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Radiohead’s Kid A has always invoked the sharpest mental images. When the falling keys of “Everything in its Right Place” blends with Thom Yorke’s garbled lyrics to begin the album, I cannot help but picture a boat harboring an unexplored continent, a shore land expedition/coastal invasion, and the good-willed mess that follows.  Hopelandic RisingBy
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