Lollapalooza Day 1!
Written by willshoob on Tuesday, 5 of August , 2008 at 10:52 am
The excursion began with a 4:30 AM alarm of some church bells. We hopped into the car made our way to LAX and took what seemed to be a terribly long flight to Chicago. Once we arrived we headed straight for the park. We got in the long line we really didn’t need to be in, and heard a little bit of The Go! Team.
The Go! Team- Huddle Formation
We then made our way inside to catch Gogol Bordello. They are hilarious, especially the violinist but I ducked out a little early to head over to Mano’s DJ Set.
Gogol Bordello- American Wedding
Kanye West- Flashing Lights (Million $ Mano Remix)
Mano had a good set, but it wasn’t creative and awesome enough to keep me away from Cadence Weapon and The Cool Kids. I got to the stage a little before a band called Your Vegas ended, who happened to be alright, or at least better than I had expected. Next came the highlight of Friday. Cadence Weapon came on and straight killed it, playing everything I wanted him to play. Plus, he had an absolutely insane DJ. My favorite of his, was probably Real Estate, in which he absolutely screamed out the chorus “I made a deal today, we’re selling real estate!”
Next on came The Cool Kids, who were everything I had expected and more. They played absolutely everything, and I ran into their DJ as I was walking home that evening which was cool too. The highlight of their set was their ode to old school hip-hop which I didn’t get on video, but I did get a sick transition from Mikey Rocks into A Little Bit Cooler.
I then headed my way over to the AT&T stage for what was supposed to be the event of the weekend, Radiohead. It certainly was not the event of the weekend. I mean, they were still Radiohead but it wasn’t a life changing experience like Daft Punk had been the year before. After a few songs, I made my way towards the back to get some food and just sit on top of the hill and relax. This was a really good decision. Radiohead was so laid back in their performance, I enjoyed it most when I was relaxed instead of inching my way towards the stage trying to take pictures. I took a short video of Reckoner, which is one of my favorite songs of theirs.
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