syrrys

So Lolla this past weekend eh? Wow...

This will be just a mini update... I'll try to do more tonight before I
collapse but.... well I've promised similar things before
http://lollapalooza.com/schedule/ftaf.aspx?sid=LOLLA181406

Friday:
Stupid work kept me from getting there until 5:30 but I did make it in time
for Iron & Wine which was good.
The rest of the evening was basically just wandering & sitting & drinking
Bud (<ick> ... <shrug>
We caught some of The Raconteurs, Violent Femmes, VHS or BETA and Death Cab
for Cutie
Oh yeah we also went to the Blackalicious after show at the House of
Blues.... Omega Watts and 1773 were lots of fun, and Lyrics Born was
fricking amazing, but unfortunately Blackalicious was pretty much a
disappointment.

Saturday:
Another start to the day a bit later than we wanted but by 2:30 we were back
in the think of things (after stopping for some sushi for
lunch/breakfast.... MMMMMmmmm)
Saturday was by far the highlight day starting with Coheed and Cambria
(pretty fun), then Wolfmother (not bad.. but not great), we caught a couple
of songs from Calexico before Sonic Youth (Shared a joint with some boys up
from Ohio, very cool kids, and very nice of them to share!), then the big
surprise of the weekend The Dresden Dolls, wow! are they ever a lot of
fun!!!! I want a "coin operated boy" too! Flaming Lips were damn good too,
but we stayed back so we had a good spot for Thievery Corporation. Who
rocked. Then rounded out the day with some mad dancing to Manu Chao. We met
up with some friends down from Canada for the festival and offered them a
place to crash (they slept in their van on friday night)... However I was
the only one who actually slept...

Sunday:
everyone else stayed up drinking until about 6:30 (after waking me up and
dragging me out to watch the sunrise.. bastards...) So I was of course the
only one ready to go at a decent time. My girl had probably had too many
cigarettes the night before (non-smoker) so she was feeling sick as all
hell... so while the rest of the posse headed out at about 2, we stuck
around home & she slept while I watched TV (X games & Cartoons! woot!) and
read computer magazines... we finally managed to haul ourselves up and out
in time to catch a cab down to the park just in time for the final few
chords of Broken Social Scene before the big guns came out... apparently
something like 70,000 people where there for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers...
Wow that was a hell of a show. Then home again for a last ditch attempt to
get rested for this morning...

and despite my best efforts (aka decent amount of sleep both nights) I still
feel rough this morning.... this "working stiff/cubicle monkey" life while
hanging out with people on vacation really sucks...