Here is my annual recap of Lollapalooza, a 3 day music festival in Chicago. I have gone every year. I have written a recap every year.
First off, what am I writing about. Not just the bands and how they were, but the experience itself. Ergo, there might be some unrelated comments, so just bear with me. I admit I am biased by bands I like vs ones I have never heard, so please consider that and I will note it as needed.
My grading system is schoolish
A = I would actively find when this band is doing another show and pay to see them
B = If someone invited me I would probably go
C = I would probably agree to go see them then flake at the last minute
D = I would simply say “no” if invited to see them
F = I would be so insulted you thought I would even remotely consider seeing them that it is not unlikely that I will punch you in the face and/or end whatever relationship we have
+/- applies in this as well. It’s important to note I am not a big concert person. I prefer listening to recorded albums, so to earn an A you have to be pretty good at something.
For organizational sake I have included the day by day recaps in separate posts below. I had the foresight to post day 3 first so it would appear last.
Me = Genius.
I also put the time someone performed so you can get an idea of how sober/sunstroked I was when I wrote it. This year I included links to youtube or elsewhere so you can hear some samples.
At the end I will close out some thoughts and also provide a list of bands I happened to hear (either because I caught the end of their set waiting for another band or walked by their stage) and want to learn more about.
Live the dream.
