The Day After Radiohead

Yesterday I was up for 22 and a half hours. That's right. Woke up at 5 to go to work, Justin and Janelle picked me up in Kirkland a little after 4, we drove in bad (not awful) traffic to Auburn, got some quick dinner, and then White River. Three years after seeing Coldplay there we learned that there have been absolutely no improvements in getting people out of the lot after the show. A completely disorganized mess. The concert itself ended about 11:30, I got home to the 'Ville at 3:15.
Still, it was a good time. Justin and I talked about the usual geek stuff on the way home, Janelle sleeping in the back seat. At one point she groggily asked, "Are we home?" We had moved about a foot and a half in the lot at that point.
As for the concert experience itself we were up on the lawn, the stage and musicians appearing as specks. The opening act was an English group called Liars. Really good stuff. Atmospheric but rockin' too. Nice combination.
Then about an hour after they finished up Radiohead finally took the stage. Thankfully the projectors were on. Thom Yorke's stage antics are always fun to watch and it would have been a shame if we couldn't have been able to see them well. Justin tried writing out the setlist on his hand until it started to become a sprinkling mist at about the halfway point. Near the set's end and through both encores the rain only got heavier but no one was too bothered by it. Thankfully the interweb has provided us with a setlist. Thanks to ateaseweb.com.

01. 15 Step [Ed encourages the crowd to participate in the 'Yay!' chorus]
02. Reckoner
03. Optimistic
04. There There
05. All I Need
06. Pyramid Song
07. Talk Show Host
08. The National Anthem
09. The Gloaming
10. Videotape
11. Lucky
12. Faust Arp [Thom messes up lyrics several times, starts singing Neil Young's "Tell Me Why"; Jonny tries to follow along but can't quite get the chords. Phil comes out and drops an American dollar bill out in front of Thom and Jonny and runs away laughing. Thom and Jonny crack up completely to loud cheers. Thom tries again, says "Fuck it!", but then continues and finishes the song.]
13. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
14. Climbing Up The Walls
15. Dollars and Cents
16. Nude
17. Bodysnatchers

Encore 1
18. How to Disappear Completely
19. Arpeggi/Weird Fishes
20. Idioteque
21. In Limbo [Tambourine accompaniment by Nigel Godrich. Thom, 'This is Nigel', Ed, 'He makes our records.']
22. Street Spirit

Encore 2
23. You And Whose Army?
24. No Surprises
25. Everything In Its Right Place

Great set. The highlights for me were "Optimistic" and "Talk Show Host." Two of my favorite Radiohead songs that were just unexpected. I would have loved to have heard "Paranoid Android" and "Just" but the thing about seeing one of your favorite bands is that there will always be something that you won't get to hear that you really wish you had. It's hardly worth whining about.
I bought my ticket back in April and one of my first orders of business at my new job was making sure I got a post-concert recovery day, which thankfully I have been allowed. Here's some video from the previous night in Vancouver.

"Talk Show Host"