John’s 1 Week of Diverse Concerts. Show 2: Radiohead

Line up: Liars, Radiohead

Date: May 11th 2008

Venue: 7th Ring of Hell, er, I mean Nissan Pavilion

Weather: rain, lots of rain, and minor flooding

The Crew: John, Troy, Mat Turney

Mechanical Bulls: 0

The Crowd: wet

What did I wear: Chucks, jeans, t-shirt, black zip up hoodie, and a blue poncho

Beverage(s?) of choice: Coors Light (thanks Turney)

Set List:
All I Need, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, Lucky*, 15 Step*, Nude#, Pyramid Song#, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi#, Myxomatosis#, Idioteque#, Faust Arp#, Videotape#, Paranoid Android#, Just#, Reckoner*, Everything In Its Right Place, Bangers + Mash, Bodysnatchers

Encore 1: Like Spinning Plates, Optimistic, Karma Police, Go Slowly, Planet Telex

Encore 2: Fake Plastic Trees, National Anthem, House of Cards

* = songs we heard
# = songs we saw

Show lowlight: I don’t know what is worse - having numb feet or sitting in a car for 8 hours for only 1 hour of music.

Show highlight: a great light rig helped on tracks like Paranoid Android and Idioteque

Video highlight:


Comments: See Troy and Turney’s video review. Also, the problems with Nissan’s traffic issues have been well documented, but how would planning of a concert venue allow the traffic to be so bad? Apparently, Disney is to blame. Check out this article - Anatomy of a Bottleneck.

Next Show: Airbourne, Theory of a Deadman & Alterbridge @ Power Plant Live