It was my first time at a Radiohead show. Very nifty stuff. Colleen came, too. We hung out with Andy Graham and Josiah Ley out on the green. The show itself was great, but alas, since we were on the lawn at the amphitheater, it wasn’t quite as energetic as I’d hoped. Not Radiohead’s fault, of course.

When Thom Yorke is dancing like a mad man or Jonny Greenwood bends down to start pedal tweaking every sound coming off the stage…it looked small. They had video screens and such but it was more for visual effect that showing closeups of what they were doing. It was a different way to use cameras, too. They were all stationary and positioned at different spots around the stage pointing at the players. Throughout the evening, the VJ switched cameras and mixed in some other trippy visualization stuff, too. Very surreal night!

Unfortunately, they didn’t play three of my favorite tunes. Fake Plastic Trees was my Radiohead inauguration. When brought to my attention by my friend, Jeff, I was hooked. And then the band just kept getting better. The next tune, Let Down…I’ve heard they’ve never been able to pull it off live. So I don’t know why I was expecting it. The last, Karma Police, was a real disappointment. Such an iconic song! But alas, they must be bored of it.

In Rainbows, their most recent album, was the most represented that night. Good thing, too. It’s a great set of tunes. Thanks for the fun evening. Even Colleen had a good time!

For the other fans out there, here was the set list of the evening:

• 15 Step
• There There
• Morning Bell
• All I Need
• Pyramid Song
• Nude
• Weird Fishes
• Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
• National Anthem
• Wolf at the Door
• Faust Arp
• Exit Music
• Jigsaw Falling Into Place
• Idioteque
• Climbing up the Walls
• Bodysnatchers
• How to Disappear Completely
• –encore
• Videotape
• Paranoid Android
• Dollars and Cents
• Reckoner
• Street Spirit (Fade Out)
• –encore
• House of Cards
• Lucky
• Everything in It’s Place