The other day at the video store where I work, someone put on Failure to Launch. This 26%-rotten flick features Matthew McConaughey as an x-TrEmE sports-loving bachelor who takes up permanent residence in his parents’ attic. When the ‘rents decide they want Junior out of the house, they turn to Sarah Jessica Parker, a woman (prostitute?) who makes a living dating young men who have “failed to launch” and convincing them to move out for good.
This is the perfect kind of movie to watch in a video store because its message is so blunt and obvious that it doesn’t matter if you’re taking care of late fees for the stoned guy who returned Super High Me a month late. The message is this: Horace Greeley was on to something. Leaving the nest can be difficult, but at some point, everyone must go west, young man.
And now, bassist Colin Greenwood is taking a cue from manifest destiny and taking off in a new direction. He’s just completed his first musical project outside of Radiohead, which is a big deal, considering band mates Johnny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke, and Ed O’Brien have all played outside of the Oxfordshire five-piece.
Greenwood’s new gig is the soundtrack for a film called Woodpecker, a bird-watching documentary that I will probably rent as soon as our video store gets it. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah members and twin brothers Lee and Tyler Sargent also contribute to the soundtrack.
The collab-tastic release is now available for online purchase, so quit gobbling down Mom’s lasagna and get on that before I call SJP on your ass.
