Let's blow this popsicle stand

So exams are over for me, forever...unless I go the PhD route. This is quite a relief, as I now can focus soley on research. The prospect is exciting and daunting as my research is siginificantly different than any of my undergraduate work.

The picture above is one I took at the Hillside festival this summer. One of a few pleasant diversions I've had during this summer. Another diversion that just occurred was seeing Radiohead at the Molson Amphitheatre.

The oppening act was a band from Brooklyn called 'Grizzly Bear'. While I did enjoy some of the studio tracks Grizzly Bear had up on their site, their live performance left something to be desired. This may have had something to do with fact that we were being thoroughly soaked by rain during their set. Fortunately, during the hour before Radiohead's set the weather cleared. The weather was bizzarely apropos for a performance of their new materials as not one but two rainbows were present before their performance. It was a pretty awesome show, their lighting rig for the tour is amazing. Highlights for me include:

• Talk Show Host
• Climbing Up the Walls
• Reckoner
• Airbag
• House of Cards

A full set list can be found here, photos here.

On the whole it was a great show, good mix of old and new. I've seen them three times now. In 2003 at the skydome and in 2006 at the hummingbird center previously. The hummingbird was probably the best show, they were already playing stuff that ended up on the in Rainbows album and it was really intimate. That being said, every time I've seen Radiohead has been a great expeirence.