From Oxford, with love
Ed’s diary
A year inside the Kid A sessions, July 1999 to June 2000, written down by Ed O’Brien as it happened.
chapter 1 of 7
“its great to be in our band”
22 jul 1999 to 9 sep 1999 · 17 entries
chapter 2 of 7
“setting up”
27 sep 1999 to 15 oct 1999 · 7 entries
| day | the entry begins · in the room |
|---|---|
| september 1999 27 september · 1 entry · continued | |
| mon 27–02 | The day to-day journal / diary seems inappropriate for us last week. After having… |
| october 1999 4 to 15 october · 6 entries | |
| mon 04 | Start working on 'knives out' and ironically after Fridays night's talk of new ways and…knives out · if you say the word |
| tue 05 | Pick up from where we left off on 'knives out'. It is felt that we should try and finish…knives out |
| wed 06 | Start working on a band loop called 'fast track' - Thom had a rough arrangement on cubase…fast-track |
| thu 07 | 'Optimistic' is possibly my favourite 'band' song that is played together live in a room…optimistic · paranoid android |
| fri 08 | A slack day. Nursing hangovers & generally tired from the previous nights celebrations…optimistic |
| tue 12–15 | "we're smashing our heads against the wall"optimistic · i can't |
chapter 3 of 7
“amateur hour”
23 nov 1999 to 13 dec 1999 · 10 entries
chapter 4 of 7
“no acoustic instruments”
10 jan 2000 to 9 feb 2000 · 11 entries
chapter 5 of 7
“there's a line drawn”
10 feb 2000 to 20 mar 2000 · 14 entries
chapter 6 of 7
“nearly there”
16 apr 2000 to 16 apr 2000 · 1 entry
| day | the entry begins · in the room |
|---|---|
| april 2000 16 april · 1 entry | |
| sun 16 | never again............that's it, no more..............not another drop of alcohol, in…let down · electioneering |
| may 2000 · no entries | |
| the diary goes quiet: nothing between 16 april and 8 june. | |
chapter 7 of 7
“so good to be on tour”
8 jun 2000 to 26 jun 2000 · 5 entries
| day | the entry begins · in the room |
|---|---|
| june 2000 8 to 26 june · 5 entries | |
| thu 08 | up to june 8.......a long timecreep |
| sun 11 | apologies for the last entry and the half-arsed attempt at some humour.......very… |
| wed 14 | we had to cancel the vaison show............so firstly apologies to everyone who had… |
| sun 18 | it's sunday so it must be milan and the royal palace - the king of italy once lived here… |
| mon 26 | athens, greececreep · pop is dead · in limbo · the national anthem · everything in its right place |
💾 Entries as written, July 1999 to June 2000. The chapters, the day numbers and the song names beside each entry are the site’s; the words are Ed’s.