Starting in October 2007, there will be new drama with Numbers, twenty-something traveller speaking his mind in Germany Calling and sick, slick and very wrong musings of The Trailing Edge.
Credits
Matt Hill, Director, rethinkdaily.
Matt produces theatre for Demonstrate. He has been the programme controller of Bailrigg FM in Lancaster and occasionally produced Ben Wakerley for The Bay FM (CN Group awards nominee). This is his baby.
Peter Price, Webmaster
Peter should write his own bit here, but if he doesn't, he'll just copy and paste the following: Peter Price won an award for his radio website for with student station Bailrigg FM at the Student Radio Awards 2003. He works for the BBC World Service as a studio manager.
Dave Pickering, Writer, Numbers
Dave Pickering has worked with Matt on several theatre and radio productions. He is a writer, performer and musician who has lots of performance, writing and music projects on the go. To find out more about him and his many projects click here.
Clive Dennis, Journalist, Letters From Berlin
Clive Dennis is an award-winning journalist and anthropological writer based in Berlin.
The Trailing Edge
The Trailing Edge are a super modified streamlined and superlative device that produces comedy in a hyper specialised and sub-post-pre-modern extravaganza of exciting and revitalising artistic expression. To prepare their material they first hold a workshop to focus on the overriding themes, plot and direction of their project. Then they all go away and write some draft scenes. They then bring the material together and brainstorm it like an epileptic on helium.You can hear some of their award-nominated work here.
Paul Griffiths, Editor, Germany Calling
Paul is a freelance online video editor and support analyst for various media companies around London he tells me.
Dan Weltman, composer, rethinkdaily/Numbers/Trailng Edge
Dan is a singer-songwriter and musician based in Bristol. He performs solo as Hollowbody. He provides rethinkdaily with the vast majority of its incidental music, particularly for Numbers.
Alexander Cameron, composer, Numbers/The Trailing Edge
Alex is a singer-songwriter based in Manchester. He performs solo as The Man Amp and in, with Dave Pickering in The Middle Class Bastards. Along with incidental music, he also wrote and performed the end credit song for Numbers.
Paul Cochrane, Photographer, rethinkdaily website
Paul Cochrane spent a very cold few nights in winter 2006/7 making an atmospheric office in a studio in Dalston. For this he should be thanked, and that is what is happening here.
Numbers
rethinkdaily.co.uk Lyrics
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You were no brother of mine.
And I've heard for ages, that you're in the good books
You are no brother of mine.
I don't remember the last time I saw you, you were to off(up) for the time
And I'll keep on coming and you keep on running
The future is nothing it's mine
Keep it together for now and forever, I know your university
Your future is nothing it's mine
I wish I could drive, settle to rewrite
You've found a place in heaven, you're a liar so go
The lyrics of "Numbers" by Rethinkdaily.co.uk are introspective and full of conflicting emotions. The singer seems to be addressing a former friend or family member with whom they have had a falling out. The repetition of the line "You are no brother of mine" emphasizes the sense of betrayal and disappointment the singer feels towards this person.
The singer also seems to be struggling with their own identity and sense of purpose. They mention not remembering the last time they saw the person they are addressing and feeling a sense of detachment from the future. However, they also assert their ownership of their own future, claiming it as "nothing" but still theirs to shape.
The line "I wish I could drive, settle to rewrite" suggests a desire to take control of their own life, to rewrite the script and make their own decisions. The final line, "You've found a place in heaven, you're a liar so go," is a cutting insult, implying that the person they are addressing is undeserving of any kind of heavenly reward and should simply leave.
Overall, the lyrics of "Numbers" convey a sense of bitterness and disillusionment but also a determination to move forward and own one's life.
Line by Line Meaning
I keep no money in holes in the country
I do not keep any cash hidden in remote areas
You were no brother of mine.
I disown you as my sibling
And I've heard for ages, that you're in the good books
I have been aware for a long time that you are well-regarded by others
You are no brother of mine.
I still do not consider you my brother
I don't remember the last time I saw you, you were to off(up) for the time
I cannot recall when I last met you, you seemed too busy at that time
And I'll keep on coming and you keep on running
I will persist, while you will try to avoid me
The future is nothing it's mine
The future belongs to me, it holds no value for anyone else
Keep it together for now and forever, I know your university
Hold yourself together, both now and forever, I am informed about your educational institution
And you and whose army, I can't see it workin'
I do not believe your plans will succeed, even with a group backing you
Your future is nothing it's mine
I control your future
I wish I could drive, settle to rewrite
I desire to operate a vehicle, not accepting things as they are
You've found a place in heaven, you're a liar so go
Your deceitful behavior has led you to a place in the afterlife, leave here now
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