Some excitable press agent just e-mailed me the 2006 Lollapalooza lineup. It looks like a slightly less jammy Bonnaroo.
Finally — The Disco Biscuits and Coheed & Cambria on the same stage! (I refuse to link to either of these artists).
One question I’ve always wanted answered: Why do these festivals have such goofy names? I’m gonna start one called “Crapafantasmo.” It’ll feature only actors-turned rockstars. Ricky Springfield, Jared Leto and Kevin Bacon are already confirmed. (No links there, either).
Remember when big package concerts had thematic unity? I was part of the “alternative generation,” and dude, we like, totally did things differently back in the day.
Then again, I saw Ice-T and Body Count on the same bill with Nine Inch Nails, the Butthole Surfers, Living Colour and the real Jane’s Addiction, so maybe I’m wrong. Lolly One, motherfuckers! I’m Old-School!
Anyway, this year’s corporate branding extravaganza takes place on August 4-6 at Grant Park in Chicago.
The (un?)usual suspects:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kanye West
Manu Chao
Wilco
Death Cab For Cutie
The Raconteurs
The Flaming Lips
Ween
Queens of the Stone Age
The Shins
Common
Matisyahu
Ryan Adams
Umphrey’s McGee
Sonic Youth
Thievery Corporation
Sleater-Kinney
Nickel Creek
Blues Traveler
Broken Social Scene
The New Pornographers
Iron & Wine
Poi Dog Pondering
Coheed And Cambria
The Secret Machines
Eels
Panic! At the Disco
The Disco Biscuits
She Wants Revenge
The Dresden Dolls
Reverend Horton Heat
The Smoking Popes
Andrew Bird
Gnarls Barkley
Stars
Cursive
Blackalicious
Editors
Lyrics Born
Lady Sovereign
Calexico
Nada Surf
Feist
Aqualung
The Frames
The Hold Steady
The Go! Team
Mates of State
Pepper
Particle
The Redwalls
Mute Math
Wolfmother
Sparta
The Subways
Of Montreal
Blue October
Jeremy Enigk
Second stringers:
Living Things
Sound Team
The M’s
Hot Chip
The Benevento-Russo Duo
Matt Costa
The New Amsterdams
deadboy & the Elephantmen
Sybris
Anathallo
The Burden Brothers
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Manishevitz
Husky Rescue
The Towers of London
Ohmega Watts
Boy Kill Boy
Jim Noir
The Standard
Be Your Own Pet
Elvis Perkins
Trevor Hall
Midlake
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Thematic unity only leads to ghettoization though, which is what we need less of these days especialy. Bill Graham used to put Miles Davis on bills with the Grateful Dead. THAT was back in the day. Frankly, I think the precious indie/alterna-frowners oughta be exposed to Nickel Creek, and the jamheads should get turned on to Mates Of State, and vicey-versey. Adherence to genres only create Hot Topic stores of every description.However, please please start a band called Crapfantasmo.
If you really think that Bedazzled is the “greatest blog” then I suggest you have a look round blogland because though its content is brilliant, the barrage of advertising on it is a total disgrace which means it takes forever to load. Theres tons of brilliant blogs out there that aren’t so damn greedy and load up in mere seconds. Plus most blogs forego all the political bullshit. I want music and pop cilture – not political statistics…Do some homework. Have a look around. And stop calling Bedazzled the greatest blog because it bloody well aint.
I have never claimed to be a blog expert. It just happens to be one of my faves. I love the archival stuff that ends up there, and that’s what keeps me coming back.Unffortunately, I don’t have the time to dedicate myself to a complete and thorough dredging of the web. So how ’bout suggesting a couple of better blogs rather than lambasting me for my enjoyment of this one?By the way, I think it’s correct to assume that some of us ENJOY political musings mixed into our pop culture blather.Neil:I completely agree with you. Doesn’t mean I don’tt find the lineup frickin’ hee-larious.
Also, that period of Miles Davis isn’t terribly diffferent than a lot of live Dead. It’s all a space-jazz, cosmic womb freakout.