Sunday, October 01, 2006

download fest 2006

On Friday after our weekly game of ultimate frisbee, I hit the road with Sky, Mandy, B, and Alys down to The Bay for the Download Festival on Saturday. We spent the night with my sister in San Jose, and after our wonderful pancake breakfast, everyone went to San Francisco to hang out for a while, while I stayed with my sister and her roommates and went straight to the concert.

The weirdest part is that I was not planning on going with my sister. We both bought our tickets with different groups independently of each other. The weirdest part is when Sheryl, my other sister, called me a few days ago. She won tickets - won them - to the same concert from a radio station in Sacramento. We all met up at Shoreline for a great show.

I was really impressed with the show. We stayed at the main stage where a band called Rogue Wave started off. I wasn't really in to them, but we had fun drinking on the lawn and just hanging out for a while. They were followed by TV on the Radio, who were better, but I still wasn't in to them as much as I could be.

But then came the bands I know. The Shins played next, which was way cool. They didn't strike me as a band that would put on a good live show, but they were really good, and sounded excellent. Muse followed next, who also put on a terrific show. I amlost liked their live show better than their actual albums! The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were alright; the lead singer was very lively and all over the stage, but sounded exhausted.

And of course the headliner, Beck. Who can't like Beck? He put on a really good show, with a full miniature stage and marionettes for the cameras (which was weird...) I wonder how it must be, after performing the same set of songs umpteen times a month for years on end. Does it ever get old? The same songs, the same encore, the same crowds? I think it would, even if you do party like a rock star. But regardless, it was a good show :)

And naturally, when the show ended at midnight I got to drive everone back to Chico so people could get to work today. I still haven't gotten out of bed today. It's 1:30M.