brownsugar said:

the gates open around 11:30am or so, but you don't have to be there right when it starts. it's basically just a big festival. the chili peppers go on i think around 8 or 8:30 tomorrow night.

go to www.lollapalooza.com to check the schedule of who all's playing tomorrow...

Anx said:

Hey, Robert Downey was there.

Anx said:

they are the last show. thats even better.

MoonSongs said:

thanks...i'm glad you enjoyed!

as for the cards, you can see every card she designed here:

http://www.katzinn.com/cardindex.htm

it's kind of naive line art, but that's exactly why i like it. it's kinda psychadelic and gentle at the same time. not usually my cuppa tea, but i liked her work for some reason. plus i talked to her, and she's very sweet.

and i love custom designed playing/tarot cards too! one day i'll make another deck of my own and have them printed.

lilgish said:

like i can afford his kind of drugs.

brownsugar said:

great photos from day 2!

I'm uber jealous of The Go! Team. I literally found out about them the day AFTER they were in MPLS. A local DJ was going on about the show so I bought the album and immediately kicked myself for missing them live.

endorphin74 said:

next time they're in town, GO SEE THEM. they're a blast! i want to ask the lead singer/dancer/rapper girl to go dancing and shopping with me. she's uberfaboo.

okay i'm not much of a writer as anx so here goes. anx gave me his wristband, which was most gracious of him. i took my boys with me (my sis is a hater and she wouldn't babysit for me for the 2 hours i want to see red hot chilli peppers btw ), they all got in free! we got there at about 6 so we listened to a little bit of house music a dj was playing and we walked around a little. my sons got a kick outta some of the drunks. we didn't go to the kids section 'cause we couldnt find it. they were getting kinda tired 'till it was time for the chili peppers to come on. i could've went up front but i didn't want to have my kids in a position where we could get hurt or something 'cause there were so many people. honestly most of the songs they played i did not know but they were really good and funky, the boys were really into it. i hoping they'd at least play 'soul to squeeze' or 'suck my kiss'. i know those are old but i really wanted to hear them. flea was fine as hell with his tatoos as always , he played the shit outta that base , the kids loved it. i had to take turns picking them up , it started to get really hot even though it was dark and almost 9:30. we decided to leave before they finished their set 'cause i didn't want to deal with trying to pull my boys through the crowd even though they wanted to stay. but thanks Anx! i got to see the peppers and i really enjoyed it, and now i can get some peace tonight 'cause the boys are all tired out


p.s. so am i right in thinking this will be every year in chicago from now on? i hope so. i can be more prepared. sorry no pics i didn't have a camera and i don't have one on my phone. but i remember flea's hotness oh wait they did play some i liked! it was 'californication' and 'scar tissue' .

Anx said:

Those are gorgeous, especially the heart and spade.

brownsugar said:

i'm glad you got the boys in and everyone had a good time!

what were the chili peppers wearing? hopefully they weren't wearing those big dumb lightbulb helmets again.

and yeah, lollapalooza's gonna be a yearly thing. every spring they sell advance three-day tix for really cheap, but you don't know who's playing so it's kind of a gamble. i guess it's worth it just to check out some of the lesser known bands, if nothing else. i'll most likely go again next year.
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great reviews and edumacational (I didn't know "It Aint Easy" was a cover.) A few weeks ago, I saw ago SY open for Pearl Jam and they blew me away. It was my first live SY experience and I was around when DN came out. Anyhoo, I though the Pavement bassist worked well with the band.

Assuming your tolerance for festivals is waning like mine is, and given the heat, I can totally understand not staying for Ween.....but, dude, that would have been a hard decision for me. I absolutely LOVE that band live.
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Anx said:

they didnt have on anything outrageous, of course anthony didn't have on a shirt and flea had on something that looked like a multicolored vest and some shorts with tatoos all over his arms. i couldn't see chad that well and john looked kinda ac/dcish with the long hair white shirt and black jacket with shorts but no tie. i must say that john and flea were really really good on bass and guitar. their solos really made the songs pop out.

Stax said:

yeah...i'm sure i would have dug on the ween show, and i've read some blurbs saying they were great. i was just THROUGH after raconteurs. yeah, my patience goes fast after a while. i think i only have the endurance for three full shows in a row, then i'm done.

Anx said:

eleven said:

Anx said:

cool! that beat box guy is Rhazel....he's amazing.....but thanks for the entire report! i got Daydream Nation on cassette by accident right when it came out and became an instant fan of SY.....they also just seem like the coolest bunch of people too

pkidwell said:

thurston is very fun - he has a tendency to be a bit of a comedian between songs, i've noticed. they seem like they're still having fun after all these years, except for maybe kim. i love her madly, but damn - does that woman ever smile!?

Cool Reports!

I caught the webcast of Sparta's Lollapalooza peformance on Sunday afternoon. They did not offer a good enough view of the crowd so I don't know if the Chicago audience actually dug them or not but their performance was fierce, at least from my little mac...

Sparta is from my hometown of El Paso, TX and one of the members is a dear friend. Two years ago I got to meet Susie Katayama while she orchestrated some of Sparta's recordings at Sunset Sound here in Los Angeles. I had a nice long chat with her about Prince and she was kind of freaked that I knew who she was...

TheResistor said:

very cool! what does sparta sound like? i don't know a thing about them.

Anx said:

(OMG Anx is asking me a question. I'm so honored!)

I don't know if you're familiar with the band AT THE DRIVE-IN, but after they broke up, the remaining members formed two bands, The Mars Volta and Sparta...so basically their sound is very "emo." In fact, At the Drive-In was one of the first emo bands out there...

Sparta has a new album coming out in October and I was fortunate, again, to hang out during some of the recordings and this time around I met a woman named Mary Clayton. She's the woman who sang back up voice on the song "Gimme Shelter" for the Rolling Stones. She sang backup for a stunning new song that, I believe, will be the opening track on the new album.

TheResistor said:

Cool...I'm not overly familiar with ATDI, but I do have that anthology thing that came out last year and I enjoy it quite a lot. I'll make a point of checking out Sparta.



Is this same the woman who sang the 'rape, murder' section? That's one of my favourite musical moments of all time.

damosuzuki said:

Mary Clayton is the voice on my favorite Stones song, "Gimme Shelter." The recorded it in one take, so the way the story goes when Mick told it.

Anx said:

I remember telling you (but you never listen to me ) a long time ago that you should NEVER doubt eels!!!! E is about the most versatile songwriters/performers around, he can do almost everything! His shows are always entertaining and his band always changes with excellent musicians!
Great to see E looking weird again with the beard and the goggles (very Ted Kazinsky-like!), and the security-dude.....

Anx said:

been a fan for 15 years now, seen them live 4 times, both brilliant & crap.....they're a band that I'll always follow!

damosuzuki said:

Especially the section where she's going for it and her voice cracks.
Now there's a good example of where emotion would outweigh technique.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Anx said:

ween is one of those bands that I really like live but listen to the studio stuff very rarely.

I hear you about the need for endurance to do a three day festival. I give you big kudos for going two days. It takes a lot for me to go to a one day festival. I haven't been to one in years.

abierman said:

i've only seen them twice and both times they blew me away. kim's weirding me out, though. i love her voice and the creepy/daffy vibe she brings to the band, but she just kinda seemed like she didn't want to be there both times i saw them play. the first time i saw them, she hardly even sang (but at least she did 'kool thing', which made me happy). this time, she sang a LOT, but she had a back-up bass player. i mean, god bless her for sticking it out, but watching thurston totally ripping it up and having a great time, it's weird to see kim so reserved. i dunno. maybe that's her schtick. love her either way.

TheResistor said:

i just read elsewhere that sparta is a "group to watch". who knew? okay, i'll watch for them from here on out! very cool that mary clayton is singing with them. i love it when really established older musicians work with younger, kinda obscure-ish and edgy artists. the results are always so interesting. have you heard ronnie spector's latest album? it's a bit like that. pretty fabulous stuff.

Can't wait to dig into this!