Radiohead live: St. Louis

Two nights ago, on May 14, I saw Radiohead perform the following songs live:

Fake Plastic Trees
My Iron Lung
Airbag
Paranoid Android
Exit Music (For a Film)
Everything in its Right Place
Kid A
Optimistic
Idioteque
Pyramid Song
You and Whose Army?
The Gloaming
There There
Myxomatosis
15 Step
Bodysnatchers
Nude
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
All I Need
Faust Arp
Reckoner
House of Cards
Jigsaw Falling into Place
Videotape
Bangers and Mash


Needless to say, it was a pretty extraordinary night. As a part of the band's carbon-conscious touring regiment, no bottles with (non-recyclable) caps were sold, shirts made out of recycled plastic bottles were for sale, and containers were available (and widely advertised) to collect all plastic cups.

I saw a girl there with a white tee-shirt with the words "plastic bottles blow."

This, as you may know, is a big deal to me. The band also gave carpoolers priority parking spots -- a perfect example of a small incentive to reduce CO2 emissions. You're not going to get everyone to stop profligate use of natural resources for the sheer goodness of mankind; but, give them a good parking spot and a good chance to avoid the post-event traffic clog, and even the most apathetic individuals may find themselves complying.

Oh, and the music was great too. A number of the songs sounded better than they do on the records, honestly. The killer sound quality -- along with Thom Yorke's spastic dance moves -- turned even snoozer tracks like "The Gloaming" into surprise highlights.

This was a hell of a way to jump-start the summer.