I can't express how great this last day was in words. I wish I had a series of appropriate hieroglyphics that expressed my feelings. So I will try to describe hieroglyphics to explain my feelings.
The Redwalls - A little boy kicking a soccer ball. A girl holding a lollipop. A pheonix.
The Benevento-Russo Duo - Bongo drum. Bass drum. Cymbal. Smiley face.
Ben Kweller - A red mop. A Native American riding a bull. A red cheeseburger.
Andrew Bird - A giant stage with eyelashes. An angel. A cure for cancer.
Matisyahu - A yarmulke. A hose spraying tulips with gentle drops of live-giving water. A goldfish.
Wilco - A volcano. A sea of hands. A zeppelin. A hammock.
Broken Social Scene - A baby duck mounted on a wall.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - A pill with a smiley face (ecstasy). Fireworks. Clouds. A little Buddha.
What an amazing three days.
8/07/2006
8/06/2006
Lollapalooza - Day 2
The Go! Team - Super peppy. I felt like they were a 3-D animated cartoon. I have a suspicion that they are very big in Japan.
Built to Spill - Yawn.
Gnarls Barkley - I was super close to the stage for this one and it was well worth it. The most fun show of the weekend for me. Cee-lo has a ridiculous voice and Danger Mouse was working all kinds of equipment that I could not name. Everyone was hyped for the whole set. At one point Cee-lo suggested that all the girls should take their tops off. No one did.
The Flaming Lips - Their show seemed like an acid trip. Wayne Coyne started by floating through the crowd in a clear, inflated ball. On stage Santas and aliens danced. An inflated alien, Santa, and two robots stood erect behind the band. At least 25 giant blue balls bounced through the audience. Green, yellow and white smoke periodically poured off the stage. Confetti and streamers flew through the air every minute or two. It was a fantastic production.
The New Pornographers - Fantastic absolutely jamming out set.
Kanye West - Every other song had a guest appearance. He had a very high energy show. It was also very obvious what a "white" concert Lollapalooza because when he had everyone's hands waving in the air, it looked like a bunch of albino cilia around a cell. Kanye even said something along the lines of "Sing along white people. This is the only time you can say nigga and not get in trouble."
Built to Spill - Yawn.
Gnarls Barkley - I was super close to the stage for this one and it was well worth it. The most fun show of the weekend for me. Cee-lo has a ridiculous voice and Danger Mouse was working all kinds of equipment that I could not name. Everyone was hyped for the whole set. At one point Cee-lo suggested that all the girls should take their tops off. No one did.
The Flaming Lips - Their show seemed like an acid trip. Wayne Coyne started by floating through the crowd in a clear, inflated ball. On stage Santas and aliens danced. An inflated alien, Santa, and two robots stood erect behind the band. At least 25 giant blue balls bounced through the audience. Green, yellow and white smoke periodically poured off the stage. Confetti and streamers flew through the air every minute or two. It was a fantastic production.
The New Pornographers - Fantastic absolutely jamming out set.
Kanye West - Every other song had a guest appearance. He had a very high energy show. It was also very obvious what a "white" concert Lollapalooza because when he had everyone's hands waving in the air, it looked like a bunch of albino cilia around a cell. Kanye even said something along the lines of "Sing along white people. This is the only time you can say nigga and not get in trouble."
8/05/2006
Lollapalooza - Day 1
Here are the bands I saw and what I thought of them:
Anathallo - Never heard of them before, but they were very impressive. Jamming out on xylophones, trumpets, and trombones, along with more traditional instruments, they were the biggest surprise of the concert. They had even choreographed some dance moves and threw some balloons in the crowd. The balloons really did it for me.
The eels - Just like e.e. cummings, the eels choose to have two lowercase e's. The band was a little bit heavier than the music I like, but they had a very interesting dynamic with a security guard/performer. A man they called "Crazy Al" acted like a guard for a while but would periodically dance like a mad man. And between songs he would go to a mic and say non sequiturs like "Is that cocktail sauce?" He also put on a rubber glove to give high fives to the audience and filled people mouths with whipped cream. He was also capable enough to play a tamborine.
The Editors - I almost left after a few uninspiring songs. Not a big fan, but they pulled out some good rock later.
Ryan Adams - He was wasted on stage and it showed.
My Morning Jacket - Very jammin.
Sleater-Kinney - Three girls formed a rock band. Lesbians love them. The rest of the world thinks they sound like shrieking ghouls.
Anathallo - Never heard of them before, but they were very impressive. Jamming out on xylophones, trumpets, and trombones, along with more traditional instruments, they were the biggest surprise of the concert. They had even choreographed some dance moves and threw some balloons in the crowd. The balloons really did it for me.
The eels - Just like e.e. cummings, the eels choose to have two lowercase e's. The band was a little bit heavier than the music I like, but they had a very interesting dynamic with a security guard/performer. A man they called "Crazy Al" acted like a guard for a while but would periodically dance like a mad man. And between songs he would go to a mic and say non sequiturs like "Is that cocktail sauce?" He also put on a rubber glove to give high fives to the audience and filled people mouths with whipped cream. He was also capable enough to play a tamborine.
The Editors - I almost left after a few uninspiring songs. Not a big fan, but they pulled out some good rock later.
Ryan Adams - He was wasted on stage and it showed.
My Morning Jacket - Very jammin.
Sleater-Kinney - Three girls formed a rock band. Lesbians love them. The rest of the world thinks they sound like shrieking ghouls.
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