| **OnlineHost** Welcome to Pazz & Jop Chat! |
| arcade_fire: Wait, so you were on tour with us? |
| lcd_soundsystem: uh yeah i opened for you |
| arcade_fire: Oh, we thought you were if Ryan Adams got fat, stumbled on stage, and covered Q And Not U for 45 minutes. |
| lcd_soundsystem: aw |
| arcade_fire: oh snap you play with arcade fire, you gonna get arcade burned |
| arcade_fire: We’re just kidding, guy. Everyone loved your album this year. You could actually win this thing. |
| **OnlineHost** SargeantYorke has entered the chatroom. |
| SargeantYorke: did someone say RADIOHEAD. |
| arcade_fire: No |
| SargeantYorke: you know we are going to win this right. we are RADIOHEAD. |
| lcd_soundsystem: “we”? where’s the rest of your band? |
| SargeantYorke: at some point after we recorded ok computer, i realized they were not necessary and murdered them. we are RADIOHEAD. |
| lcd_soundsystem: that is believable, actually |
| arcade_fire: Well that doesn’t explain the other dudes playing instruments your live shows. |
| SargeantYorke: think “weekend at greenwood’s.” |
| lcd_soundsystem: GUYS GUYS THEY’RE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS |
| **OnlineHost** The Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop Five Best Albums of 2007 are: 5. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible 4. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black 3. M.I.A., Kala 2. Radiohead, In Rainbows 1. LCD Soundsystem, Sounds of Silver |
| **OnlineHost** Thank you for playing! |
| lcd_soundsystem: WOOOOOO |
| SargeantYorke: what. ohhhh fucker off. |
| SargeantYorke: the village voice and all those stupid critics can go suck their own butt holes. we are RADIOHEAD. we are god damn RADIOHEAD. |
| arcade_fire: Hey man, no need to get all shitty about it. We liked your album a lot, but we mean… |
| arcade_fire: …well, “Videotape.” How did you fuck up “Videotape” so badly? It was so awesome live, but you completely got rid of the crescendo on the album version. |
| SargeantYorke: the future of music is thom yorke going “ooooooOOOOooooooo” over a 5/4 beat. or actually maybe a 49/3 beat. |
| arcade_fire: A what? |
| SargeantYorke: RADIOHEAD. /plays banjo using salad fork wired to car battery WEEooOOOoOOWWWEEEEEE |
| arcade_fire: So…we guess you’re going to make some sort of protest video about this, huh? |
| SargeantYorke: yes. does anyone know a cuss word for “my taste in music is correct, yours is bad, and you should feel bad.” |
| arcade_fire: Radiohead? |
| SargeantYorke: RADIOHEAD. |
| **OnlineHost** Kanye West has entered the chatroom. |
| KanyeFeelTheLoveTonight: Hey I heard I just finished sixth, right? |
| KanyeFeelTheLoveTonight: So what’s going on in this chat room? |
| SargeantYorke: does your name refer, completely or partially, to a piece of electronic hardware |
| KanyeFeelTheLoveTonight: no |
| SargeantYorke: THEN GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE. RADIO GODDAMN HEAD. |
| KanyeFeelTheLoveTonight: oop |
| **OnlineHost** Kanye West has left the chat room. |
| arcade_fire: We can’t believe you won, man. Congratulations. How are you going to celebrate? |
| lcd_soundsystem: i might just GO CRAZY |
| lcd_soundsystem: i might just GO BUY A PIANO WITH THREE OR MORE KEYS ON IT |