I actually composed a top fifty list for albums, but I only posted it on Facebook. There are a few adjustments I'd probably make (having since seen them live, Kasabian and Bombay would both be higher), but here it is:

50. The Go! Team – Rolling Blackouts
49. Kasabian – Velociraptor!
48. Mother Mother – Eureka
47. Austra – Feel It Break
46. Bon Iver – s/t
45. TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light
44. I Break Horses – Hearts
43. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Departing
42. Cold Cave – Cherish the Light Years
41. Boris – Attention Please
40. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
39. Little Scream – The Golden Record
38. Yelle – Safari Disco Club
37. Cults – s/t
36. Moonface – Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped
35. Jessica 6 – See the Light
34. Patrick Wolf – Lupercalia
33. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See
32. This Will Destroy You – Tunnel Blanket
31. Hooray for Earth – True Loves
30. The World/Inferno Friendship Society – The Anarchy and the Ecstasy
29. Asobi Seksu – Fluorescence
28. Yuck – s/t
27. Friendly Fires – Pala
26. Florence + the Machine – Ceremonials
25. Zola Jesus – Conatus
24. Is Tropical – Native to
23. Radiohead – The King of Limbs
22. Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix
21. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
20. Explosions in the Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
19. MUTEMATH – Odd Soul
18. Battles – Gloss Drop
17. Holy Ghost! – s/t
16. Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital
15. Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
14. The Black Keys – El Camino
13. VHS or Beta – Diamonds and Death
12. The Rapture – In the Grace of Your Love
11. Starfucker – Reptilians
10. Junior Boys – It’s All True
9. Justice – Audio, Video, Disco
8. Wilco – The Whole Love
7. The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
6. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
5. Feist – Metals
4. The Dodos – No Colors
3. The Antlers – Burst Apart
2. Cut Copy – Zonoscope
1. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

Thanks. I certainly hope it doesn't go away.

300. “Caffeinated Consciousness” – TV on the Radio
299. “The Piano Drop” – Tim Hecker
298. “Go Ahead” – Banjo or Freakout
297. “Jake and Eggars” – The World/Inferno Friendship Society
296. “Sleep Dealer” – Oneohtrix Point Never
295. “Calamity Song” – The Decemberists
294. “Hunger Song” – The Middle East
293. “Before” – Washed Out
292. “Children” – The Rapture
291. “The Circle Married the Line” – Feist
290. “Return to the Violence of the Ocean Floor” – Moonface
289. “The Last Living Rose” – PJ Harvey
288. “Human Qualities” – Explosions in the Sky
287. “17” – Youth Lagoon
286. “Flare” – Boris
285. “Forever 28” – Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
284. “Memories of the Future” – Handsome Furs
283. “Bumper” – Cults
282. “I Found a Reason” – VHS or Beta
281. “Calgary” – Bon Iver
280. “Adam’s Plane” – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
279. “Shift Operator” – Obits
278. “The Bay” – Metronomy
277. “Reunion” – M83
276. “One Hand Loves the Other” – Bodies of Water
275. “Sundome (ft. Yamantaka Eye)” – Battles
274. “Birth of Serpents” – The Mountain Goats
273. “Before the Bridge” – Future Islands
272. “Be the One” – Moby
271. “Hurting” – Friendly Fires
270. “Two Cousins” – Slow Club
269. “Monkeys Uptown” – Iron & Wine
268. “Berlin” – Is Tropical
267. “Give Up the Ghost” – Radiohead
266. “Suicide Demo for Kara Walker” – Destroyer
265. “Don’t Stop” – The Dodos
264. “The Birds” – Elbow
263. “Rox in the Box” – The Decemberists
262. “New Beat” – Toro y Moi
261. “Itchy Fingers” – Junior Boys
260. “Cape Dory” – Tennis
259. “Audio, Video, Disco” – Justice
258. “Odd Soul” – MUTEMATH
257. “Seekir” – Zola Jesus
256. “Life Is Simple in the Moonlight” – The Strokes
255. “Unless I’m Led” – Mates of State
254. “Hold My Breath” – Holy Ghost!
253. “Sister” – The Black Keys
252. “Que veux-tu” – Yelle
251. “City Grrrl” – CSS
250. “Austere” – The Joy Formidable
249. “Slow Motion” – Panda Bear
248. “Parenthesis” – The Antlers
247. “Holy Holy” – Wye Oak
246. “Breaking Down” – Florence + the Machine
245. “Mona Vegas” – Starfucker
244. “Power of Persuasion” – Oneohtrix Point Never
243. “Coming Up” – Asobi Seksu
242. “Lose It” – Austra
241. “Chasing It Down” – Mother Mother
240. “Steve McQueen” – M83
239. “Mona Lisa” – Atlas Sound
238. “Blue Cassette” – Friendly Fires
237. “Cannons” – Little Scream
236. “Tree by the River” – Iron & Wine
235. “Knuckle Down” – Man Man
234. “Tripped and Fell in Love” – YACHT
233. “Let England Shake” – PJ Harvey
232. “Keep Your Heart” – TV on the Radio
231. “Inn Keeping” – The Sea and Cake
230. “Hounds” – The Antlers
229. “Plainclothes” – Cymbals Eat Guitars
228. “The Bad in Each Other” – Feist
227. “Come Back to Me” – The Rapture
226. “Otis (ft. Otis Redding)” – Jay-Z and Kanye West
225. “Fun Girl” – Jessica 6
224. “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep” – Bombay Bicycle Club
223. “All in a Summer Day” – VHS or Beta
222. “Pharaohs & Pyramids” – Cut Copy
221. “High Hawk Season” – The Mountain Goats
220. “Perfection” – Oh Land
219. “Brick by Brick” – Arctic Monkeys
218. “You Know What I Mean” – Cults
217. “Towers” – Bon Iver
216. “Secretary Song” – The Go! Team
215. “Jump on My Shoulders” – AWOLNATION
214. “Rise to Me” – The Decemberists
213. “Vessel” – Zola Jesus
212. “The Wall” – Yuck
211. “Whale Song (Song Instead of a Kiss)” – Moonface
210. “Helix” – Justice
209. “Black Dunes” – This Will Destroy You
208. “Inchworm” – Battles
207. “Morning Mr. Magpie” – Radiohead
206. “South Pacific” – Is Tropical
205. “Blood Pressure” – MUTEMATH
204. “Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out” – The Antlers
203. “In the Grace of Your Love” – The Rapture
202. “Aileron” [Heavy Rocks version] – Boris
201. “Diamonds and Death” – VHS or Beta
200. “Spectrum” – Florence + the Machine
199. “Idiot Rain” – Banjo or Freakout
198. “Cheerleader” – St. Vincent
197. “We Bros” – WU LYF
196. “Second Chance” – Junior Boys
195. “I Don’t Want to See You Like This” – The Joy Formidable
194. “Running Away” – Friendly Fires
193. “Hysterical” – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
192. “Half Moon” – Iron & Wine
191. “Ixode” – Zola Jesus
190. “Follow the Leader” – Sloan
189. “Gold on the Ceiling” – The Black Keys
188. “Simply Simple” – Mother Mother
187. “Do It Again” – Holy Ghost!
186. “The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala” – Arctic Monkeys
185. “By Your Hand” – Los Campesinos!
184. “Leave It” – Bombay Bicycle Club
183. “Pulse” – I Break Horses
182. “New Map” – M83
181. “Black Cloud” – Little Scream
180. “No Widows” – The Antlers
179. “I’ll Take My Chances” – Is Tropical
178. “Last Known Surroundings” – Explosions in the Sky
177. “I Want Results” – Obits
176. “Machu Picchu” – The Strokes
175. “The Future” – Austra
174. “Saying I Love You” – Girls
173. “In the Heat” – Jessica 6
172. “Home Is a Fire” – Death Cab for Cutie
171. “I Am Sick of People Being Sick of My Shit” – The World/Inferno Friendship Society
170. “Pink Light” – Asobi Seksu
169. “New West” – Cult of Youth
168. “In No Time” – MUTEMATH
167. “Queen of Hearts” – Fucked Up
166. “Most Wanted” – Cults
165. “Bury Me Standing” – Handsome Furs
164. “Chimie physique” – Yelle
163. “Julius” – Starfucker
162. “Belong” – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
161. “House” – Patrick Wolf
160. “When Will You Go” – The Dodos
159. “Get Some” – Lykke Li
158. “No Light, No Light” – Florence + the Machine
157. “Cannons” – Youth Lagoon
156. “Party Boy” [New Album version] – Boris
155. “Splendor” – M83
154. “How Come You Never Go There” – Feist
153. “Stutter” – Yuck
152. “A Truly Happy Ending” – Junior Boys
151. “Strange Mercy” – St. Vincent
150. “Abducted” – Cults
149. “Two Lovers” – The Rural Alberta Advantage
148. “I Might” – Wilco
147. “Little Black Submarines” – The Black Keys
146. “A Heavy Abacus” – The Joy Formidable
145. “Putting the Dog to Sleep” – The Antlers
144. “Black Night” – The Dodos
143. “Adult Goth” – Gang Gang Dance
142. “The Look” – Metronomy
141. “Never Gonna Die Again” – The Rapture
140. “Make Some Noise” – Beastie Boys
139. “Africastle” – Battles
138. “White Gold” – Ladytron
137. “Let Me Back In” – Explosions in the Sky
136. “Separator” – Radiohead
135. “Jam for Jerry” – Holy Ghost!
134. “Down by the Water” – The Decemberists
133. “Spooky Jookie” – Man Man
132. “Trails” – Asobi Seksu
131. “True Loves” – Hooray for Earth
130. “Le grand saut” – Yelle
129. “Escapee” – Architecture in Helsinki
128. “Shuffle” – Bombay Bicycle Club
127. “The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade” – The Joy Formidable
126. “Something Came Over Me” – Wild Flag
125. “Attention Please” – Boris
124. “Allies” – MUTEMATH
123. “Last Night at the Jetty” – Panda Bear
122. “Newlands” – Justice
121. “Kimmi in a Rice Field” – Twin Sister
120. “Curl of the Burl” – Mastodon
119. “Kill Your Heroes” – AWOLNATION
118. “Second Song” – TV on the Radio
117. “In My Head” – Dum Dum Girls
116. “Such a Sad Puppy Dog” – WU LYF
115. “Alex” – Girls
114. “Take Me Over” – Cut Copy
113. “Open Rhythms” – Bodies of Water
112. “Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair” – Arctic Monkeys
111. “Sway” – Mates of State
110. “Goodbye Kiss” – Kasabian
109. “What the Water Gave Me” – Florence + the Machine
108. “I Kill Your Love, Baby” – I Break Horses
107. “Art of Almost” – Wilco
106. “No Feelings” – Handsome Furs
105. “Little by Little” – Radiohead
104. “Lorelai” – Fleet Foxes
103. “Überlin” – R.E.M.
102. “My Machines (ft. Gary Numan)” – Battles
101. “Every Defeat a Divorce (Three Lions)” – Los Campesinos!
100. “Flikr of Ur Eyes” – Swarms
99. “Breaking Bones” – VHS or Beta
98. “Super Duper Rescue Heads!” – Deerhoof
97. “Hold On” – Holy Ghost!
96. “Prisoner of Love (ft. Antony Hegarty)” – Jessica 6
95. “Comme un enfant” – Yelle
94. “Perfectly Crystal” – Asobi Seksu
93. “Corner of the Sky” – Cut Copy
92. “Taken for a Fool” – The Strokes
91. “Capybara” – Farewell Continental
90. “Polish Girl” – Neon Indian
89. “Don’t Carry It All” – The Decemberists
88. “Shivers” – Zola Jesus
87. “Surgeon” – St. Vincent
86. “Sick of You” – Cake
85. “Rabbit Will Run” – Iron & Wine
84. “Muscle Relaxants” – The Rural Alberta Advantage
83. “Balance” – Future Islands
82. “Quarantine” – MUTEMATH
81. “Glass Bubbles” – All Tiny Creatures
80. “Futura” – Battles
79. “In the Dark Places” – PJ Harvey
78. “Money” – The Drums
77. “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.” – Noah and the Whale
76. “All Die Young” – Smith Westerns
75. “Buy Nothing Day” – The Go! Team
74. “Everybody” – VHS or Beta
73. “After the Moment” – Craft Spells
72. “Marathon” – Tennis
71. “Fast Peter” – Moonface
70. “I Follow Rivers” – Lykke Li
69. “Dead and Gone” – The Black Keys
68. “The Greeks” – Is Tropical
67. “Static on the Wire” – Holy Ghost!
66. “Night Air” – Jamie Woon
65. “Virgin” – Manchester Orchestra
64. “The Heron and the Fox” – Little Scream
63. “Hits Me Like a Rock” – CSS
62. “Missing Pieces” – Boris
61. “Killed the Lord, Left for the New World” – This Will Destroy You
60. “Dystopia (The Earth Is on Fire)” – YACHT
59. “Sails” – Hooray for Earth
58. “She’s Thunderstorms” – Arctic Monkeys
57. “Woods” – The Rosebuds
56. “Baby Don’t Dance” – Mother Mother
55. “Intro (ft. Zola Jesus)” – M83
54. “Canon” – Justice
53. “Sun God” – Cut Copy
52. “Days Are Forgotten” – Kasabian
51. “Shook Down” – Yuck
50. “On’n’on” – Justice
49. “Prytania” – MUTEMATH
48. “Gangsta” – tUnE-yArDs
47. “Cradle” – The Joy Formidable
46. “Go Outside” – Cults
45. “Thirteen Years Without Peter King” – The World/Inferno Friendship Society
44. “Death as a Fetish” – Starfucker
43. “Unkind” – Sloan
42. “Shake It Out” – Florence + the Machine
41. “Act on Impulse” – We Were Promised Jetpacks
40. “How Deep Is Your Love?” – The Rapture
39. “Leave the Drummer Out There” – Asobi Seksu
38. “Confetti” – Cold Cave
37. “Beat and the Pulse” – Austra
36. “Romance” – Wild Flag
35. “Shangri-La” – YACHT
34. “Holocene” – Bon Iver
33. “Bay of Pigs” – Destroyer
32. “Under the Sun” – VHS or Beta
31. “Some Children (ft. Michael McDonald)” – Holy Ghost!
30. “Don’t Try and Hide It” – The Dodos
29. “I Don’t Want Love” – The Antlers
28. “Civilian” – Wye Oak
27. “Lonely Boy” – The Black Keys
26. “Live Those Days Tonight” – Friendly Fires
25. “Graveyard” – Feist
24. “White Horse” – Jessica 6
23. “French Exit” – The Antlers
22. “Wait” – M83
21. “Repatriated” – Handsome Furs
20. “East Harlem” – Beirut
19. “Days” – The Drums
18. “Contact High” – Architecture in Helsinki
17. “Postcard from 1952” – Explosions in the Sky
16. “Lotus Flower” – Radiohead
15. “One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend)” – Wilco
14. “We Have Everything” – Young Galaxy
13. “The City” – Patrick Wolf
12. “Circuital” – My Morning Jacket
11. “Cruel” – St. Vincent
10. “Whirring” – The Joy Formidable
9. “Bury Us Alive” – Starfucker
8. “Will Do” – TV on the Radio
7. “Ice Cream (ft. Matias Aguayo)” – Battles
6. “Walking Far From Home” – Iron & Wine
5. “Civilization” – Justice
4. “Under Cover of Darkness” – The Strokes
3. “Need You Now” – Cut Copy
2. “Midnight City” – M83
1. “Banana Ripple” – Junior Boys

It'll be a while before I review Skyrim, partly because it's an enormous game and partly because I'll soon be forced to shelve the game for an extended period of time what with Assassin's Creed and Zelda coming out this week. So, since I've played enough of Skyrim this weekend that my eating and sleeping habits are badly off-kilter, I thought I'd share some impressions based on what I've experienced so far. If anyone else has been playing it, feel free to chime in as well.

- First, some stats. I've spent around 26 hours with the game so far and am at level 21. I've discovered 120 locations, completed 22 quests, cleared 17 dungeons, and killed 11 dragons. I've joined the Companions, the Thieves' Guild and the College of Winterhold; I've also sided with the Stormcloaks. When I last stopped playing, I was resting in a little village called Karthwasten on my way to Markarth (on the far west side of the map) as part of a major quest for the Thieves' Guild. Nearly the entire left half of the world map has gone unexplored by me, and based on a few of the battles I've gotten into around here so far (including a frost dragon who was on my tail for a very long time), it may have been foolish to venture into this portion of Skyrim so early in the game.

- I chose the Redguard race and have been focusing largely on melee combat, which is how I usually play RPGs. So far, one-handed weapons are by far my highest skill (level 67), but the combat's been extremely open-ended nonetheless and I'm slowly incorporating magic more and more into the way I fight. Being able to assign "favorites" to the d-pad doesn't work seamlessly, but it greatly speeds up the process of juggling equipment and spells mid-battle.

- I'm also focusing on crafting skills (smithing, enchanting) as well as some stealth-based stuff (sneaking, pickpocketing, lockpicking) as a way of scoring some extra money from time to time. The lockpicking mini-game is indentical to the one in Fallout 3.

- Speaking of which, an awful lot of the game's presentation values were pulled from Fallout 3. The slowcam finishers, the streamlined (and surprisingly modern-looking) menus, and even the little drum roll every time you complete a quest remind me of Bethesda's previous open-world RPG.

- The combat is great. I played too little of Oblivion (and too long ago) to recall how battles played out in that game, but the combat was always my biggest frustration with Morrowind, how it still seemed more reliant on stats and die rolls than on physicality. The swordplay in Skyrim has this back-and-forth weightiness to it, a bit like Demon's/Dark Souls, but without the grating frustrations that that I believe I made clear I wasn't overly fond of with those games.

- I love the dragon battles. You never know when they're going to pop up, and they provoke a multitude of emotions: the sting of fear when you hear the screech and see the giant shadow of a dragon pass over you, the thrill of studying their attack patterns and pacing yourself to stay alive, and the invigorating sense of accomplishment when you bring one down. I didn't read up much on Skyrim before its release, so I didn't know that dragons would play such a heavy role in the game. It's easily one of my favorite aspects.

- There are a lot of surface-level presentational issues with the game: muddy textures, blocky shadows, noticeable bugs, inconsistent voice acting, and so forth. Yet I'm so overwhelmed by the game's astonishing scope, and the consistent beauty of everything in it, that I don't care. Bear in mind that my big problem with Fallout 3 was that it was all so gloomy and miserable that its world being so well-realized was, for me, its biggest turn-off. Here, it's desolate and haunting in calming, beautiful ways. I can't get enough of it.

- Also, the alpine setting does wonders to give Skyrim a distinct visual style. It is, after all, generic swords-and-dragons fantasy, yet it has a look and feel all its own.

- In the realm of minor flaws, it would be nice if there was a way for me to quickly exit a dungeon after clearing it, unless there is and I'm simply unaware. It's a bit tedious to have to backtrack all the way through an empty dungeon once I've done everything there is to do.

- Also, the way characters interact with each other and the player is far from perfect. For example, one time while I was fighting a dragon, I died because I was pulled against my will into a conversation with a passerby who seemed completely unaware that a dragon was attacking both of us. That sort of thing is uncommon, though, and totally excusable for a game of such staggering size.

I'm working a massive 14-hour shift tomorrow, and on Tuesday, a new Assassin's Creed game will be in my possession, so Skyrim will have to go on hold for a while, unfortunately. It says a lot about the game that I can play 26 hours of it in one weekend and still be sad to have to put it away, though I suppose it also says a lot about how much of a hold the Assassin's Creed games have on me that I can love Skyrim this much and still not even hesitate to shelve in once Revelations is released.

Every Bethesda game of this ilk has thus far failed to drive me to completion. I was blown away by Morrowind's world but eventually grew weary of its stagnant gameplay. Oblivion played more smoothly but inhabited an uninteresting world. Fallout 3's world was interesting, yet it was so oppressively gloomy that I didn't want to stick around. From what I've played of Skyrim so far, it keeps all of the elements that worked for me in previous Bethesda games and ditches everything that turned me off. Whenever I get around to playing more of it, Skyrim could very well be the first Bethesda game that I play to the end. Might even replace Arkham City as my 2011 Game of the Year. We'll see.

I'll leave you with this. Some courier ran up to me and told me a man in a dark hood paid him a great sum to deliver this into my hands:



I don't... um...

Edit: Hey Jason? You know that little box you can check when you're posting a blog entry so it also posts in the forums? Yeah, it doesn't work anymore. Just letting you know.

It's getting tougher and tougher by the day to not run out and spend sixty bucks on this.

Just sayin'.

Behold:

I'm about halfway through L.A. Noire. I still think it's way better than fucking Heavy Rain.

Even that's too kind. Everything Team Fortress 2 did right, Brink does wrong. Instead of a review, I want to make a comparisons chart.

I hate Mirror's Edge.

Brink is not as bad as Mirror's Edge.

sucks.

She's Thunderstorms
Brianstorm
This House Is a Circus
Still Take You Home
Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
Pretty Visitors
Teddy Picker
Crying Lightning
Reckless Serenade
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Potion Approaching
Brick by Brick
If You Were There, Beware
Do Me a Favour
Cornerstone
That's Where You're Wrong
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The View from the Afternoon
The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
Fluorescent Adolescent

Holy hell was this crowd violent. I'm a firm believer that a good crowd can really elevate a live show (and, likewise, a dead crowd can deflate it just as easily), but what I experienced at the Electric Factory a couple of days ago was just too much. We got in line early to secure a good spot in the pit, and as soon as the show started, people from the back of the venue began shoving their way forward, crushing us against the barricade. We could barely breathe, and everyone in the entire front half of the pit had to spend the first few songs knocking each other around rather than, say, enjoying the music.



I get that roughness comes with the territory when you've got an enthusiastic crowd at a sold-out show in a small venue, but a girl I got shoved into during "Brianstorm" came very close to getting completely knocked down, which, in a situation like this, is pretty scary. The crowd was brutal to a fault.

Thankfully, it didn't last too long. Knowing I wouldn't enjoy myself if this kept up, I began forcing my way to the right and eventually back a bit, and by the time the Arctic Monkeys finished their third song, I began enjoying myself. If you were on the floor, this was always going to be a tight, exhausting and disgustingly sweaty show, but the crowd's energy really elevated some of the Monkeys' most enjoyable songs, provided it wasn't a life-or-death scenario (which, being up front, it certainly felt like).

The Monkeys themselves sounded excellent live, and while they didn't have an extravagant set or even a particularly lively stage presence, some great setlist choices and the rowdy atmosphere made it a memorable show. Frenetic stuff like "The View from the Afternoon" had the entire crowd jumping and screaming along in unison, while the slow-burning buildup and release of "Crying Lightning" was a pleasure to witness. The band's few subdued songs, particularly the wonderful "Cornerstone," gave us a chance to cool down and provided me with a few opportunities to snap some decent pictures.



The crowd was ludicrously responsive to virtually every song, save for some of the new stuff that the weren't familiar with. (The two new songs that have been officially released, "Don't Sit Down..." and "Brick by Brick," might as well have been old favorites for the way they got the audience going.) About halfway through the show, some people cleared out a space in the middle of the floor and starting a legit mosh pit -- the polite kind, where people can jump in and slam into each other and anyone who doesn't want any part in it can stand aside and watch the band. And I'm not gonna lie: I joined in when the Monkeys played "Fluorescent Adolescent," my favorite track of theirs and the last song of the night.

If I have a complaint about the band's performance, it's that they didn't play enough songs from their first album. I was definitely pulling for "A Certain Romance," and some people near me started a chant for "Mardy Bum," to which I joined in. It was made even more puzzling by some strange selections from Favourite Worst Nightmare, though I was incredibly happy that "Do Me a Favour" was played.



When I was struggling for breathing space at the beginning of the show, I had the crushing feeling that it would ruin the entire experience for me, but I left the show glad that I'd opted out of sitting on the balcony. Took a few songs for the crowd to, erm, "settle down," but for the following hour, it was a great place to be. Here's a video of their performance of "Fluorescent Adolescent." (The T-shirt Alex is wearing is the same one they were selling. If you think seeing an Arctic Monkeys logo emblazoned with an American flag looks weird, you're not the only one.)

Full story about how this image was revealed is here.

Oh hey, I was too.