June 22, 2004

Lollapalooza cancelled. Excuse me while I go over here and cry. That was probably like my only chance ever to see the pixies.
posted by Captain Psyko 20 years ago
  • oh my godapalooza, what the hellapalooza?
  • How could anyone over 6 ever bear to go to anything with that cutesy-poo name? Does it have a secret dark meaning of which (as a tedious old British git)I am naturally unaware?
  • It has one of the best lineups of any touring festival ever Pleg. Morrissey. The Pixies. Modest Mouse. The Flaming Lips. The Polyphonic Spree. Sonic Youth. The Von Bondies. Mike Watt. Le Tigre. Wilco. PJ Harvey. The Basement Jaxx. etc. etc.
  • The only problem was it was 2 Bloody Days. If it was all on one day, like it had been in the past, I wonder if they would have had the same problems. (Don't forget Gomez, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Walkmen, and Danger Mouse)
  • Always thought Lollapalooza sounded a bit rubbish, all Gen-X wankery. But damn, that's one of the best, most concentrated excellent-type line-ups I've seen. Ever. Still, I've never even bothered going to Glasto, so I'd have been one of those people who glanced at it, said "Dude, nice line-up", and then not bought a ticket. Hey ho.
  • Kids, avert your eyes, this could get ugly. GOD FUCKING DAMNIT!! Sigh...the whole point was to see PJ Harvey. But then I find out she's not going to be at the Chicago show. S'alright, I still get to watch Le Tigre, Basement Jaxx & The Pixies. And I had pretty good seats. About 14 rows back, but center section. SEATS! Anybody that's been to Shoreline in Mountain View can attest to the beauty of seats and the underwhelming screen watching experience of "lawn/yawn" seating. POOP! Side Note: I saw Wolf Eyes at the Empty Bottle here in Chicago. A band called Panicsville opened up for them. They just blared feedback and squelches for about 45 minutes, then started playing a Journey song, jumped into the crowd, started hugging people and the weird black thing whacked my girlfriend in the face with a tentacle. Experimental, indeed.
  • I just don't like outdoor shows. And, if I were going to see an outdoor show, I would go see the Warped Tour...Flogging Molly, Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, Tiger Army, Planet Smashers.
  • No disrespect to the line-up intended, Captain - my thoughts are with you at this difficult time. *offers Kleenex*
  • Seats? At a festival? Its times like this that I remember that America is a very foreign country...
  • Lotsapalookas took my car from me. No sympathy for a festival where a guy's ride can get jacked. Then again, I saw Morrisey a couple of months ago at the Apollo and about 10 years ago at Roseland. You're not missing much. The Pixies, saw them in '89. You have my condolences on missing them.
  • Between this and Britney Spears cancelling her tour, I'm about to have a total emotional collapse.
  • I had no idea the show was even around still... I thought it had disappeared around 1998. I guess I'm way out of touch these days.
  • I smell smoke that comes from a gun named extintion it was a long time ago could have happened to anyone he was struck by a bullet and he melted into fluid named extintion one thousand miles an hour I'm just like anyone I want to feel the road of tar beneath the wheel named extinction and evolving from the sea would no be too much time for me to walk beside you in the sun i read something about a son of a gun named extinction.
  • Feeling your pain, Cap'n. So close, but yet so far... although now I'll be keeping my ear to the ground for Pixie club shows.