Blogapalooza: In lolla land

08.05.2006:Well I have decided to end my pun hunt when it came to my attention\nthat most of the puns on the name of the festival were actually coming\nfrom me. I couldn't feel lamer if I were wearing black socks with\nsandals.\nAfter a full day at the festival there are a few inherent problems that\nhave come to my attention. It is really hard to stage hop at\nLollapalooza. The two main stages are about a mile and a half a part,\nor at least they seem like it (the map they provide isn't to scale...\nwhich would probably explain why I haven't seen any 4 story high\nmusical notes). The upside is that there is no interference in sound\nfrom the other stages, the downside is that the concerts are packed in\nso tight that the only way to get to a concert on the other end of the\nvenue is to leave the one you are at 15 minutes early, or arrive at the\nnext concert 15 minutes late. The point is this. I need a Segway. I\nwant to be the first person to successfully rock on a Segway. Does\nanyone have a spare $3,000 for me?\nSome of the highlights of Fridays concerts were The Raconteurs (there\nis a 45% chance that I will never be able to spell or pronounce that\nname correctly), Ryan Adams, and Ween. Ween probably took the crown on\nthe first day with a high energy show that got everyone moving. I wish\nI could have seen more of it but after running around from stage to\nstage for 12 hours I couldn't help but pass out under a power converter.\nIf Ween wasn't the best concert yesterday then certainly that honor\ngoes to The Raconteurs. They played a more than solid set that\nfeatured most of the songs from their album. I think. To be honest I\nhave never heard The Raconteurs album, but I just may have to give it a\nlisten after the show they put on. The strangest decision they made\nwas playing the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" when the hip hop duo would\nbe playing on the same stage less than 24 hours later. I am still not\nsure weather it is an homage or a slap in the face. Regardless I think\nwe are all getting tired of that song. Of course that doesn't mean\nthat I won't be hitting up the Gnarls Barkley show in about three hours.