Fake Plastic Trees

Like most people, I was rocking out to the song "Creep" in '92 (Radiohead's first single), but I can't say that I ever gave the full album a chance. Later in my high school years OK Computer was released and I fell in love with songs like "Karma Police" and "Paranoid Android", but again, I never really got into them. Fast forward to Fall of '07, sitting in Inkstop Tattoo on Ave B watching my dad get his ink worked on and listening to Radiohead's new album In Rainbows - start to finish, I was hooked!

So when I heard that Radiohead was headlining the All Points West 3-day festival in August, I had to find a way to go. Lucky for me, my co-worker and Royal Flush Publisher/Art-Design-God Josh Bernstein (many thanks) was able to hook a sister up with tickets to the Saturday show! I really didn't know what to expect...I honestly didn't want to get caught up in the hype and left disapointed. The verdict: best live show I have ever seen. I was amazed by the stage lighting, how unbelievable they sounded and how many great songs they have. Afterward, I immediately started to download albums that I have missed through the years, like The Bends and Kid A.

In case you want to take a listen for yourself, here's the set list from the Saturday August 9th show:
SET LIST
01 "Reckoner"
02 "15 Step"
03 "The National Anthem"
04 "Kid A"
05 "All I Need"
06 "Nude"
07 "Weird Fishes"/"Arpeggi"
08 "Where I End And You Begin"
09 "The Gloaming"
10 "Faust Arp"
11 "No Surprises"
12 "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
13 "The Bends"
14 "Bangers & Mash"
15 "Everything In Its Right Place"
16 "Exit Music (For A Film)"
17 "Bodysnatchers"
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18 "Pyramid Song"
19 "Videotape"
20 "Airbag" (for Kings Of Leon)
21 "Fake Plastic Trees" - About cried, this song was so great live!
22 "There There"
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23 "House Of Cards"
24 "Planet Telex"
25 "Idioteque"


Trying to get a close up of Thom Yorke


View of the festival (in New Jersey) with NY in the background


Josh and I at the show


And, of course, check out Josh's article and the Royal Flush website:
http://royalflushmagazine.com/2008/08/16/a-tale-of-two-festivals-mayhem-vs-all-points-west/
http://royalflushmagazine.com/