Kid A in Italy

The theme of this trip to Italy was Radiohead, believe it or not. It was the summer of 2000 and Radiohead was doing a boutique tour of Europe to test new music - the album, when it was released, was titled Kid A. The venues Radiohead selected were either small and/or unusual. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to plan a trip to Italy around them. It was brilliant - my favorite band and my favorite country.


Barcelona, Spain

My friend Heath and I flew into Barcelona and saw them perform at the Teatro Trivoli - a beautiful old formal theater with plush velvet seating and box seats. The show was insane. After taking a boat from Spain to Genova, Italy... we made our way by train to Florence. Here, Radiohead selected the Piazza Santa Croce for their musical serenade. The stage backed the spectacular marble facade of the Santa Croce Cathedral and it was quite surreal...people hanging out of every window of every building surrounding the plaza, a gorgeous starry night - complete with shooting star; and the air that cloaked you with its depths of history.

Heath and I left Radiohead to their tour and continued without them to the Amalfi coast and then Rome. This particular set of pictures was taken with an old Miranda camera from the 60s. Manual SLR, I have no idea how long I held the shutter open to get this shot. The blur is because I had no tripod, but I personally love the way they turned out. The levels and saturation have since been adjusted in Photoshop as well.