“Find the Minority Report.”

An old rancher is talking about politics with a young man from the city. He compares a politician to a “post turtle”. The young man doesn’t understand and asks him what a post turtle is.

The old man says, “When you’re driving down a country road and you see a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle. You know he didn’t get up there by himself. He doesn’t belong there; he can’t get anything done while he’s up there; and you just want to help the poor, dumb thing down.”

“The song swept through his soul and filled it. He wanted it louder and he fumbled for the volume control on the recorder when he heard a cassette fall softly to the floor. When he groped to pick it up two more of the cassettes slipped off his lap. He opened his eyes and saw the man. He was staring at his double.” - Amfortas from Legion by William Peter Blatty

The result has inspired a Halloween costume. We’ll see.

Strangeland / By Keane

Lover, I remember laying out a map
Throwing our possessions in the van
Your tapes piled on the backseat
And a camera in your hand
Dressed for our arrival in the Strangeland

Strangeland blind 
You got no reason
You got no rhyme
You get no time to put things right
To put things right

You drove across the border
As the winter rains ran dry
And, only fit for birdsong, filled the sky
You threw your head back
Screaming as we raced across wet sand
And leapt into the waters of the Strangeland

Strangeland blind 
You got no reason
You got no rhyme
You get no time to put things right
To put things right

You wound the rope around me
And you pulled the knots in tight
And shook me like a bad dream from your sight
And now the things I’ve done to forget you
Well, it’s not what I had planned
The sweetest thoughts get twisted in the Strangeland

Strangeland blind 
You got no reason
You got no rhyme
You get no time to put things right
To put things

Strangeland dreams
You tore my baby away from me
We get no time to put things right
To put things right

You get no time to put things right
To put things right
To put things right
To put things right

Great video. Keane is really bringing it with their vids on this new album. Love the homage to the horror film (Landis’ Thriller, Friedkin’s The Exorcist, Kubrick’s The Shining, Argento’s Suspiria along with style and makeup, even Zemeckis’ What Lies Beneath, etc.). I can’t wait for the album.

Keane, you are my favorite band. You exemplify all the elements of fantasy and drama with your music. Many thanks,