No more sleeping in: Lollapalooza has begun!

[nibhaz]

Yesterday was my first clue as to how my next three days are going to be like. At first, I was thinking to myself, wow, one of my neighbors finally bought a system, because I've never heard any music or LFE coming from any of the units around me. Then my girlfriend said something about sound checks, and opened up one of the windows...Ahh, Lollapalooza in my front yard. Yeah, I've been watching them set up each day as I walked the dog, but I had no clue that I'd hear so much of the festivities, being a block away, and 19 stories up.

The lineup for the stage that I have a clear view of and actually sounds pretty good all things considered is as follows:

Today
Sound Team
Cursive
Editors
The Secret Machines
Violent Femmes

Saturday
Be Your Own Pet
The Go! Team
Wolfmother
The Smoking Popes
The New Pornographers

Sunday
Boy Kill Boy
The Hold Steady
30 Seconds To Mars
She Wants Revenge
Broken Social Justice

Not bad for a free concert I can enjoy from the comforts my own home.

There is actually a closer stage, but it's facing in the opposite direction so the sounds not that great, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be closing the Festival from this stage.

 

[Audioholics]

That's pretty darn cool.

 

[Jack Hammer]

Lolllapollooza is great...

...But ont he other hand, there were lots of drunk idiots staggering all over downtown earlier causing lots of problems. I wish i could go to the show, but it's not in the cards for me, ...this time.

 

[nibhaz]

...But ont he other hand, there were lots of drunk idiots staggering all over downtown earlier causing lots of problems. I wish i could go to the show, but it's not in the cards for me, ...this time.

This is also very true; however I'm not going to complain, since the Lollapaloozars added quite a bit of business to the bar I manage at. I just had to keep a closer eye on the patrons, since so many of the people that were coming in appeared to have already been having a "good time" before they arrived at our establishment.

 

[Jack Hammer]

Which bar?

This is also very true; however I'm not going to complain, since the Lollapaloozars added quite a bit of business to the bar I manage at. I just had to keep a closer eye on the patrons, since so many of the people that were coming in appeared to have already been having a "good time" before they arrived at our establishment.

I work at Boss Bar.

 

[nibhaz]

Jake Melnick's Corner Tap. Business is split 50/50 between actual food and alcohol, the later of which is what I'm responsible for It's located in the Gold Coast.