• 10Aug 08

  Forgotten Lolla

  Whoopsies.

  I completely forgot to talk about my much anticipated festival. Lollapalooza.

  
  Radiohead was possibly the best concert I've been to and I couldn't even see the stage half the time. I cannot describe what it was like, listening to this etheral, transcendent music, and realizing "Hey! This music was somehow written by living breathing human beings, AND HERE THEY ARE IN FRONT OF ME" It was damn near surreal, after watching hours of concert videos on the computer, it is easy to think they are not real people. But that illusion got shattered quickly when Thom took a moment to ask the audience why we were so quiet, after a particularly moving version of "House of Cards". Even Radiohead thought it was surreal, as Thom stated "Wow, after all that jet-lag, I'm not even sure we are really here. This could easily be a dream"

  The songs they played were fantastic as well. All I Need brought many members of the audience to tears (including me? you decide), it was so wrenching and heartfelt. Not only were there beautiful moments, but there were rocking moments of pure adrenaline. As soon as I heard the radio samples, I immediatly screamed THE NATIONAL ANTHEM and BAM! That monster bass-line started up, causing me and my friends to dance like maniacs and scream the words. Absolutley perfect set-list, they played all my favorites, including "Optimistic" which I was estatic about.

  Did I mention that they are guitar gods? Jonny Greenwood at one point was 1. Playing guitar 2. Fiddling with the effects pedal to make it sound incredible and 3. Playing piano. You thought the CD version of the solo in Paranoid Android was good? HOLY CRAP! They made it sound so incredibly awesome. They also managed to change around the various electronic pieces and create this interesting collages of sounds, the momets tha stand out are Everything in its Right Place, where Thoms voice was looped (live!) and pitched bent to make him sound like a flock of demonic imps, and The Gloaming, where Thom's lines of "haha Funny How" were repeated at the end of the song after all the other players cut out to create this intense eerie feeling.

  I'll talk about Lollapalooza in a later blog, I'd rather stay positive for now.
  

  • Posted Aug 10, 2008 9:19 pm PT
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• 1Jul 08

  I'm Hooked :/

  ...on Final Fantasy XIII.

  And to think, I used to scorn Final Fantasy fans as J-Nerds and weeaboos. Now look at me!

  This game is just sublime, I cannot describe its eevviill power on me, but whenever I get home from work I just gotta get to that next level!

  I may not be at this stage yet

  
  But if I ever do get there, please shoot me ASAP.

  • Posted Jul 1, 2008 8:18 pm PT
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• 24Jun 08

  Lollapaloser

  The title is meant to be a bit ironic, kinda making fun of how INCREDIBLY EXCITED I AM ABOUT MY RECENTLY PURCHASED LOLLAPALOOZA TICKET.

  Oh my god, I cannot wait.

  Me+5 Friends+Lollapalooza at Grant Park+Radiohead=Sheer Bliss.
  

  • Posted Jun 24, 2008 4:49 pm PT
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