Lollapalloza Day two - the crowds double

It was hot on the second day of Lollapalooza, so we decided to again, take a later train. We got to Grant Park in the middle of Built to Spill, and shot right over to where Wolfmother was about to begin.

Wolfmother was awesome. A great refresher into why people start to bang around on guitars and drums. Energetic, enthusiastic, fast and fun. We watch 45 minutes of this show with about 40,000 other people and decided that we were never going to pay for a festival of this size ever again. Thank goodness we got in for free. We met our friends Chad and Tammy and another couple whose name I can't recall. Sat for a while at the very back of the park listening for a few more minutes then began the walk to see ..

Sonic Youth. Neat. Finally, after listening to their fuzzy crunched up brand of feedback rock for 14 years, I got to see Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon on stage. They were great. A whole hour of screeching rock n roll. It makes me want to get a few of their albums I'm missing.
We didn't leave our spot after Sonic Youth since we had a pretty good blanket location. We decided to wait the hour out for ..

The Flaming Lips. Oh man, oh man, oh man! When people look back at everything they saw at Lollapalloza, they'll be talking about the man who stepped into a clear plastic bubble, and walked over the crowd to open the show. They'll talk about the 15 alien cheeleaders on the left side of the stage and the 15 guys in full Santa suits on the right. They'll talk about how the lead singer, Wayne Coyne, launcehed 20-30-foot long streamers over the audience, the 30 to 40 huge blue balloons he kicked into the crowd. The bags and bags of confetti that were being thrown around. The 20-foot-tall Santa Clauses, aliens and spacemen that danced behind the drum kit. How everyone participated in sing-alongs. I think all but 1,000 people that walked through the gates on Saturday were at the north end of the park to see the Flaming Lips. Not only was it a visual mind blast, but the music was stellar. Everysong was strong in its presentation. April and I decided that if we missed their show the next time they were within a three hour radius, we were not worthy of being fans of live music.
Once the Lips were done, we decided to take the early train home, take care of the dogs and get a good nights sleep. We skipped Kanye West. It's OK, It was April's idea, I just agreed to it.
Overall, a great Lollapalooza experience. We'd go back, but only if it were free again.
-D.Jr-