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• 7Sep 08

  "The docks...

  ...the clocks, a whisper woke him up..."

  Wow, that long without a blog may seem like nothing at all, but for me, that was a pretty long blog-drought. I blog once every other day, sometimes every day, and occasionally two times a day with small blogs, but whatever.

  First things first, I've listened to all the albums I need for the Reviewtastic blog, but I still need to see a lot of movies. Besides, Shadow keeps saying he might come on less often for a while and Elmis isn't even here (the one who actually wanted to know what I thought of some). And the more reviews the better, so just hold on.

  Now, I've been playing Okami continually for over a week, and just beat it today. I had to skip the second to last cutscene to go somewhere, but I went back and beat the final boss again so I could see it, and I'm pissed I missed it the first time because it was undoubtedly the best cutscene I've ever seen. And back on track, I played it almost non-stop and have come to the conclusion that I don't know what's better, this or Ocarina of Time.

  Well, it's just the nostalgia factor, I just played Okami, so it'll die down a little, but it's definitely at leats my second favorite game ever. It was absolutely flawless. I can't say a bad thing about it. The idea was so magnificently unique, the graphics were breathtaking, the story was the best I've seen, the fighting was incredible, the bosses were perfect, the dialogue was at times hilarious and at times beautiful, and Issun was basically an improved Navi who had more to do with the story (and less annoying). Most importantly, the ending was emotional, touching, and awe inspiring. It was so emotional, I even felt a tear in my eye. I mean a video game putting a tear in your eye? That's pretty amazing. And I'm not alone. I've heard people say they completely cried. It was beautiful.

  I'll give an elaborate review in the Reviewtastic blog, but to put it short it is an absolute must buy. I might immediate replay it. It climbs and climbs, gets better and better (like I said earlier, it continues to), and finishes in an epic climax. I'm still ecstatic about it. The final boss never gets old either. Most bosses have one weakness that you exploit over and over, and the only thing that seperates it from the other bosses is that it needs more damage to kill. Yami (the final boss), had 4 forms in the first part, and one final one, all with the same weak point, but completely different strategies and attacks to kill them. Nothing was near the same, except maaybe the first and final, but they were still different experiences.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Wow, I think I will play it again.

  But, the new game I'm looking at is:

  

  I'm not 100% sure about this. Gamespot's been saying their time with it was very fun and the game was unique. It sounds like it has a lot of potential, but I'll have to see it to believe it. Nintendo better have a wave of amazing games about to hit me in the next two years (new Zelda anyone?) or I might forget about the games and just buy an XBOX 360. Although Okami being ported to the Wii made up for a years lack of big titles (more than made up for it really, best game for the Wii), I need to see some new stuff. There's no doubt the next Legend of Zelda will be a masterpiece unless they really flop it. Why? Well, in Twilight Princess, the graphics were incredible, and that wasn't Zelda's full Wii potential because although the Wii wasn't all about improving graphics, it undoubtedly did, and I'm sure whatever they have planned for graphics, cel-shaded or realistic, will be amazing. So far in the series,the plot has never in my experience disappointed me. Ocarina of Time, being the prequel to everything, is my very favorite plot, and Wind Waker has second. Both were fantastic games (Ocarina of Time is my favorite game ever, as I'm sure you recall, well, now tied with Okami for the time being), and I expect the next to be nothing less. Also, although I liked the controls in Twilight Princess, they felt tacked on to the Wii version, after the game had been developed for Gamecube. I'm guessing the sword moves will be much more precise (spin it around quickly for spin attack instead of shaking, swing up or down to indicate what you want to do without pressing a button), the bow and arrow will involve more motion than just pointing, maybe even pulling the nunchuk back and jerking forward to shoot it. I'm looking forward to it. de Blob could could be a great new franchise, but I still want some new familiar-name games.

  And if anybody tries to hold me to saying I might forget about the Wii games and get a 360, don't count on it, you know I'm a Nintendo fanboy, can't convince me otherwise.

  Enough about games, a little bit about high school. Ever since 6th grade all I've heard is "High school will be the worst time of your life," "It will be such a change," "Going from a school with less than 1,000 people to one with 2,500 will be hard." You know what. THAT IS FUKCING BULLSH!T What are they thinking? It's better than middle school. Having more people doesn't make a difference when the school is four times as big! I ran into more people per 100 square feet at middle school than at high school. Geometry owns Algebra in every way. The teacher's cooler, the work's easier (I aced my first quiz and there's no HW quizzes), and it takes 30 minutes a night instead of two to three hours. I can use a calculator now too. My ****s are.

  1. Geography (easy as hell, the teacher's awesome, really laid back, the work's easy, and we don't even have to spell or use grammar correctly as long as we get the message across)

  2. Geometry (shape's, lines, points, and planes beat numbers and quadratic equations any day)

  3. P.E. (will be volleyball come Winter and Spring, ironic there's no Summer program considering volleyball is the most successful sport at Mira Costa, but P.E.'s pretty fun actually)

  4. Biology (nothing new really, just like 7th grade, very easy, not much work)

  5. Music Appreciation (they have a ****for this since when now? The teacher's cool, we just talk about music and write about it, except I have to give a 3 minute report about a partner's music tastes and what it says about them, but my partner said I can make stuff up about her if I want, and she might be having a party and our whole ****could come, and as a joke on the ****listen to a bunch of different types of music, accompanied by alcohol, that would be cool. Anyways, the ****is easy, and we may even get to go to concerts with the ****

  6. English (again, a cool teacher, really a simple subject, although I got a B on my first thing which pissed me off, but he said he would grade extremely hard on the first assignment to give you room to improve on things, and only one person in the whole Freshman ****got an A, so I'm fine with that, plus I thought my essay was terrible in the first place, but it was timed, pretty effortless)

  7. Go home !!!!!!!!!!

  Back to P.E., we have what me and a few guys have deemed, the funniest guy ever, in our **** He's hilarious. First day of school, we had to sit around in the gym, and for some reason music started playing. He went out in front of everyone, without permission obviously, and started mock-breakdancing. A few days later we're supposed to be walking a lap for some reason, then go to the kickball field. He had other ideas. He starts sprinting, runs on to the football field, and dives. He does this over and over. He then tries to jump the fence (not really), then found a dirt hill, dived into it, yelled "It's fukcing World War 2!". He picked up a giant dirt rock, threw it and yelled "Grenade!" Next day he walks into the locker room whistling some song, and when he gets to his locker, starts banging on it with his fist and singing. He stopped, started loudly singing, and yelled "C'mon everybody!" He's randomly hilarious. He acted like Babe Ruth during kickball when he was up, kicked two fouls, and then kicked it into a bunch of trees. He's like a walking joke. And yes, he's trying to, and it works unlike with most people. During roll call, he pulled his pants up to make it look like he was wearing a sumo wrestler diaper and jumped up when his name was called. Even the teacher burst out laughing. I'm looking forward to volleyball, but it'll be said when I don't have a ****with him anymore . I knew he was funny because he went to my middle school, but it's a riot. I might occasionally mention his shenanigans on here.

  And in P.E. there's a junior who mostly likes some music I hate, like My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday, but he likes Weezer. He sings in a band and wants to cover "Say It Ain't So", and I'm thinking of offering to play lead in a recording of that. Would be cool. And at Mira Costa I'm finding more people who like Radiohead and share my other musical tastes, so I could get a band in the works.

  Onto music, I bought some albums at F.Y.E.. In fact, I bought four.

  "Marquee Moon" by Television

  

  "Stop Making Sense" by Talking Heads

  

  "Pink Flag" by Wire

  

  "Weezer (Red Album)" by Weezer

  

  I won't give details on each, saving it for the Reviewtastic blog, but I'll leak that none scored lower than a 6. None of them necessarily got a 6 (maybe though), or even a 6.5, maybe not even a 7 or 7.5, but they all got at least generally positive reviews. You'll see the details later.

  It's club volleyball season time again. I've got a lot of tryouts coming up, and I'm hoping to make thebest team I can. Here's the names, logos, and ranking of which club is my priority.

  1. SCVC, tryouts on Tuesday
  

  

  2. MB Surf I ALREADY MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Riptides tryouts next weekend (I have no interest in playing for the, but if I had to, I guess I would)

  I've played for SCVC the last three years and the 15s team next year will be phenomenal. If I make it (which I'm fairly certain I will, exlanation in a second), I can bet I'll have a Junior Olympics medal to boot by the end of next year)

  The reason I'm very sure I'll make SCVC's team next year is simple. I was the next in line for the 1s team last year. Given, I shouldn't have, minus all the politics, I did miss it by one spot, but here's what will happen next year. I go to Mira Costa along with most kids from my middle school and everyone from MBMS (Manhattan Beach Middle School) as well. However, the ones who went to American Martyrs, a Catholic school, went to Loyola, also a Catholic school. The coach for volleyball at Loyola is coaching a team for MB Surf. Two of the players (one being the terrible redhead who stood in my way from politics) will likely go there because staying on SCVC would be a bad move politically for them at high school. If two people leave, and I'm next in line, I'll make it. It also helps that one of the players was allowed to play 14s last year because he was still in 8th grade, but has to play 16s this year. That's three people possibly out of the way, and one definitely. If new people come along, with equal skill as me (no newcomers at the camp were better, most were pretty bad in fact), I'd get a boost having been loyal to them for three years, and even sticking to them through a year of not making the 1s team. I'm almost guaranteed a spot. I want to be an Opposite hitter (right side hitter), but another player is likely to get that spot, so I'm basically trying out to be an Outside hitter (what I was last year, left side hitter, I'm good at it). If I don't get one of those spots, I use to be a libero (back row only, but constantly playing), so I have great defensive skills, as well as a wicked jump float and jump serve, so at very least I'd be a defensive specialist, just serve and play defense, initially, and then prove my hitting. Things look good for me right now.

  And the God awful coach I had from my 12s and 13s years is no longer the assistant!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!! Instead, who do I get? Only one of my idols in volleyball (I've never mentioned him)!!!! Juan Figueroa, who's been a two time All-American (second team I think, which is still incredible), is one of my idols because he's 6'0" tall (tiny for a hitter) and has a 44" vertical jump, something you well know I aspire to have (my current 32" is impressive at my age, things look bright for my vertical). The other coach will now be playing football at USC because he got ascholarship off it. But now I get a fukcing awesome coach and assistant coach. And I get a bette chance at the team. Wow. It looks REALLY good right now. We'll see how it works out.

  • Posted Sep 7, 2008 1:52 am PT
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• 31Aug 08

  "Letting...

  ...the days go by, water flowing underground..." Best New Wave band/song ever.

  I had an immense blog yesterday, all ready, and my internet fukcing freezes. Normally Firefox would restore it, but of course the one itme I actually need it to restore something, it fukcs up. That's two in a row getting screwed. Neither of them even had to do with tv.com. Wow.

  I'll try and make this just as detailed, maybe shorter.

  First off, less than a week from seeing Radiohead I'm this close t scoring General Admission floor tickets to see Weezer, and I'll buy some tickets to see Mudhoney in November. I mention Weezer to make Shadow jealous because he's a bigger fan than me, yet I get killer seats to see them and he doesn't. Sorry buddy, I win again. Guess that's one good thing about America, every band comes here. Anyway, some live pictures to make some people more envious.

  

  

  Oh right, and if I get floor tickets, I'm gonna heckle Rivers if they play "Beverly Hills" or most anything from "Make Believe". From what I've heard, "The Green Album" is good, and "The Red Album" is...well good too. Neither close to the original eponymous or "Pinkerton", but good nonetheless. "Maladroit" I have no idea. And this is at The Great Western Forum, where I saw The Red Hot Chili Peppers, one of my favorite venues (favorite is Hollywood Bowl).

  Now Mudhoney

  

  

  Both should be awesome.

  And Shadow, I could visit you by the way. Some churh is raising money to go on a "mission" to "spread the word" in New Zealand, so I could sign up the week before, go, say I'm gonna tell you and then just go mess around. Probably not, but I could. My mom's been saying a bunch of sh!t about needing to go to church. But, my mom would figure out why anyway and would never be caught dead letting me meet someone I met on the internet. Just filling space up here.

  And I haven't talked politics much for a while, but I have to discuss the major topic right now. That would be running mates.

  First off, Barack Obama's running mate, Joe Biden. Joe Biden was one of my favorites, maybe second to Obama in democratic nominees. I really don't think Obama could have picked any better really I mean, the guy's got over 35 years in the senate, as much foreign policy experience as anyone, the ability to swing a few electoral votes over to Obama, and really, just has a charm to him. He was born in Pennsylvania, so this could put PA in stone for Obama, who already has a sufficient lead in state polls, and swing him Delaware, nearly guaranteeing him the White House. Excellent choice. His experience makes up for any problems Obama had, and with him advising Obama on foreign policy, what could really go wrong?

  Now, John McCain's shocking pick, Sarah Palin. First things first, she looks more suited for a librarian's desk than an office in the White House. Second, John McCain's whole big sh!t this whole time, what has kept him within grasp of victory was the whole "Obama has almost no experience," deal. Now he picks a 40 something year old woman who has been governor of Alaska, the third least populated state in the country, for less than two years, and before that, had been a mayor for a town with a population of 9,000. Wow, that's a big resume. I could fit it on the back of my hand. Pathetic for someone in the vice presidential running. The problem Obama's had this whole time, is although many people find that change would be great, some people feel we aren't ready for a woman or black man. Well looky here, McCain cuts off yet another advantage with Palin. Sure, it will guarantee him Alaska, but he was already strongly expected to. It gains him nothing. McCain thinks that by putting a woman on the ticket, he'll get disgruntled Clinton supporters. The fact is though, all the Clinton supporters conservative enough to go to McCain have already gone, the ones who were most pissed off will sit out, the ones who are liberal went to Obama, and the ones McCain already had, that were moderate, will flee due to Palin's extreme right wing stance. The fact of the mater is: McCain is desperate. It may not be by much, but he has won two polls this whole Summer, one faulty one proper, the electoral vote projections all show him losing (some by a little, some by a lot), he's just not projected to win. McCain decided to take about the worst possible choice, over hundreds of other who could have helped. Sure, this shock stole the attention from the DNC, an accomplishment I recognize, but it's negative attention for the most part. If I had a dollar for every time I've read "This is the day McCain lost the election," I could buy a new guitar. And I agree. McCain has shot himself in the foot numerous times during this general election campaign. His backfiring ads, not remembering how many houses he has, calling Obama out of touch despite having a net worth 40 times as much as Obama's, Obama $1.3 million, McCain $40 million (his wife's is 100 times as much as well). I know he's losing democrats because while I've always strongly supported Obama, I had resoect for McCain. Guess what? He lost my respect this year, with good reason. And look up the Keaton Five, it might change your view on McCain. And Palin is part of a gvernment scandal, she abused her power.

  Now, after reading this, look at these two pictures.

  

  

  Obama is young and healthful. He has almost no chance of dying in office, and has no serious medical conditions. Now look at McCain. He's struggled with cancer 4 times throughout his life, and is 7 ears away from the average life expectancy. Chances of him dying in office? Very high, about 50%.

  Now say Obama died for some reason. Joe Biden would become president. We'd still have a great president, and although I'd be in shock, I would rest easy about our president.

  Now, say McCain died, which is 50 times more likely. I would lose sleep worrying about having Palin as president. We'd have a person in charge of 300 million people, who prior, was governor of a state with less than 700,000 people for not even two years, and had been a mayor for a town with 9,000 people. Not so easing is it?

  It's not just woman, but some moderate McCain supporters, as well as more liberal ones will turn to Obama because of Palin's extreme conservative views. McCain's advantage was that not many people are racist to white males, but blacks are still persecuted a bit. I can almst guarantee you there are as many sexists in this country as racists, so McCain lost that. No matter what you look at, he pretty much lost the election for himself by doing this. And when they break the news of Palin being corrupt, it'll be McGovern all over again (McCain, McGovern, see ).

  Whatever, even if none of this happens, Biden will destroy Palin in debates anyway. And Obama debating McCain won't even be a debate, more like a funeral, complete with a BURIAL.

  Feel free to argue, especially hp so I can prove you know nothing about politics. By the way, I don't think you've heard a thing Obama's said since December. You saying idiotic things like "(He) will change what?", maybe you should check in to see if he has any plans revealed now, which he actually does at this point.

  Off the political stuff, I resumed playing Okami. The game's just too good. I think it's one of my five favorite games. The graphics are beautiful, and the fighiting is magnificent.

  

  Ninetails and Orochi are two of the bets bosses ever too.

  

  Can't find a Ninetails picture

  I'm not giving a promised date for the reviewtastic blog because I don't know when it will be. "Pink Flag" came in and I'm picking it up tomorrow, and my step-dad gave me $20 for some strange reason (mainly he was half drunk, and I supported his four man volleyball team at a tournament all day when I could be doing other stuff, I guess), so that combined to what I already have, I can get "Stop Making Sense" by Talking Heads, "Marquee Moon" by Television, "The Green Album" by Weezer, and "Discovery" by Daft Punk as well. I need to see some movies I promised for the reviews, and I'll need to let these albums sink in, but it'll come soon enough.

  Nothing else to talk about...maybe a little but I'm sick of typing and thinking. Go home.

  • Posted Aug 31, 2008 11:45 pm PT
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• 27Aug 08

  "She looks like the real thing...

  ...she tastes like the real thing..." Obvious song for reasons that should be obvious.

  I had a reaaaaaaaaaaaaly long review I spent over an hour on this morning, but I was too stupid to plug my computer in, and it died on me, and I lost it. This'll be shorter because I actually want to sleep (I don't care what anyone says, sleep is the fukcing best).

  First off, the day before the concert, I was running a 101 degree fever, had strong aches, and my stomach was really upset. I laid on the coach watching TV all day, went to sleep, woke up, went out to the couch again. I felt like sh!t. A little disheartening having the concert a day away, but with the help of heavy doses (I think I exceeded the daily dose on both) of Advil and Tylenol, I got it to go away long enough for me to freak out.

  The opening band, Liars, was useless. They weren't bad, but there was no reason to have them open. They didn't set the stage, or get you excited, or get you in the mood, they were just filler as the then 1/4th filled venue talked (no one listened to them). They didn't even share anything with Radiohead's music. They weren't trash, but I wouldn't listen to them by choice often. Mediocre I guess.

  I'll try and make this as quick as possible for my sake and yours, but I'll quote Shadow on something:

  "Radiohead concert...I'll bet won't be as good as you imagine..."

  "...nothing could..."

  Let's see a more accurate statement he made.

  "Hell, it'll probably be the greatest experience of your 14 year old life so far."

  I'm serious. The first two couldn't have been more wrong if it was attempted, same with the second. Way to be absolutely right and wrong within two posts Shadow!

  The light show was almost as entertaining as the band itself. At times, the icicle lights outshone (literally) the band, and you actually started looking at the lights instead of them for a minute, something I rarely do.

  The seats were almost dead center (I was mislead by the seating chart I saw), and not too far away. Actually, being back a bit helped to admire the light show, and you could see all four screens, the whole band, and the lights. My perfect seats would have been about 50' up, which isn't much of a difference when you think about it.

  The venue was absolutely perfect. Normally, I say the louder the better, but with Radiohead, it doesn't need to be. The stage, designed for the LA Philharmonic Orchestra, helped to give the venue fantastic acoustics, and the bowl design of the stage sort of directed the sound to give it a crisper tone, and sound less jumbled and coming from everywhere. Perfect.

  The setlist was all I could ever ask for. With the exception of no "Paranoid Android", "Street Spirit", or "Climbing Up the Walls", everything was there, and the three that were lacking were more than made up for.

  The band itself was spot on the whole night. I've never heard a band more connected and together. They played as one, and sounded like a one man band, not a bunch of different musicians.

  I feel like they really connected with the audience. Back in the seats, not everyone was too involved at first, but by the end, there wasn't a single person singing along or dancing. Which reminds me, the crowd was great. They listened, didn't talk, knew when they should and shouldn't sing, and when it was a good time to cheer.

  Oh yeah, and I yelled at Jonny and told him to sing. Fun thing to do if you see them.

  Here's the setlist:

  1. "Reckoner"- Absolutely perfect opener, I was expecting "15 Step", but this was even better.

  2. "Optimistic"-One of Radiohead's most rocking songs, the elements of the song transitioned well to the live performance.

  3. "There, There"- Seeing Jonny, Ed, and Phil all drumming was epic. Thom's guitar part was fantastically played.

  4. "15 Step"- Really got the crowd (especially me) moving, exactly as I pictured it.

  5. "All I Need"- In a three way tie for favorite "In Rainbows" song, this was the perfect example of the band's "psychic" connection, and one of the most beautiful performances I've ever heard.

  6. "Pyramid Song"- As the last song, beautiful. The piano was beautifully played, and the band, yet again, seemed deeply connected.

  7. "Weird Fishes"- Another tied favorite on "In Rainbows", the riff was without a doubt one of most beautiful (I can't think of another word to use right now) thing I've ever heard. Ed's backing vocals were amazing, as he truly sounds like he's a distance away.

  8. "The Gloaming"- I knew what was coming before they even started playing from the eery green lights. It was such an urgent song, and kind of creepy, but it got me moving more than anything else (bar one that comes later). Better than I ever thought it would be.

  9. "Videotape"- Once again, that word that starts with a "b" is all that comes to mind to describe this. The performance was wholesome and captivating, you couldn't take your eyes off it.

  10. "Talk Show Host"- It's up there in my favorite Radiohead songs, but I doubted they would play this. Has what is likely Jonny's best riff, and to me, it's their guitar song. From the riff to what sounds like a wah-wah part, the guitar is amazing. I was watching Jonny the whole time.

  11. "Faust Arp"- Originally my favorite "IR" track, it fell to one of my least favorites. But this performance was better than I thought they could ever do with this song. Everything was pitch perfect.

  12. "Tell Me Why"- This was a "What the fukc?"er. What the hell are Radiohead doing playing a Neil Young cover? Whatever. It did the original song justice. Great performance.

  13. "No Surprises"- Undoubtedly my second favorite Radiohead song, I was delighted to hear the xylophone and guitar open it. The whole crowd joined in singing "No alarms and no surprises", and of course, we gave the roar of approval with "Bring down the government/they don't, they don't speak for us." Again, I have to say beautiful.

  14. "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"- Last tied favorite from "In Rainbows". I've anticipated hearing this live since I bought the tickets. The song is fantastic, and when I pictured it live, I knew it would be amazing, but could never figure out exactly how it would sound. It was amazing, everything was better than it was on the album, Thom's vocals and every single instrument.

  15. "The Bends"- Caught me off guard. I was definitely not expecting to hear this. It's my third favorite song from "The Bends". Thom singing "My baby's got the bends/Oh no!" was one of the best moments for me, and I can't figure out why, it was just so attention grabbing. And I've always wanted to hear the high pitched squeals after "Talking to my girlfriends waiting for something to happen," and they were incredible.

  16. "The National Anthem"- Although one of the last songs you'd expect to be exciting, it was one of the most exciting of the night. It got the blood pumping and the testosterone flowing. By far Colin's best bassline. Jonny and Ed's guitar replacing the horns towards the end added a rocking edge to it.

  17. "Nude"- Again, I have to say it, beautiful, gorgeous, what more can I say? Although not a guitar driven song, the guitar riff in the background towards the song's middle to end alays gets me.

  18. "Bodysnatchers"- I knew it was the last song of the main set, and I rocked out like there was no tomorrow. Another more rocking song from Radiohead, it makes you paranoid, anxious, a little worrisome: and you love it.

  Encore 1:

  19. "House of Cards"- Come the first encore, the audience in its entirety was involved. Eeryone clapping and singing along (one dumbass had no rhythm and couldn't even clap in time when no one else was, it was funny). It was a sight to see when 18,000 people were singing back "I don't want to be your friend/I just want to be your lover."

  20. "Planet Telex"- This song always sends chills down my spine. Don't ask why. It was an awesomely awkward turn around from the calmer encore opener. Sounded better than you would ever think form hearing the recording.

  21. "Go Slowly"- Unfortunately, my stomach started to upset right about here, and my memory of the song is in bits. I remember liking the song a good bit. In fact, I loved it as I heard it, but my memory of it is really hazy. Sorry.

  22. "FAKE PLASTIC TREES"!!!!!!!!!!!- I was almost praying for them to play this, and I had settled on the fact that they probably wouldn't, but........THEY DID!!!!!!!!!!!!! My jaw dropped the second I heard the opening chord and I screamed myself dry. I sang the whole song, which was in fact one of my dreams (singing this song with Thom), and felt like I had a musical orgasm. I mean, how often is it you hear your favorite song? Amazing. Better than even the Glastonbury 2003 performance ever could have indicated. The absolute standout of the night. I still can't believe they played it.

  23. "True Love Waits" (Intro)- I love this song, and I've listened to it many times on my "I Might Be Wrong" EP, they only played the intro, but it was enough to satisfy me before going into the next magical moment which was...

  24. "Everything In Its Right Place"- Wow, what a performance. The light show was a spectacle. It had the name of the song dazzling across the icicle lights. It was amazing! If there was a single song that sounded better live than recorded, it was this. I never enjoyed this song as much as I did there. The crowd joined Thom in singing "Everythiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing" every time. Plays over and over in my mind.

  Encore 2:

  25. "Cymbal Rush"- Hilarious. Why? Thom fukcing botched it . He played the intro, and just as it seemed the piano ballad was going great, he stopped and said, "Let's see...how does that go again?" We laughed and he said "Shhhh!" A few seconds later he started over and hit it perfectly. Very memorable.

  26. "Karma Police"- Remember a while ago when I made my perfect setlist, and I said I badly wanted "Fake Plastic Trees" and "Karma Police" in the same show, but they never did before? Well they did! There wasn't more than a few people in the whole crowd who didn't sing the whole song. I'm not exaggerating. It was surreal. Thom quited down and mostly let us sing "This is what you'll get when you mess with us". Hearing the 18,000 people sing "For a minute there/I lost myself" was emotional and amazing.

  27. "Idioteque"- I was excited with the setlist, totally happy with it, but I admit I was a little worried they wouldn't play this or Thom would be an ass and make us choose the closer like he did in Vancouver (he did I heard), but they played it. IF I would have moved an inch more during this song, multiple people would have fallen over. I dance like there was no one near me and didn't give a sh!t if I made an ass of myself. I was lost in the song. Energetic is an understatement. I sang the whole song, not just the second verse like most do. It was incredible. They went out with a bang.

  First thing to notice is we got more songs than any other show this whole tour. Haha!!!

  Anyway, top 10 songs of the night went:

  10. "Everthing In Its Right Place"
  

  9. "All I Need"

  8. "The Gloaming"

  7. "Karma Police"

  6. "There, There"

  5. "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"

  4. "The Bends"

  3. "Idioteque"

  2. "No Surprises"

  1. "Fake Plastic Trees"

  Hell, I'll say something different tomorrow because everything was just too fukcing great.

  If I have to score a concert, I give it a 15/10. Seriously. Brilliant. Challenges for best time of my life. "Fake Plastic Trees" was THE best four minutes of my whole life, undoubtedly. Here are some pictures and videos from last night.

  

  

  

  

  And this was a search on You Tube for videos. I need sleep now, so I'm not posting individual videos. I've watched most of them though.

  http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=radiohead+hollywood+bowl+25&search_type=&aq=0

  There's a fantastic "Fake Plastic Trees" video I want you to see, so here it is:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp924wfJklY

  That's all for today. Except on a final note about the Olympics, USA won gold on both Mens and Womens beach volleyball, won gold in Mens indoor volleyball, and a silver in Womens indoor volleyball. We dominated my favorite sport!!!!!!!!! China dominated the Olympics though. We won the most medals, and they may have a few taken away, but they won the gold count by a longshot. Hats off to China.

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