...i'd like to thom his yorke!
dannon, being the good man that he is, managed to wrangle us some tickets to
atoms for peace for our 3 year anniversary. our anniversary is actually a couple weeks away {i can never actually remember the exact date, making me the most awesome girlfriend in the world}, but since our relationship is built on a good foundation of amazing concerts, and since dannon knows thom yorke is my heroin {and #1 on my top 5 celebrity freebie list}, we decided to celebrate last night.
the concert was at the amazing
fox theatre in downtown oakland. if you ever have a chance to see a show there - do it! it's the most amazingly beautiful theatre, and small so it's easy to get perfect views of musicians from anywhere {that's vital for a 5' shorty like me!}.
atoms for peace is thom yorke's band {the brilliant mastermind behind radiohead}, made up of flea {the bassist from red hot chili peppers}, the drummer from beck & r.e.m., another incredible percussionist, and thom yorke's producer. it's kind of a random mix of people, but together, they were oh so amazing!
some of my favorite parts were:
flea playing a melodica {in the crazy, epileptic siezure-type dancing way he plays his bass}
thom dancing [insert long dreamy sigh here]thom playing a live version of "
like spinning plates" {a song that is actually another one of his songs backwards - look it up, it's amazing!}
the very cool light tubes hanging above the stageand
experiencing a real enchore!
you know how all musicians plan their enchores? well, yes they did their planned enchore. then the house lights came on, the house music started playing, and the roadies started taking mics and instruments away. but no! we weren't having it. we wanted more. so we cheered and clapped and generally caused a raucus. until finally, the roadies brought mics back out, and then instruments, and then the band! the next couple songs were totally unplanned. there were no fancy stage lights, the band had to discuss before each song so they knew what key, and they just jammed for us like the talented musicians they are:
here are a couple more pictures from the evening:
and here we are at the very end - happy and swooning!
i've been to a lot of mind-blowingly good concerts, but i'm gonna have to say this is number 1. there are still a couple bands on my "must see before i die" list, but really, after last night, i feel pretty complete in life.