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[lollapalooza day 1]


[lollapalooza day 2]


day 1 recap:
we get in, catch soulive, they're great and extremely talented. scoot over to jack's and got a nasty tan line from waiting for an hr. cellular phone was debuted, a couple of sound problems but a fun set. got some food, listened to some of against me!, then met with christi @ silversun pickups. alas, it as too hot (sun in face- not cool) so we head over to watch some of blonde redhead, then to the the at&t blue room oasis. GLORIOUS. kind of freezing in there. meet up with the rest of the group for the black keys (AWESOME) and get up close for ben harper. not much of a ben harper fan but i'll say with my own two hands made me an instant convert.
weather: pretty hot. awkward tshirt tan. boo.

day 2 recap:
ryan shaw is fantastic, so much fun and great stage presence. no idea what we did until 3:30 when motion city soundtrack came on. started raining but the kids didn't care at all. total dance party, a couple of new songs.. love them. got yelled at by security dude who thought we were video-ing.. after telling him rather emphatically that we WEREN'T taking video (idiot..) he went away. ran over to regina to stake out a spot in front of the soundboard. met up with a few friends, had a religious experience (see: entry below).. hid out in the blue room again during YYYs and spoon. by then it was heavily sprinkling... got lucky with some ponchos that a radio station was giving out. sweeeet. stayed for about half of muse, then ditched out to get drinks @ benigan's which is fabulous and also on the way to the L train.
weather: warm, cloudy, pretty nice other than the rain.

day 3 recap:
we get in line about 10:45 to catch the graduate, who are one of the first bands to be playing. unfortch, due to whatever circumstances, doors don't open till 11:20 (doors should have been at 11:00, the grad went on at 11:15) DUMB so we sprint on over. missed a few songs but it was still a good time. crystal light but i wouldn't recommend it! ditched out mid-day to grab some lunch w/ "family" haha, had some proper deep dish chicago peetz @ gino's! soooo good. apparently we missed out on the hottest part of the day too, so that was handy. got back in time to hear kings of leon, met up with the crew for my morning jacket to stake out spots for pearl jam. the rest was.. a blur. my morning jacket was superfun, and then the wait began for pearl jam... but well worth it.
weather: really really warm. some sprinkling pre-pj but otherwise no rain.