The drill bit sinks in. The hole is lined to prevent a cave in. Once the drill reaches the oil, it is withdrawn so that pumps and pipes can be inserted into the hole to extract it. Dear reader, I come before you today to say that civilization is coming to an end. You need not listen to the doomsayers, seers, conspiracy theorists or blind prophets to know it’s nigh as fuck. Just bend your ears to the geologists, physicists, bankers and (environ)mentalists. They are preaching the true word–The Gospel According to Peak Oil. The dishes are done.

Back in the day, people were stepping in puddles of the shit. Black gold or early 19th C. dog shit? Daniel Plainview is Jed Clampett minus the hillbilly and plus the Book of Revelations. He buys up land faster than the municipal government coked up on eminent domain. But what’s on Plainview’s iPod? Capitalistic beats. Orchestral heart attacks. Dissonant soundscapes dry humping a flaming oil derrick. Best listened to while taking over with hostility.

Jonny Greenwood - Proven Lands (There Will Be Blood OST)