i was told the capacity was around 360-375 and i was told that the guest list was compromised of 200 people, but that i don’t know for sure. there were two lines separating the guest list from the raffle winners and the guest list line was much larger and people kept showing up even after the show started to get in via that list, so all and all i would say they were JUST under capacity by the time everyone who was going to show up showed up.

there were around 35+ people waiting who didn’t have tickets and were just hopeful (like myself) and the security kept telling us again and again that production DOES NOT want us in, we were NOT going to get in at any point and we were just wasting our time. by the 9th song we had given up hope completely, and that’s when i got in via a crew member. a little while later their manager came out, said they can let 5 people in, and started asking people questions such as “name two songs on the album” and “where are we?” (the correct answer to which was apparently CLUB AMOK). by the last song they let some others in because “they felt sorry for us” as heidy said lol… i’m not sure how many people were let in at that point but i’m sure most of the people who had been waiting to get in all day had left already. so yeah.

the show itself was unique, very special. the place was so small and the sound so loud that every note flea played rang throughout my entire body. honestly, they impressed me more than i thought they would. some AMOK songs i haven’t been too fond of take on a different face in a live setting and they’re usually… better. (before your very eyes… should only ever be heard live.) i feel like AMOK is going to be an album to be appreciated live, and they’re spicing up a lot of eraser material to give the entire setlist an overall fresh taste. the upcoming tour is probably going to kick major ass. you can tell they’re feelin’ it, and with the way thom performs, if he feels it, u feel it. FuQq

radiohead

it seems to differ slightly. the US dj sets all started pretty late at night. unless you work until like 2 in the morning i’m sure you’ll be fine, and it’s usually 2 hours of DJing after the official thing. but it varies a little. they’ll update with specific times soon, i’m sure, so just buy a ticket anyway. i’m sure you could re-sell it if necessary.

paperless tickets - or “will call” tickets - mean that no solid, paper tickets are mailed to you prior to an event. you have to pick them up at the box office the day of the show (the time of day depends on the venue - you’d have to ask them specifically). if you bought your tickets via waste, you’ll only need to bring your ID. if you bought your tickets through another source (specifically, ticketmaster), you’ll probably need the card used to make the purchase too. though often they won’t ask for it. but bring it just in case, and definitely bring the ID.

i’ve never listened to them properly, so i don’t have much of an opinion, but i do like a few of the tracks i’ve heard off funeral and neon bible as those albums have been sitting in my itunes for quite some time. i’ll get around to listening to them eventually.

well it’s not that i don’t do festivals AT ALL, i just don’t do festivals within the radiohead/AFP touring context. see, if i’m going to a festival only to see radiohead/AFP, i don’t want to 1. pay more than i would to go to a radiohead/AFP show when i’m only gonna see one act ANYWAY or 2. have to deal with the huge mass of non-RH fans who are essentially competition. the “queueing” for a festival is so stressful and honestly, it’s stressful enough at RH shows. i don’t really dig the whole festival vibe/climate, either. it’s way too crowded and usually pretty aggressive. i’d like to go to glasto one day, but that’s about it, really.

let’s put it this way: if i’m going to a festival where radiohead/AFP are playing, they are the ONLY act i am going to care about seeing, period. even if i love a lot of other acts there. so, i’d rather just opt out and go to shows where they ARE the ONLY act playing. ya dig?

awh, thanks love. :0) i’m just  kinda busy i guess and i also kinda hate this website…. although,i mean, i’m sure when a lot of radiohead and/or afp shit goes down i’ll be back on here more since this is one of the few places where i can rant about radiohead and people actually care

yes

funny you should ask because i was listening to bob dylan last night to see if i still remembered the lyrics and i did. i’m pretty sure i will never forget the words to subterranean homesick blues for as long as i live. i’ve loved bob dylan since i was 14 and i always will. just one of those things… it’s weird that people on this website seemingly don’t get that, as if you have to actively listen to all the music you like all the time…

this question might be irrelevant now, almost 2 months later (sorry, i just couldn’t get into my inbox) but whatever…

there were scalpers at a few shows, yeah, though not all of them. i notice as a general rule scalping is not as prevalent at radiohead shows as it can be elsewhere. for future reference, if you’re interested in buying scalper tickets for radiohead, you’re better off checking online at stubhub, ebay, or craigslist. but be prepared to drop a lot of cash.

as far as the playlist is concerned, i’m inclined to believe people are looking into it too much. don’t get me wrong, it’s a really cool way to listen to those albums because it sounds fucking awesome most of the time, but it doesn’t line up as much as people insist. a lot of the technical things that people cite are inaccurate, such as the BPMs synchronizing for certain songs where they simply don’t. the supposed “lyrical” continuity is hard to believe at times (tell me please how electioneering and reckoner have anything to do with each other. or fitter happier and… anything), and the paranoid android-bodysnatchers transition sounds too awful to forgive.

i can see how people feel that there is a seemingly intentional emphasis on the number 10 with in rainbows, though, and that may mean something to the band, but i think the 01 and 10 playlist is only distracting people from what it could actually be, if anything at all. it’s likely to be nothing more than references to binary code, seeing as binary code is DNA which runs our lives. computers “talk to each other in a language nobody can follow.” or perhaps they just organised in rainbows with ok computer in mind, and that’s as far as it goes. that’s something they could do now without having considered it at all back in 1997, and it would explain the lack of total cohesiveness within the supposed zeros and ones album. so, yeah.

i am about to talk about thom yorke more than i ever have on here cuz i am usually reluctant to. enjoy.

so, basically, do i… think thom is a douche? uh, i dunno. i mean i’m not his ffucking spokesperson and in the end i ultimately know NOTHING about him, but what i’ve gathered from exposing myself to massive quantities of radiohead is that perhaps thom can be a little pretentious sometimes (and let’s face it, a lot of us are), but he has only as much arrogance as he needs to be the front man and (of The) principle songwriter(s) in a band like the band that he’s actually in and has been in, more or less all the time, for just over 25 years. it’s just like my career or it’s just like your career, and it’s just like either of our friends’ passionate long time hobbies. thom is only a douche to people like your friend because they do not judge him like they would anyone else in their lives, assuming they’re mature enough to be kind to the people they interact with on a daily basis. either way, they’re not to be taken seriously.

maybe it bothers some that thom isn’t so good at that whole… celebrity… thing, or maybe it doesn’t feel right that he doesn’t take it seriously, but i take that to be a testament to his merit as a musician and a human being before anything else. thom is ultimately pretty likeable and deserves respect. most people deserve that much. he, especially, has accomplished quite a lot in his life both personally and in his career, and who are we to judge anything more than that? he’s just like you, or he’s just like me, or he’s just like your ‘friend’. art is subjective/personal, yeah, and thom’s art is subjective/personal to him and therefore he has his own subjective/personal opinions on it. his opinions just come from a different place than ours. it’s probably safe to say he has a different experience with his own fucking music. i mean, i dunno. makes sense, right?

we just happened to be exposed to the opinions of the person who makes the thing we have opinions on. i don’t really believe we’re entitled to our opinions on his personal flaws or his personal life, or at least, i don’t believe there is a point to maintaining negative feelings toward someone who hasn’t done anything cruel or evil or heinous (such as thom), especially when the source of those negative opinions is essentially our own hypocrisy. have you ever heard people bitch about others singing out of tune/time during concerts when no one else is? have you heard people bitch even about huge crowds singing things? clapping along to things? dancing, for some reason?  screaming during quiet songs? requesting things incessantly? shouting out tired boring old jokes? (Freebird!) are people allowed not to like those things? are they allowed not to like those things because of their personal experiences with or connections to or interpretations of them? (like, thom does with his song, that he wrote, that he recorded, that he performs, that he lives off of, etc…)

thom is as entitled to his opinions on and perceptions of his music or his experiences as anyone else, and someone is just as entitled to disagree with him on his music. i don’t think he would necessarily object to that, or even care, really, because he at least deserves some respect for what he’s done with himself and within himself in his life. he has more strength than most, i think, because he needs it. the intensity i imagine he can create within himself from his experiences and perceptions probably requires so much acting power and resilience to cope with and to control. most people don’t do that. i see him as being remarkably indestructible.

but, then, maybe thom isn’t even of the same opinion anymore. i know which quote your friend is specifically citing, and i can understand where he is coming from. i’m a radiohead fan myself, and though i can’t say i agree with or love everything thom yorke says/thinks/wears/eats/buys/does, i don’t hold it against him, because i have no right to. like, every time i read that quote, i kind of laugh, “oh, thom, i get it, but…” where now thom, on the other hand, might have a different reaction to mine; a reaction which could maybe even negate himself, but i mean… i don’t know. i haven’t asked. he just might, because human beings will do that. we evolve over time, or we should anyway, and as long as we ultimately make an effort to do it at all and try to make ourselves the most we can possibly, realistically be, we can get away with our mistakes in the end. because ultimately you realise your past never makes you who you are. radiohead’s musical career is characterised by evolution, and their music itself is often inspired by evolutions within our society OR evolutions within the self, and as a radiohead fan, your friend should get that. i understand why smiths fans can love the music and hate the frontman, but radiohead fans cannot logically do that. so check yerself.

but what would i know. ask thom, i’m sure he’d be willing to explain why he’s such a douche, because most of us would be, right?

i don’t believe you but you could try

my dad

i get into my inbox to see my messages for the first time in literally 2 months and this message is at the very top.