Lollapalooza Day 2
We arrive a bit before noon. Ryan wanted to see Be Your Own Pet, who is this like 16 year old girl who's in a rock/punk band or something like that (I really don't know), but I wanted to see Rainer Maria, which is also a girl-fronted band, but much more established. The Rainer Maria stage is on the way to the byop stage, so we stop there. On the way, I see these two guys coming from the byop stage.
What a way to start the day! The guy with the tats is not really a looker, but he's got a nice body and cool tats. But that other guy! Whoo! Look at that! What a smile.
Then there's this other guy. This pic doesn't really capture him, unfortunately. Didn't get a really good shot. He's got this look about him that made me just know he's an attorney. His friend sitting and reading the paper isn't so shabby, either.
We walk over to byop for a minute and I think she's a little boring plus the audience was more attractive and the audience is in the shade at Rainer Maria, so we go back to watch them.
Who knew Jimmy Fallon was the drummer of Rainer Maria? Not me. (ok, it's not him, but it looks like him.
And the rest of the band.
You can see the rest of my Rainer Maria pics at my flickr here.
We saw these attention hogs inbetween bands. They were cute, though.
OK, so one of the best performances of the weekend was next. The Go! Team has such a high energy show one can't help but be impressed. The members generally are multi-instrumentalists and their music feels really original and yet familiar at the same time. And everybody is so damn cute!!! Cheerleading outfits? Yahoo! Two drummers in most the songs? Awesome! Multi-ethnic? Superb!
And recorders? Who doesn't love a recorder? Takes me back to rockin' out in 8th grade!!!
But by far, my favorite was Sam, the guitarist (/drummer/banjo player/ everything else player). Cute, talented, a total ham and a winning smile, what's not to love?
I even saw him out after the performance under the trees and said "it's Sam!."
He heard me and turned around to look and probably thought I was crazy. All I got was this shot of him walking away. I shoulda been a little more aggressive. Oh well. I love you Sam! Call me!
Then that weird guy who was onstage for every good band came out and danced a little with them. Look at the look on Sam's face. He's so adorable. Those wacky Canadians!
OK, to top it all off, there were a couple cute guys seen during this performance.
OK, so maybe I'm a sucker for a nice tattoo, but he's ok. Ferreals, yo.
But then there was this guy.
This guy may've been the all time winner for the weekend. I'm not sure.
At times it looked a little like the people around whom he was standing were somewhat aware of my picture taking. I will probably never know. It sure looked a little like he was modeling for me.
More Go! Team Photos.
After Go! Team I'm gonna say quite a few hotties were out.
While we waited for Sonic Youth, this charming young man entertained us with his sock puppet.
So, I am sorry to say that Sonic Youth were something of a disappointment. I'll disclose now that I may or may not have eaten a particular kind of brownie which may have altered my perception of things, but I heard from other people that my experience was shared by others. Their performance was just...lackluster.
The real kicker is that Gnarls Barkley was performing at the same time as Sonic Youth, but I didn't think to move to their stage. I mean, Crazy is the feel-good song of the summer! I totally should have watched at least part of their set. Oh well. :(
Later I saw this kid. Isn't he absolutely demonic? Rosemary, you lost your baby!
Next I had to stop by the The Dresden Dolls stage because my friend Olivia was doing sound. There she is!
Hi, Olivia! Good job. I can totally hear everything!
But I couldn't get very close, so I took this picture of the screen, which definitely highlighted that crazy makeup.
OK, so you know when trippy things happen when you're sorta, um, tripping? Well, The Flaming Lips were up next. 'Nuff said:
Balloons. Santas. Spacemen. Alien Girls. Skeletons playing keyboards. A guy in a giant balloon. Crowd surfing. What a waste of a brownie.
I liked this girl.
More Flaming Lips Photos Here.
Then there were the last few cute guys of the evening.
The darker it gets, the less my auto-focus works, unfortunately. This guy I really wanted a good picture of. Note his glistening muscles!
This one was the only one that came out clear, but it's a profile shot. I think we used to work out at the same gym. His friend's pretty cute, too.
These guys actually look like they were looking right at me.
These guys might've had their own brownies.
And finally, the last couple things I saw at the end of the night.
I love Chicago.
What a way to start the day! The guy with the tats is not really a looker, but he's got a nice body and cool tats. But that other guy! Whoo! Look at that! What a smile.
Then there's this other guy. This pic doesn't really capture him, unfortunately. Didn't get a really good shot. He's got this look about him that made me just know he's an attorney. His friend sitting and reading the paper isn't so shabby, either.
We walk over to byop for a minute and I think she's a little boring plus the audience was more attractive and the audience is in the shade at Rainer Maria, so we go back to watch them.
Who knew Jimmy Fallon was the drummer of Rainer Maria? Not me. (ok, it's not him, but it looks like him.
And the rest of the band.
You can see the rest of my Rainer Maria pics at my flickr here.
We saw these attention hogs inbetween bands. They were cute, though.
OK, so one of the best performances of the weekend was next. The Go! Team has such a high energy show one can't help but be impressed. The members generally are multi-instrumentalists and their music feels really original and yet familiar at the same time. And everybody is so damn cute!!! Cheerleading outfits? Yahoo! Two drummers in most the songs? Awesome! Multi-ethnic? Superb!
And recorders? Who doesn't love a recorder? Takes me back to rockin' out in 8th grade!!!
But by far, my favorite was Sam, the guitarist (/drummer/banjo player/ everything else player). Cute, talented, a total ham and a winning smile, what's not to love?
I even saw him out after the performance under the trees and said "it's Sam!."
He heard me and turned around to look and probably thought I was crazy. All I got was this shot of him walking away. I shoulda been a little more aggressive. Oh well. I love you Sam! Call me!
Then that weird guy who was onstage for every good band came out and danced a little with them. Look at the look on Sam's face. He's so adorable. Those wacky Canadians!
OK, to top it all off, there were a couple cute guys seen during this performance.
OK, so maybe I'm a sucker for a nice tattoo, but he's ok. Ferreals, yo.
But then there was this guy.
This guy may've been the all time winner for the weekend. I'm not sure.
At times it looked a little like the people around whom he was standing were somewhat aware of my picture taking. I will probably never know. It sure looked a little like he was modeling for me.
More Go! Team Photos.
After Go! Team I'm gonna say quite a few hotties were out.
While we waited for Sonic Youth, this charming young man entertained us with his sock puppet.
So, I am sorry to say that Sonic Youth were something of a disappointment. I'll disclose now that I may or may not have eaten a particular kind of brownie which may have altered my perception of things, but I heard from other people that my experience was shared by others. Their performance was just...lackluster.
The real kicker is that Gnarls Barkley was performing at the same time as Sonic Youth, but I didn't think to move to their stage. I mean, Crazy is the feel-good song of the summer! I totally should have watched at least part of their set. Oh well. :(
Later I saw this kid. Isn't he absolutely demonic? Rosemary, you lost your baby!
Next I had to stop by the The Dresden Dolls stage because my friend Olivia was doing sound. There she is!
Hi, Olivia! Good job. I can totally hear everything!
But I couldn't get very close, so I took this picture of the screen, which definitely highlighted that crazy makeup.
OK, so you know when trippy things happen when you're sorta, um, tripping? Well, The Flaming Lips were up next. 'Nuff said:
Balloons. Santas. Spacemen. Alien Girls. Skeletons playing keyboards. A guy in a giant balloon. Crowd surfing. What a waste of a brownie.
I liked this girl.
More Flaming Lips Photos Here.
Then there were the last few cute guys of the evening.
The darker it gets, the less my auto-focus works, unfortunately. This guy I really wanted a good picture of. Note his glistening muscles!
This one was the only one that came out clear, but it's a profile shot. I think we used to work out at the same gym. His friend's pretty cute, too.
These guys actually look like they were looking right at me.
These guys might've had their own brownies.
And finally, the last couple things I saw at the end of the night.
I love Chicago.
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