stradapult

I worked with my future boss, current assistant-manager Sunday. The store fell to pieces - one of the registers froze (it's a computer), the money order machine fucked up, I couldn't find paper for the lottery terminal, I ran out of quarters, and the credit card server stopped working which meant people who pumped gas but only had credit cards were screwed.

I was the one who had to deal with the angry customers but the assistant manager nearly had a breakdown and would patronize me anytime I desperately needed help with their problems. It's not much fun being condescended to in front of a dozen customers and even less fun when it's because she thinks her problems take priority over their's and I'm the one who gets in from both ends.

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The Radiohead concert was mind-blowing - insanely fucking good. I was in a part of the ampitheater that was under the sky, and there were distant rainclouds. I was worried that we'd get poured on, but we didn't get a drop the whole night. Terrific displays of lightning would flash in a section of the sky every five seconds.

The highlight of the show for me was when they played Kid A and hearing Thom Yorke actually singing the lyrics. The album version of that song doesn't do it justice. The voice effects just hamper what I had never realized was an amazing song. I'm looking for a decent live version of it.

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks did a great job opening. Hearing "Dark Wave" and "Animal Midnight" live (among others) was great.