In an blessing-in-disguise turn of events, I find myself in Chicago the day before Lollapalooza 2008 begins and I’m amped as hell for the festival to get underway. This will be my third year in a row attending the fest, although this year I only plan on going Friday with the hopes of catching an incendiary Radiohead performance. Some of the rest of the LMB crew will be there on Saturday and Sunday to round out the coverage, so we should have a nice roundup of photos and reviews following the weekend. And I really have no doubt that we’re in for a treat; both times prior that I’ve attended this festival were fantastic. I’ve seen some incredible music at this event over the past few years — Daft Punk, Pearl Jam, The Black Keys, Wilco, Manu Chao, The Rapture, you name it, really — and I hope the storms stay away tomorrow long enough for us to get our groove on in the middle of Grant Park.
Given that we’re breaking up the coverage a bit between us bloggers here, I figured I’d give a preview of what I plan on seeing tomorrow with a few Plan B’s in mind in case logistics don’t allow me to follow my plan to a “T.” I didn’t even bother putting together a schedule because one day is easy enough to process, but if you’re going make sure you follow along and mark your calendars for the stuff I tell you to go see.
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Fujiya & Miyagi have a set of US tour dates lined up in October and they’re hitting all the major markets. Go see them.
Fujiya & Miyagi – 2008 Tour Dates
Wed 10/22 – Mercury Lounge, New York NY
Thu 10/23 – Webster Hall New York NY w/ Crystal Castles, Who Made Who
Fri 10/24 – Paradise Boston MA
Sat 10/25 – Bottom Lounge Chicago IL
Mon 10/27 – Chop Suey Presents Seattle WA
Tue 10/28 – The Independent San Francisco CA
Thu 10/30 – Troubadour Los Angeles CA
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Poor Vineland.
Late last year, C3 announced they were going to stage a three-day music festival on a 550-acre farm in Vineland, N.J., on Aug. 8-10. A few months later, the festival was postponed till 2009. Now, C3 co-owner Charlie Jones says, Vineland is “dead.” [Turn It Up]
I don’t feel too confident in next year’s festival scene if we’re already seeing some festivals closing up shop before they even give it a fighting chance.
Andy Gadiel and I were chatting recently and he brought up the fact that he was thinking about bringing back the infamous Andy Gadiel’s Phish Page. Sure enough, yesterday he posted a “new” version of the page and threw up a Twitter that the page was back. I’m psyched to see it back; it immediately brought back a nostalgia moment where I remembered how many times I used to check this page in between classes in our university computer labs. I didn’t yet have a computer all to myself, so I spent time checking his page and building my Geocitites-hosted taper list all through our school computer labs. Good times.
Andy Gadiel’s Phish Page [www]
Cheech & Chong announced today that they plan on returning to the road soon to bring their stoner comedy back to the masses before they die. They’re not really even trying to hide that logic, with Cheech quoted as saying, “We’ve gotten to the age where we don’t feel like fighting anymore because the end is a lot closer than the beginning.” Billboard got a little comfortable with the write-up…
Now that their feud is up in smoke, Cheech and Chong are high on plans to reunite for their first comedy tour in more than 25 years.
Do people actually go to see this sorta thing anymore? Can this still be funny at all?
The Lollapalooza 2008 webcast schedule has been set. Tune into the AT&T Blueroom on Friday and start the day off with Holy Fuck; make sure you watch for me somewhere in the crowd, too.
Lollapalooza 2008 Webcast Schedule
Friday, August 1st:
01:15 PM Holy Fuck
02:15 PM Rogue Wave
03:15 PM Yeasayer
04:15 PM The Kills
05:15 PM Gogol Bordello
06:15 PM Mates of State
07:15 PM Bloc Party
08:15 PM Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
09:00 PM The Raconteurs
Saturday, August 2nd:
01:15 PM Margot & the Nuclear So So’s
01:45 PM The Ting Tings
02:30 PM Dr. Dog
03:30 PM The Gutter Twins
04:30 PM The Go! Team
05:30 PM Duffy
06:30 PM Jamie Lidell
07:30 PM DeVotchka
08:30 PM Explosions in the Sky
09:30 PM Broken Social Scene
10:30 PM Wilco
Sunday, August 3rd:
01:15 PM Kid Sister
02:15 PM The Whigs
03:15 PM Office
04:15 PM Chromeo
05:15 PM G Love & Special Sauce
06:15 PM Blues Traveler
07:15 PM John Butler Trio
08:15 PM Flogging Molly
09:15 PM Love and Rockets
10:15 PM The National
All times are in EST.
