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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“We aspire to be something more than stupid and timid chattels, pretending to read history and our Bibles, but desecrating every house and every day we breathe in.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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“When the history of this period is written, [William Jennings] Bryan will stand out as one of the most remarkable men of his generation and one of the biggest political men of our country.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)