"‘Nine Eyes’ is a euphemism for Google Street View, pretty much. That camera that comes along that’s got nine lenses. There’s a really great website called 9-eyes.com, where some guy [Jon Rafman] put together a compilation of weird stills from all over the world. It’s weird: I find Google Street View fascinating, and it’s not like I don’t get out much. It’s a strange thing, ‘cause you hardly ever see anyone on the street in it. The song refers to a place called Pripyat, which is actually where Chernobyl is. Chernobyl was the name of the power plant, but the actual town is Pripyat – and there’s no one in it! It’s one of the only places ever where everybody had 20 minutes to get up and leave. I was walking around on Street View one day and I went back to where I grew up, which is kind of … people die, family members die … Everyone is familiar with that feeling. But this is a more modern way, an even emptier way, to feel nostalgic. It’s like you’ve gone back into a place that’s been evacuated, or abandoned. Seeing some asshole living in my house. Who’s this fuckwit?"
From FasterLouder article:-
"‘Nine Eyes’ is a euphemism for Google Street View, pretty much. That camera that comes along that’s got nine lenses. There’s a really great website called 9-eyes.com, where some guy [Jon Rafman] put together a compilation of weird stills from all over the world. It’s weird: I find Google Street View fascinating, and it’s not like I don’t get out much. It’s a strange thing, ‘cause you hardly ever see anyone on the street in it. The song refers to a place called Pripyat, which is actually where Chernobyl is. Chernobyl was the name of the power plant, but the actual town is Pripyat – and there’s no one in it! It’s one of the only places ever where everybody had 20 minutes to get up and leave. I was walking around on Street View one day and I went back to where I grew up, which is kind of … people die, family members die … Everyone is familiar with that feeling. But this is a more modern way, an even emptier way, to feel nostalgic. It’s like you’ve gone back into a place that’s been evacuated, or abandoned. Seeing some asshole living in my house. Who’s this fuckwit?"