i remember buying “ok computer” back in the fall of 1997.

i bought it at costco.

it would be a few years until i realized the irony of buying a very non-commercial album—that would become on of the most critically acclaimed albums of the decade—at a warehouse superstore.

i used to listen to the disc over and over again in my aftermarket jvc car stereo.

back then i was still driving to church 3x a week and my only solace was that it gave me an hour to listen to the album.

i would usually switch to “no surprises” as i neared the church.

I’ll take a quiet life…a handshake….some carbon monoxide.
no alarms and no surprises, please.

this is my favorite line of the song.

our church was big on shaking everyone’s hand. in a few hours, i would find myself hearing this line in my head as person-after-person extended their hand in christian love to brother jeff.

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