Daily Archive for August 20th, 2008

I some­times feel that work­ing in the con­cert “biz” has made me slightly jaded when it comes to live music. It’s true, it’s true. But there are still moments when I get com­pletely stoked-out-of-my-mind when cer­tain bands (see above) come to town. This upcom­ing week is one of those times, and I swear I will smile all day and night, and dream big when I’m asleep. I’m about to start my Cal­i­for­nia mini-tour, headed to four of the five dates Radio­head has sched­uled to end their North Amer­i­can tour…and boy am I pumped!

I even got word from my buddy Justin, that he scored a few tick­ets to the West Coast pre­miere of Jonny Greenwood’s “Pop­corn Super­het Receiver” in San Fran­cisco at the Herbst The­atre for Thurs­day night. What a per­fect way to start my journey…ahhhh! More info on that can be found here.

Here’s my itin­er­ary. Lets hang out if you’re free:

–Thurs­day, Aug 21: Fly into Oak­land around noon, attend the Pop­corn Super­het Receiver pre­miere at Herbst The­atre in the evening, do what­ever in between.
–Fri­day, Aug 22: Run around the city dur­ing the day, meet up with friends who are there from out of town, head to the fes­ti­val site around 4 PM to get my cre­den­tials. I hope to meet up with pos­si­ble employ­ers dur­ing this time as well (I hope I can work some­thing out!).
–Sat­ur­day, Aug 23: Land in Ontario around noon, head to work, do the show and go home for rest.
–Sun­day, Aug 24: Sleep in, then pre­pare for Radio­head at the Hol­ly­wood Bowl.
–Mon­day, Aug 25: Work in the office, leave early, pre­pare for Night 2 at the Bowl.
–Wednes­day, Aug 27: Catch Amtrak around 9 AM to San Diego and either bike or find some sort of bus to Chula Vista (any­one know which sta­tion is the best for this, or the eas­i­est way?)…if I can’t fig­ure that I out I can drive solo, though I want to keep that as my last resort.
–Thurs­day, Aug 28: Depend­ing on finances and how tired I am, I may end up in Santa Bar­bara for the final N. Amer­i­can show of the tour. We’ll see…