History
Kyp Malone said that the title came from "a note that Dave wrote in the studio that said,
- "Dear Science, please start solving problems and curing diseases or shut the fuck up."
In promotion of the album, TV on the Radio was interviewed on the February 9, 2009 episode of The Colbert Report, where "Dancing Choose" was performed to end the show.
The song "DLZ" is featured during the 10th episode of season 2 of the drama Breaking Bad and on the 12th episode of Season 2 of The Vampire Diaries.
"Halfway Home" used in the promotional trailer for Skins series three.
"Dancing Choose" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk: Ride
The rock band Phish began covering "Golden Age" in 2009.
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Famous quotes containing the word history:
“The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it.”
—Lytton Strachey (1880–1932)
“Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.”
—G.M. (George Macaulay)
“The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.”
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