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Radiohead
As we were walking down the steps to row S, I was thinking, "this is better than I expected." It's almost impossible to get seats that good. Then I was angry when we got to our seats and discovered they were way out to the side. The tickets should have been sold as obstructed view. Even if they are sold at full price, the buyer should have the choice of turning them down. I've got to find out whose fault that was. It turned out that there were enough empty seats that everyone moved down the row towards the center, and our view was decent (but not great). I was disappointed that Jon's electronics racks were lined up down the side of the stage, so all we could see were the backs of them. This sucked because not only could we not see him play them, but they completely blocked the view of the drummer. Not only was I intensely curious about how these sounds were being made, but I enjoy watching drummers work. Oh well. At least we were close enough to make out facial expressions (of the guys we could see).
We were in row S, which was normally the 19th row, but the first twelve rows or so were removed, for a "pit." If we had been in the center section, I'm sure the show would have had that "religious experience" feel to it. Radiohead's music is so... it tends to fill the head. I like to let it wash over me. The stage and light show was impressive. At the back of the stage were some vertical silver beams. These had small lights on them that functioned as a sort of video screen that was capable of simple patterns. Above them were five heavy silver beams with dozens of vari-lites, hanging over the stage like whale ribs. Hanging next to the stage were a pair of very tall, narrow LED style video screens. The video seemed primitive, like it was from those X-10 cameras we used to get spammed for. They were mounted on light rigs and such, and were controlled remotely, so they panned awkwardly to try to keep up with the musicians. Pretty cool.
It was nice to see a band with a real light show. For a while it seemed like that was a thing of the past.
They played for about two hours.
Steven Malkmus and The Jicks opened up the show. They were decent.
It took us an hour and a half to get out of the parking lot. 35,000 people and their cars, and only two lanes leading out.
We were in row S, which was normally the 19th row, but the first twelve rows or so were removed, for a "pit." If we had been in the center section, I'm sure the show would have had that "religious experience" feel to it. Radiohead's music is so... it tends to fill the head. I like to let it wash over me. The stage and light show was impressive. At the back of the stage were some vertical silver beams. These had small lights on them that functioned as a sort of video screen that was capable of simple patterns. Above them were five heavy silver beams with dozens of vari-lites, hanging over the stage like whale ribs. Hanging next to the stage were a pair of very tall, narrow LED style video screens. The video seemed primitive, like it was from those X-10 cameras we used to get spammed for. They were mounted on light rigs and such, and were controlled remotely, so they panned awkwardly to try to keep up with the musicians. Pretty cool.
It was nice to see a band with a real light show. For a while it seemed like that was a thing of the past.
They played for about two hours.
Steven Malkmus and The Jicks opened up the show. They were decent.
It took us an hour and a half to get out of the parking lot. 35,000 people and their cars, and only two lanes leading out.