Radiohead Atlanta 5/8/08 - Live Blog

11:45 its raining hard and we are standing underneath the cover of a gas station across the street from lakewood amphitheater. Its a hilarious scene of wet hipsters trying to get on the bus back to the marta station. Btreotch is trying to find out what happend tonight on lost.

11:30 dance party in lot, clusterfuck getting out by car or getting on bus. Chaos.


All I need
There there
Lucky
(Rain enough to get wet)
15 step
Where I end and you begin
Nude
Pyramid song
Optimistic
Weird fishes
National anthem
Idioteque
You and whose army?
Reckoner
Everything in its right place
Bangers + mash
Bodysnatchers
Videotape
10:20 end of set

E1: gloaming
Talk show host
Just(rain)
Faust arp
How to disappear
10:45 end of encore

E2:paranoid android!!!
House of cards
11:00 end of show


8:58 lights out

8:40 broseph talks about how the lawn is a cooler scene than where we are. The people are way cooler, more freedom. A free for all. Its a matter of taste. I am like a moth to the lights so I like to be closer, but I see his point.

8:12 the liars are finished. We have seats but the pavilion is smaller, we are not covered. There is a straight up pit that would be awesome to be in. The kids in front of us will be 21 in june.

8:05 I buy a $4.00 water inside the venue, we find our seats. All these amphitheaters look the same.

7:30 lot shenanigans continues. We pass up a face value 14th row seat from a pregnant girl. Lots of pregnant girls at radiohead shows for some reason. We have seen 5.

7:08 the rain has passed. We are standing in the lot where people are streaming in. Times we have been offered drugs:zero. People with extra lawns: hundreds. Cute georgia peaches: enough for an honorable mention. Broseph calls the walk in "parade of the awkward".

6:40 light rain. We find other crew that went to the other shows and drink beers.

6:30 last 5 artists heard in lot:
Radiohead
Pearl jam
My morning jacket
Phish (mikes song miami)
Chromeo

6:02 btreotch sells his extra lawn for $40. Broseph buys pbr's for $1 each. Lot scene is now mild.

5:45 scene in the lot is non-existent. Btreotch tries to sell our extra lawn. I can hear all I need be soundchecked. Weather looks threatening. Ticket scalper with baby stroller is shaken down by cops.

5:35 a young buck sold us 2 pavilion tickets for $60 each on the bus to the venue. Average age on bus: 25.

5:30 we make radiohead happy and reduce our carbon footprint by taking MARTA to the show. I am wearing my W loves phish/mike drops bombs tshirt and have already gotten a comment (mike does indeed drop bombs)

4:00 btreotch shoots and scores! Accommodations at the hilton downtown for $75 including tax through hotwire.this aint no phish tour- we be big pimpin on the 20th floor! Broseph is ironing his shirt for some reason. The hilton wants to nickle and dime us, though.$17 for parking and $18 for internet access. Bitches.

1:15 gas stop at exit 101 northbound on 75 to atlanta. Gas is $3.59/gal. so far we have seen more religious themed billboards(6) than confederate flags(3). I am lobbying to stop at a dairy queen since we are in the south. Broseph is confident that he will be able to pick up a local girl at the show who will provide a place to sleep tonight, while btreotch and I are opting for a motel room.

12:20 we have entered the great state of Georgia. Passing over 5000 t-shirts at magnolia plantation. We ate a great breakfast with strawberry shortcake in ocala, fl this morning. The sign on the diner reminded us that "you don't go to hell by accident." Indeed.