Staring @ the Ceiling

Fall just doesn’t last long enough November 1, 2008

I’ve had a pretty nice fall, in spite of working a lot and not getting to spend any time outside. I’ve still enjoyed the changing leaves, crisp apples and apple cider, and the reemergence of my ample sweater collection. I would love for fall to last well into November, because although I don’t mind winter, it lasts way too long around here.

I went to the Coldplay concert in Cleveland @ Quicken Loans Arena on October 21st.  Great show and great seats!

The concert had been rescheduled and moved to a different venue in the area, but the audience didn’t seem to mind at all.  Chris Martin apologized for the changes and added that we were an amazing crowd – especially for a Tuesday.

I lucked out with 4th row seats on the side of the stage – and the first 2 rows were empty.  This was my first Coldplay concert but definitely won’t be my last.  I have a fairly short list of bands I care to see in concert, but Coldplay definitely remains on that list.

I took a bunch of photos with both my BlackBerry and Canon cameras, but only a few turned out OK so let’s just stick to the setlist:

Setlist

1. Life In Technicolor
2. Violet Hill
3. Clocks
4. In My Place
5. Speed Of Sound
6. Chinese Sleep Chant
7. 42
8. Fix You
9. Cemeteries Of London
10. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)
11. Talk (techno remix)
12. The Hardest Part (piano – Chris)
13. Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)
14. Viva La Vida
15. Lost!
16. Strawberry Swing
17. The Scientist (acoustic)
18. Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic – Will singing)
19. Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
    First Encore
20. Politik
21. Lovers In Japan (including snippet of Duffy’s Warwick Avenue)
22. Death And All His Friends
    Second Encore
23. Yellow
24. The Escapist (outro)

Read some reviews about the concert and other Coldplay content from the Coldplay Wiki.

Halloween was a lot of fun this year.  Although I had to work a very long day, I eventually made it to a party being held by my friends Dave and Jocelyn.  It was nice to see some friends I haven’t seen in a while, especially once we started playing Rock Band.  I’ve never played before so I was worried I’d really hold back the rest of the ‘band’ but I caught on fairly quick and really enjoyed it.  I think I need a lot more practice on drums, but I became very comfortable on bass.

I just joined NaBloPoMo which stands for National Blog Posting Month but have already missed the first day by posting this so late.  I really need a formal theme to my blog if I’m going to be able to come up with content every day!