<< June 10, 2008 >>
radiohead: paris 2

Paris

i was reading reviews and comments about last night's show, when i noticed some lint, or perhaps a feather, floating around in front of me. i blinked, and then it was gone. i realized immediately: magic smoke!

i quickly disconnected the power from my laptop, and turned it over, to see if the battery was on fire. it seemed fine, but a quick inspection of the power cable yielded the culprit: there were some melted bits about.

i found the address of what i thought was an apple store near montparnasse, and headed to the metro.

upon surfacing, i again did not look at a map, and again instinctively turned the wrong way, and wandered about for an hour or two. fortunately, i wandered into Jardin du Luxembourg and read a bit.

eventually, i found the "fnac" store - rather like a best buy. i eventually spotted the power bricks, and made my way to the checkout queue, with not a little dread; i was pretty sure they weren't going to speak any english. fortunately, credit card transactions aren't too complicated, and i was out without a hitch.

i stopped at a brasserie for some lunch, still apprehensive after yesterday's bakery incident, and, well, found the service a little wanting. the food was ok, though, and quite welcome after not having dinner last night and walking around all morning looking for the apple store.

it was the afternoon, so i was a little tired, so went back to the hotel for a little nap. after i went out to walk around and try to find dinner before the show. i was really feeling out of it, though, and sat down at a brasserie only to be told they were only serving drinks. well, this did it, and i ended up just getting some orangine & fanta, some chocolate, and bread. it was quite good and filled me up, and then i went to the venue.

it was right around 8 pm, when bat for lashes was likely just going on, and there was still quite a line out. i sat down and read for a while, until the line finally settled down around 9, which was about when i was planning on going in. eighteen minutes later, radiohead went on.

i was in the back again, relaxed, and enjoying my last show for quite some time. the best set list so far, with airbag, pyramid song, dollars and cents, how to disappear, super collider, jigsaw... during the second encore, two people to my left were screaming out in terribly english for karma police and idiotque; they played them both.

again, in the hotel after the show in 30 minutes.