No one's going to Lollapalooza?

[Dandy01]

Well, I thought it was totally worth it to 'brave' Nissan Pavillion for the $10 ticket special I got, offered one day last week (before the ticket prices were dropped down overall).  Jane's was great, Perry was in great form shaking those maracas and strutting around in his vintage white suit and silver boots.  They did mostly oldies with just one new single, "Just Because."  Audioslave sounded pretty good as well, giving me a newfound appreciation for Chris Cornell's talent.  QOTSA had Mark Lannegan guest vocaling for a few songs and did old material mainly, they sounded good.  I caught The Music on the second stage, a short set but not bad; I hadn't realized how extremely young they were.  Also caught a band out of LA called Golden Buddha - a rock band with chantlike vocals complete with performance dancers; someone observed that was the best thing that had happened so far, as it was still early in the day.  I would've also liked to have seen Campfire Girls and 30 Seconds to Mars but they were apparently only doing West Coast dates.  I missed the Distillers and only heard The Donnas as I was sticking close to the second stage.  Also spotted a few of the Jackass guys backstage.

[paige]

xm was there! did any of you see any bright yellow frisbees flying around? i was hoping to go and accompany my friends who were interviewing audioslave and QOTSA, but alas, there was only room for two  

[Dandy01]

Originally posted by paige:
  xm was there! did any of you see any bright yellow frisbees flying around? i was hoping to go and accompany my friends who were interviewing audioslave and QOTSA, but alas, there was only room for two    

no, but I got a free Truth t-shirt.
 What's their story?  or is it posted on a site?

[paige]

Originally posted by Dandy01:
  no, but I got a free Truth t-shirt.
 What's their story?  or is it posted on a site?

the truth people? they're everywhere trying to get people to quit smoking. i must say, their commercials are pretty powerful. i think they're really trying to target young people before they start smoking and die in the middle of the street right in front of a tobacco industry building or something.

[paige]

and they do have a website.
 
 www.thetruth.com

[Dandy01]

Originally posted by paige:
  and they do have a website.
 
 www.thetruth.com

I meant XM, but thanks.

[paige]

oh hahah sorry.
 
 www.xmradio.com
 
 it's all about promotion and more promotion. they're kicking Sirius' ass stock-wise, which is cool. it's hard being a satellite radio system and trying to compete with local FM stations around the area at shows and stuff, like whfs and dc101, so they're trying to stay on top of things and spread the good word of xm radio. so you said you know drew from xm right?

[flawd101]

there are only 4 decent bands all year on lolla, boy sets fire, apc, 30 seconds to mars, and the distillers.

[Dandy01]

Originally posted by paige:
  oh hahah sorry.
 
 www.xmradio.com
 
 it's all about promotion and more promotion. they're kicking Sirius' ass stock-wise, which is cool. it's hard being a satellite radio system and trying to compete with local FM stations around the area at shows and stuff, like whfs and dc101, so they're trying to stay on top of things and spread the good word of xm radio. so you said you know drew from xm right?

Yeah, I met Drew through friends.  Do you also know this other guy named Patrick?

[paige]

Originally posted by Dandy01:
  Yeah, I met Drew through friends.  Do you also know this other guy named Patrick?

yes, he's a fun guy. drew was actually spinning at a club on thursday  night and some guys in queens came and hung out with him until 5 am or so. Patrick has the cutest dogs ever.

[Ikarus]

perry shoulda stuck with porno for pyros...the last jane's reunion was pretty painful.  only good point was havin' goldie open...
 
 
 ...my love will turn you on...

[chaz]

Originally posted by paige:
   

Originally posted by Dandy01:
  no, but I got a free Truth t-shirt.
 What's their story?  or is it posted on a site?

the truth people? they're everywhere trying to get people to quit smoking. i must say, their commercials are pretty powerful. i think they're really trying to target young people before they start smoking and die in the middle of the street right in front of a tobacco industry building or something. [/b]

The great thing about all those Truth commercials is they are paid for by the tobacco industry....part of the settlement agreement in one of those multi-billion $$ lawsuits against big tobacco.  
 
 I quit smoking a few years ago after 15 + years of puffing away.  No longer supporting those evil tobacco corporations was powerful inspiration.

[mankie]

Please, every smoker, keep on puffin my friends. It's enoyable, sociable and you all look very cool. If you stop the government will have to tax something else to fill the void. Thank you.

[jadetree]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Please, every smoker, keep on puffin my friends. It's enoyable, sociable and you all look very cool. If you stop the government will have to tax something else to fill the void. Thank you.

I think the void would be filled by all those medical bills that would go away

[ggw]

Originally posted by mankie:
 If you stop the government will have to tax something else to fill the void.

Reefer.