boredom's with me now
Isolation integration
Boredom stalks me now
Isolation isolation
Boredom's with me now
Isolation integration

Keep my head down
Taking my time
Nothing I want
Leave me alone

I can't stop thinking there's no need for thinking
I can't stop thinking there's no time for thinking
I can't stop thinking there's no need for thinking
I can't stop thinking there's no time for thinking

Boredom stalks me now
Isolation isolation
Boredom's with me now
Isolation integration
Boredom stalks me now
Isolation isolation
Boredom's with me now
Isolation integration

Scumbag Philosopher

Scumbag Philosopher
Scumbag Philosopher
So much has been said
He's not about to stop now

Scumbag Philosopher
Part time pornographer
He loves to be talking
He's just got nothing to say

Crime seeking officer
High rise God botherer
He knows what is right
He can tell you what's gone wrong

Used up all your vitriol now, just settle down and see, see if you were right
Only a few days to go, time for you to move on, a better place awaits
No-one comes to visit, no-one left to hector, he's still got lots to say

Scumbag Philosopher
Scumbag Philosopher
From the school of hard knocks
Graduated 1st class degree

Scumbag Philosopher
Back bar cartographer
70 years of study
Has made him the man he is

Chip shop photographer
Arcade Heidigger
It's not like the olden days
Golden respectful times

Scumbag Philosopher
Scumbag Philosopher
Scumbag Philosopher
Scum scum scum scum scum scum

God is dead so I listen to Radiohead

God is dead so I listen to Radiohead
God is dead so I listen to Radiohead
I live with my mum in a chalet bungalow
And I've read half of Ecce Homo
God is dead so I listen to Radiohead
God is dead so I listen to Radiohead
I've got a will to power that's why I don't shower
I've got a will to power that's why I don't shower

File into the system
Two copies purchased of everything
One to use, one to save
Double entry recording system
Clear plastic folder for all copies
One copy used, one copy saved

God is dead so I listen to Radiohead
God is dead so I listen to Radiohead
I listen to Jet on my Dansette
I listen to Jet on my Dansette

Time wasted now
Time saved later
Time saved now
Time wasted later

God is dead so I listen to Radiohead
God is dead so I listen to Radiohead
I know what time the buses run
I know where to go to find my fun
I know which way the cycle lanes run
I know where to go to buy my fun
God is dead so I listen to Radiohead
God is dead so I listen to Radiohead

Sunshine Corporation

You need to develop self confidence
Let guilt be our teacher and let love be the lesson we learn
Recapture long lost goals overcome inhibitors to your success
Decide what you want to be and strive towards it
Keep a journal for joy and simplify your life
Learn to pat ourselves on the back
Make up a self-pride list of items you have handled well
Influence people in the way that you speak in public

Can I do that tomorrow
I'd rather pass on it today
Can I do that tomorrow
I'd rather pass on it today
I can find something better
There's always something else to do
With our time

Assess improve and maintain your self esteem
Make understanding and appreciating yourself free and easy
Leave the road to solitude and follow in the family way
Join a high performance network
Develop your leadership skills
Work out ways to handle people and use them to make them like you

Can I do that tomorrow
I'd rather pass on it today
Can I do that tomorrow
I'd rather pass on it today
I can find something better
There's always something else to do
With our time

Let guilt be our teacher and let love be the lesson we learn
Keep a journal for joy and simplify your life
Leave the road to solitude and follow in the family way
Stop worrying and love yourself

Social networking site

Let's bang the GUI

I've got a new friend called Tom
He runs a big dot com
He really is a mate
He's top of my top eight

Got some new friends from Brundall
They really make me ROFFLE
Two girls with no clothes on from Brunei
When I message they never reply

Add me facespace my book
Friend me spacebook my face
I'm a newbie so send me a hug
Social Networking Site
Write on my funwall join my new group
Social Networking Site
My avatar's new Tim Berners-Lee
Social Networking Site
Add me but I'm in the same room
Friend me but I'm sat next to you

Friend Request Denied

Relationships and dating
Networking and time wasting
Pimping, stalking, creeping, whoring
This is a getting a little bit boring

I've got a new friend called Tom
He runs a big dot com
He really is a mate
He's top of my top eight

On The Shortwave

Got your ears on your ears on
Got your ears on your ears on
10 3 for a 10 100
10 3 for a 10 100
Got your ears on your ears on
Got your ears on your ears on
10 3 for a 10 100
we down we gone

I still buy records
Can't let vinyl down
Watch them spinning round
Can't let vinyl down
I still buy records
Can't let vinyl down
Watch them turn around
Can't let vinyl down

Sometimes when I see for sale
lps old tapes reel to reel
record players or cassette decks
I feel as if someone else has gone
Moved on to something new
Downloads of mp3s
state of the art now garaged sale
5 pound down from the hundreds

I still buy records
Can't let vinyl down
Watch them spinning round
Can't let vinyl down
I still buy records
Can't let vinyl down
Watch them turn around
I can't let vinyl down

I've got my own call signal
I'm on the shortwave
I'm talking to the Ukraine
I'm talking to the World
I've got my own call signal
I'm on the shortwave
I'm talking to the Ukraine
I'm talking to the World
Please come and talk to me
From wherever you are
I've got my own call signal
I'm on the shortwave
I'm talking to the Ukraine
I'm talking to the New World
Please come and talk to me
From wherever you are

Tickbox Exercise

I Like Sums

Heroes At Home

Isolation

Scumbag Philosopher

God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead

Sunshine Corporation

Social Networking Site

On The Shortwave

Scumbag Philosopher

Promo video for the single released by Words On Music on March 28th 2011. Taken from the album 'It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing' (released in the US/world: April; UK: 13 June).

God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead

Drunken clergy and lame Radiohead spoofs.

Tickbox Exercise

From the album 'It Means Nothing So It Means Nothing'. Live footage from a gig at Norwich Arts Centre, UK.

Social Networking Site

"Add me - but I'm in the same room. Friend me - but I'm sat next to you."

A little something for all of you FaceSpacing, MyBooking, Twitterers.