Mini-opera Monday!

[L. Bird]

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7 July 2006
Wire & Glass - released this Monday

This coming Monday (July 10th) sees the release of the much-anticipated Wire 
& Glass: Six Songs From A Mini-Opera EP. This is The Who's first single for 
24 years and the songs that comprise the Mini-Opera's sections are Pete's 
first written for the band since Real Good Looking Boy and Old Red Wine were 
featured on the Then and Now compilation. Wire & Glass reflects Pete's 
ongoing fascination with technology (and the internet/grid in particular) 
and, for anyone who missed it initially, it's well worth checking out his 
novella The Boy Who Heard Music, which can still be read in it's entirety 
HERE
as many of the themes from Wire & Glass are extrapolated in the novella. 
Pete previously dedicated the track Endless Wire to internet 'guru' Vint 
Cerf whose vision and application helped give us the infrastructure and 
protocols that we take so much for granted these days whenever we surf, blog 
or download. Thought it would be a nice touch to include Pete's lyric for 
the track for you - enjoy the Mini-Opera in full come Monday…it's a bit 
special.

Hamish



ENDLESS WIRE

We found this pile of paper
Written by that ether man
He hatched a mad old caper
He had a mad old plan

He’d turn us into music
He’d show us to our portals
He gathered wire and angels
To entertain immortals

Out on the endless wire