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gut dayum i miss the musical aspect of america, you lucky b'stards!  | |
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Anx said: abierman 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! 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. I'm going to see them on Saturday. The only other time I've seen SY live was way back at Lollapalooza when it was still a touring event. I don't even remember what they were like. My Sonic Youth knowledge is very limited though--'Daydream Nation' through 'Dirty' and the 'Screaming Fields' comp so those are the songs I'll be looking out for. | |
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sextonseven said: I'm going to see them on Saturday. The only other time I've seen SY live was way back at Lollapalooza when it was still a touring event. I don't even remember what they were like. My Sonic Youth knowledge is very limited though--'Daydream Nation' through 'Dirty' and the 'Screaming Fields' comp so those are the songs I'll be looking out for. it really doesn't matter what songs they do, as far as i'm concerned. just watching thurston go buck wild on guitar is worth the price of admission. i think the whole band is just interesting to watch and to listen to, but i'm a SY geek that way. i'd expect a very "rather ripped" heavy set, with a couple of oldies thrown in. | |
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How you find the time and patience to report that stuff is beyond me. Very entertaining.
P.S. Since when did Beatle Bob stop being a St. Louis institution? | |
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violator said: How you find the time and patience to report that stuff is beyond me. Very entertaining.
P.S. Since when did Beatle Bob stop being a St. Louis institution?  i dunno, since he started showing up in chicago for lollapalooza? all i know is i told my MOM about him and she said she used to listen to him on chicago radio when she was a little girl. i figured that made him a chicago institution.  | |
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From Billboard.com:
Lollapalooza Wins Big At The Box Office
August 14, 2006, 7:00 PM ET Ray Waddell, Nashville The numbers are in on the Aug. 4-6 Lollapalooza festival in Chicago's Grant Park, and they blow last year's event out of the park. The event grossed nearly $8 million in ticket sales, with total paid attendance of more than 166,000. Last year's Lolla, its first as a one-off festival, had a total paid attendance 60,000 from a two-day event. Charles Attal, president of Charles Attal Presents, talent buyer and co-producer of Lollapalooza with Capital Sports & Entertainment, describes this year's Lollapalooza as "very smooth. There were no major incidents [and] the weather was awesome. It was remarkable." Attendance was 52,000 the first day, 56,000 the second day and 59,000 the third day when headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers closed the event. Lollapalooza had an uneven history as a touring festival, but ended on a negative note when the 2004 tour failed to ever get off the ground due to dismal ticket sales. Attal and CSE resurrected the brand last summer as a festival. Asked why the Chicago Lollapalooza has exploded, Attal cites several reasons. "The brand, it's the park, it's the bands we have," he says. "I think it's only going to get bigger and better." http://www.billboard.com/...1002986368 | |
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