it has/had been 17 years since i first went to see lollapalooza.

eeeek.

alison and i attempted to pace ourselves over the course of the three days.  this was mostly successful, although i was gosh darn TIRED on the monday after the festival.

grant park is absolutely huge.  end to end it was just about a mile between the two super main stages with the entrance on the western end of buckingham fountain.

the weather was, if not mad phat, at least very dry!  i despise hot weather — evidenced by the meat locker-esque temperature of our home — but i would have much rather sweated bullets all day than to be poured upon by the sky.

i “discovered” a bunch of bands that i had not listened to previously — or that i had never seen live.  by far, that is my favourite part of any music festival and i spent the next few days buying and listening to a LOT of music!

the crowds were mostly pretty chill.  i never saw anything resembling real violence — or serious drama of any kind.  i did see a fair amount of drunk and high folks — varying from “THIS IS AWESOME!” type drunks to total dehydration.  for my part, i had some pinot grigio (because that’s how i roll) on day 2, but i was well hydrated (thank you propel powder thingees!) and was able to catch about 45 minutes worth of zzzzzz’s before lupe fiasco.

i am going to try and write up what i remember about the bands — by day.

all the photos i took are UP!

check ‘em out:

Lollapalooza 2008