Chicago

Had a great 4 day trip to Chicago to check out Lollapalooza and generally mess around in a city I haven't been to in 13 years. Sunday was the hottest day in 10 years, but it didn't slow us down too much--nothing a dozen cold beers couldn't handle! As far a great acts seen, the Pixies were awesome! They were much tighter than the first time we saw them on their reunion tour at Coachella last year--and I'd say tighter than when we saw them in Berkeley last fall as well. The Dandy Warhols show was the most disappointing overall. The mainstage across the venue was drowning them out and they had some problems with the sound system which visibly agitated Courtney Taylor. Anton and one of the guitar players from Brian Jonestown Massacre joined them onstage for a couple of songs, but they just weren't into it under the circumstances. G.Love was excellent as always, but he had the same problems as the Dandies did with the noise from the other stage. Widespread Panic rocked! ALWAYS a great show--and they were on the mainstage with out all the problems of the smaller stages. Perry Farrell's new gig is called Satellite Party complete with the requisite hottie dancers. He's a great showman for sure!