Lollapalooza Day One
Here are some of my favorite shots from the first day of Lollapalooza. I saw the bands Yeasayer, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Gogol Bordello, The Raconteurs, Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, and Radiohead. Jeff Tweedy was adorable and played only Wilco songs that he thought would be suitable for kids. Gogol Bordello puts on the best stage show I know of and there is so much energy bursting off of that stage that it is completely infectous. Raconteurs reminded me of the Who (a good thing), and Stephan Malkmus and The Jicks were crossing genres like there was no tomorrow - from Hendrix-esque blues to poppy 60s style rock. Radiohead were incredible, mind blowing awesome. They sounded amazing, put on a 2 1/2 hour show where they played music from every one of their albums, it was amazing.
I was so happy to see so many young people show an interest in the arts. Yes it was a rock festival, but it still is art, and it warms my heart to see young people developing their creative juices in that way.
I think they called this “down-rocking” because it’s all on the ground. Look at me learning about break-dancing.
Jeff Tweedy
West Coast represent!
Energy squared
Lisa and Corey
The stage and crowd for Radiohead
One of my favorite shots of the day
My other favorite shot of the day
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
So, as a joke, I told my friends “I’m going to find the Portland Winemaker on the internet!”.
Lo and behold; here you are lol. Your Radiohead pictures are phenomenal, and almost do justice to the mind-bending, soul-enhancing performance that we saw last night.
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Ferruccio “Ferro” Montanino
aka “The Canadian whose laptop you guarded”