Lolladays: Day Two

Festival pace picks up as Day 2 rolls in, and we’d already been rolling on grueling pace and meager rations.  I check in at the Hard Rock’s press area for a much-needed bite, and find myself to be just the right amount of exhausted to justify a $4, 3-minute cab ride from the hotel to the festival grounds.  The concierge and cab driver both look at me like I’m crazy—as if the growing rainbow of wristbands on my right arm (currently sitting at 7) wasn’t already a dead giveaway.

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This entry was written by Josh Petersel, posted on August 8, 2010 at 11:25 am, filed under Live and tagged , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Lolladays: Day One

Lollapalooza weekend presents us Eleven staffers with a very special challenge: can one three-day span of music and parties be better than Christmas?  At either, one finds camaraderie, family, feasts, and a heightened thirst for life and joy.  It’s just that Lollapalooza’s serving on the order of a hundred thousand music zealots in one sitting.

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This entry was written by Josh Petersel, posted on August 7, 2010 at 2:36 pm, filed under Live and tagged , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Lollapalooza: Day -1

Lollapalooza officially starts today, but there’s nothing wrong with getting a bit of a headstart.  B.o.B. and Kid Sister played blogger extraordinaire Perez Hilton’s Lolla pre-party at the Hard Rock Hotel in downtown Chicago.  Now that we got our feet wet, it’s time for the real deal. (more…)

This entry was written by Jonathan Fritz, posted on August 6, 2010 at 10:27 am, filed under Live and tagged . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.