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Lollapalooza 2007 – Day 2.

On Saturday I got to see several bands, most of which I would have never seen if not for Lollapalooza. First up was Tapes N Tapes which Nick Barbone and I just made it to the park in time to see and they were badass. By far the best band we saw on Saturday.

After Tapes N Tapes we headed over to one of the smaller stages to catch the sensation that is sweeping the nation: Lady GaGa’s. It’s hard to really describe the ladies without mentioning the vast quantities of hairspray that they employ. Check the guy out in the first photo above. Here’s to hoping his wife never sees this photograph.

Nick and I also checked out The Roots in the afternoon. I’ve never seen them as well (an ongoing theme on Saturday) but it was a good show. For a ‘Hip Hop’ ‘Band’ they were pretty awesome.

To wrap up our day we saw the Yeah Yeah Yeahs introduced on the main stage by Perry Farrell. Their lead singer is a maniac.

* Side Note: The rest of photographs are on Flickr.

Lollapalooza 2007 – Day 1.

Before heading down to Lollapalooza Julie and I caught the Mets – Cubs game at Wrigley Field where Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam sang ‘Take me out to the ballpark’. The Mets won 6-2 which means I’m 2 for 3 in Midwest Mets Games.

On to Lollapalooza:

We made it down to the show in time to see The Black Keys and Ben Harper which is all I really wanted to see the first day. I managed to work my way up to the stage, so we had a great spot for both shows. The Black Keys were awesome but as you will see there were camera guys everywhere.

There are only 2 guys in the Black Keys… yet there were 4 camera guys.

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals were classic. The only part of the show that was bad was when Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam came out and the douchebag camera man decided to sit directly in front of him and right on the stage so no one could see him play. It was just the worst thing I’ve ever seen.

* Note: The rest of the photograhps are on Flickr.

World's Largest Block Party.

Yesterday afternoon Julie and I met up with Dom and Kelly at Old St. Pats for the World’s Largest Block Party. Of course the headliner for this even just so happened to be Rusted Root. I tried post the video for Send Me On My Way but of course the record company doesn’t allow that (not to mention I just figured out how to technically do it). But I digress, here’ a link to the video.

The block party setup was pretty good, for $35 you got entry, 5 beers and access to the highest concentration of portable toilets the world has ever seen. The food was good, Rusted Root was fabulous, there was a hint of 1996 in the air. The word on the street was that Rusted Root once made it onto a mix tape created by legendary music critic Myles Tersnak.

After seeing Rusted Root up close and personal we headed out to find a bar. The first place we stopped was the photo above. As you can see I’m not really pleased. The reason for my displeasure would be that we didn’t meet the dress code to enter. I must confess that something like this was bound to happen to me sooner rather than later but I didn’t expect it from that guy behind me in the photo.

I didn’t want to drink there anyways so we ended up at Jaks Tap to end the evening. The rest of the photographs are on Flickr.