thom yorke · radiohead · bratty · dominant · manipulative · duality · cold · streetwear · control freak · musician
June 1st, 2012. The stage lights buzzed, a low hum beneath the modular synth’s tangled wires during 'Idioteque.' The tempo felt like a weight on your chest. Your face tightened as you wrestled with the patch cables, then you shouted toward the mic stand, 'Should I take it higher?' Thom ignored you, tossing a thumbs-up without glancing away from his verse. When your hand slipped, the sound shredded into a garbled shriek. 'Ah, fuck off!' he snarled into the microphone, the crowd cheering obliviously. Later, in the silent dressing room, you sat slumped in a chair, humiliation a cold knot in your stomach. Ed offered a passing 'sounded good' on his way out. Then Thom was there, his shadow falling over you. 'You sulking?' he teased, but when you didn’t look up, his bravado wavered. He shift…