Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Hey ... Josh



So it turns out the best way to come up with new things for goats-relating posting is for the goats to experience new things. Shocking, really. So in that spirit I went down to a Radiohead concert last night sans tickets.

The roommate, aka sinsin, said a friend of his was driving to Camden to try and see the concert. This is at about 7 pm -- and as you probably know from watching South Park, Radiohead fans are some of the most devoted out there. I think this concert sold out in like 25 minutes or something. So prospects for getting into the show seemed slim, not too mention the unlikelyhood of getting close enough to the stage to bite off Thom Yorke's dick (what?).

Whatever, we thought, if we can't get in we can always just go to Hooters.

But things were looking up when I found a half-full (never half-empty) Heineken mini keg in the parking lot. And then some random scalper sold us tickets for face value. HOLY SHIT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE THE SHOW. Not so fast hot shot, was what the guy who took our tickets and kicked us out because they were fake probably thought. Stupid wily scalpers and their real-looking fake tickets.

So we were standing outside the gate, possibly crying, when some other guy comes walking by with 4 more tickets for sale. Obviously we were a bit skeptical this time around -- but he assured us that he was going into the concert as well and we could walk in alongside him. We agreed to his price, and the man was as good as his word.

Obviously the show was amazing. I'm not going to bore you with the incredibly awesome details. Let's just say Radiohead in concert sounds better than they do on CD or mp3. And National Anthem rocks. Best concert I've been to since Wolfmother at the Electric Factory.

Note: This is not from their current tour -- the light show now is far better, but there are only fan videos of it. Clearly below the goat standard.

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