"We saw the Swollen Mississippi and Arcade Fire on Thursday Last in the City that's Color is Blue: Memphis" or, "Heaven Knows, This is a Heartland."

My fellow day-tripper and I drove west to the Mississippi River on the one clear day in a month of storms here in Tennessee. We saw the skies. We saw the river. We saw starbucks. We saw a glorious antique store. We saw the spaghetti warehouse. We saw Graceland. We saw lovely houses and trees. We saw Arcade Fire! Here's proof:

Looking for animals and objects in the skies:

The city and the river walk:

The Mississippi outreaching it's boundaries:

Delicious lunch at the Spaghetti Warehouse:

Fun in an antique store:

Sleepy:

Oh deer:

My new 'enhanced' photograph, deal of the century:

My new house:

Graceland:

Beale Street:

The strangest thing we saw all day:

The Fountain of Youth:

Woot!:

Excited!:

Arcade Fire playing Intervention:

After:


Here's what they played:

Ready to Start
Keep the Car Running
Haïti
Oh It's Such a Shame(Jay Reatard cover)
No Cars Go
We Used to Wait
Empty Room
Rococo
Month of May
Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Intervention
The Suburbs
The Suburbs (Continued)
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Rebellion (Lies)

Encore:
Wake Up
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)





It's Such a Shame Lyrics:

That's the way things go
All people's changes they grow
I hide in this room
Let's hope it's not wasted

Oh, it's such a shame

I look into your eyes
and try not to cry
That's all I know
Let's hope it's not wasted

Oh, it's such a shame