his photos are way overexposed

Anyone see Pete Yorn cover the PB&J whistle song (yes I know the name of the song) at Lollapolooza? I watched it on the computer...
'cause I'm a nerd

VFest on Saturday was quite stellar (the only day I went).

LCD, Modest Mouse, Peter Bjorn and John, Fountains of Wayne, Beastie Boys, Incubus, The Fratellis and TVOTR were all excellent (in preference order from best to not-quite-as-good-as-the-best-but-still-good). I don't like the Police or Cheap Trick, so they weren't. Amy Winehouse was boring but sounded good. Good times but probably won't shell out the money again.

dan deacon wore a new shirt! amazing. sorry to say that the sum of all virgin acts might just amount to the greatness of one daft punk song live from the robot pyramid. nice review though bao.

Regina Spektor's got a great fucking smile....and some nice tittays.

The Pumpkins never advertised themselves as a reunion and D'arcy was out of the band long before the end. I'm so tired of media types saying it isn't a reunion b/c James and D'arcy aren't in it. No one but the media said it was in the first place. But I'll let this stop bothering me soon enough...even while the bands like Wilco and Nine Inch Nails have rotating lineups...where's the backlash there? Bah...

It is beyond annoying to read reviews and all the writer can focus on is that there are members of the audience that looked old. That is beyond boring to hear.

i think it's the fact that the smashing pumpkins fucking suck since james and darcy left that is the real issue.

yes, we saw the tittays up close in person in the bathrooms. it was niiiiiiice.

i never noticed how big the tittays are, they totally snuck up on me

FYI: I was a senior in high school when "Fight For Your Right to Party" came out and the Beasties weren't much older than I. Now, I'm 39.

Oh, perhaps that woman "no younger than 50" was actually quite a bit younger than 50 but had done a lot of drugs.

Wish I had known you were in town! We had passes for Saturday, courtesy of Incubus, but I was more excited about Sunday (didn't get there on Sunday, cuz I wasn't trying to shell out 100 bucks). Really wanted to see Regina and the Wu! Booka Shade's set on Saturday was pretty good, and Paolo Nutini did a great job, though he came off kinda snobbish.

Did you have a parking pass, or did you have to get ripped off by the locals?

Luckily they gave us a press parking pass so we got in and out of the Pimlico pretty easily without worrying about the gridlock of traffic.

Worth mentioning was the Velvet Revolver show on the South Stage. friggin' insane set!

The north stage was pretty much mobbed the whole time but at South, you could chill a lot easier and get up close.

on the flip side, I didn't catch the set but everyone I knew who saw the Police on Saturday said they blew the big one.

I was only there for Saturday, I thought the whole day was amazing~!!!! Got down there from NY at around 11:00 AM, and headed to the dance tent for Shout out out Out Out, which was a damn good way to start a party!
Next, we wandered around for a bit, then hit Amy Winehouse, which WAS boring, but sounded good. We left Incubus early to hit the dance tent to get some shade, and just because there was a lot more energy in there. Felix da Housecat tore it up, then Danny Tenaglia put it down something FIERCE right after. The two blended their sets quite nicely, with Danny dancing around stage towards the end of Felix's set.
We left Tenaglia a bit early for LCD, and they were tight as always. they ended the set with a KILLER Yeah (Crass Version). That song was the highlight of the day to me. I was dancing like a lunatic, so maybe I was one of the three you saw??? =0)
We went to the Beasties a bit late, and while they were good, we couldn't stay away from that damn tent!! Sacha and Digweed killed it! We saw a bit of the Police, then headed to Modest Mouse. MM took a long time to do sound check, but they soudned really good. After Float On, we needed one more dose of the dance tent, then drove back home to NY.

I'd definitely go again, well worth $125.

Everyone must have slept on all the free parking ... Yeah, the Police were terrible, they were the only band my girlfriend wanted to see out of both days(!) and after 4 songs she was ready to go. Sunday was excellent with Interpol in the rain and M.I.A. with Naeem getting hyped side stage being by far the best (except during M.I.A.'s set when she pulled some kids on stage for Bird Flu and we got crushed by a whole crowd of kinda fat, kinda butch girls rushing the stage).

>Regina Spektor's got ... some nice tittays.

i'd hit it

I was there as well. The crowd really got to me. Too many fratboys and hippies. I'm no hipster but I'll take hipsters over fratboys any day of the week. I actually really enjoyed Peter Bjorn and John. And for my money LCD Soundsystem was the act of the festival. Fucking amazing. Did not see anyone in the dance tent though. Interpol were pretty good but their set was too short.

As for the Police, I thought they were pretty good but frustrating. They changed the arrangements to so many of their songs. It is clear that they all still have the chops to make all the songs muscular and thrilling if they played them the way they sounded originally. Also Sting still has it as a vocalist, but why did he only use his falsetto sparingly? He went so low on the choruses to "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You." Why on earth would he choose not to?

Overall a fun time but I doubt I'll be going back. My tolerance for drunken neanderthals has just about run out.

was there both days and saw about 15 different bands/acts. overall it was great. lcd soundsystem was definitely a highlight on saturday. "all my friends" and "yeah" were amazing.
camped out at the north stage most of sunday and was able to get surprisingly close to the stage for all of spoon, yeah yeah yeahs, interpol, and smashing pumpkins. had to wait through panic at the disco to save my spot though and they were painfully bad. i loved the guitarist almost getting pegged with a roll of toilet paper.
the crowd wasn't what i had expected. i kept thinking i was at a dave matthews / phish headlined concert. but a good weekend. i'd go back next year for a similarly diverse and fun lineup.

We where laughing at the people who paid for local parking the better one was the preferred parking scam they had going as if 200 for both days was not enough from people (I didn't pay anything near that rock on!!).

On the block we parked across from the artist entrance they had a MAKESHIFT lot with people with preferred parking things hanging from the mirror. We parked on that block maybe 25 feet away from that lot (and several local ones) both days. In front of a set of houses who wouldn't dare sell parking on the lawn.

The guard who was sitting watching the preferred lot actually would be watching ours too since it was so close.leaving was smooth no traffic leaving the lot, no idiot's who blocked us in or puked on our bumper.

2 - 2 day passes one for 100.00 on craigslist and the other 150.00 on ebay = 250.00 (last min desperation *smile*)

2 - 2 day vip bracelets from some young girl who wanted to get rid of them to a scalper but i got to her first. she didn't know she had the good ones seems daddy works fir virgin \m/ 50$

Didnt pay for parking, didnt pay for beer since they where free in the artist bar area the bracelet got me to.

GREAT TIME for more than half the price!!!!

WAs there both days. Unfortunately, due to still suffering from the day before...missed Spoon's set. But saw about 15 bands over the weekend. My favorites- the Beastie Boys, Wu Tang, the Fratellis, Ben Harper and the Pumpkins. I miss Iha and D'Arcy, but this incarnation is really good and like a bunch of the new stuff. United States is great live track.

i was there both days. (went last year as well)
despite the crippling hot/humid temp, it was worth the drive from ohio. traffic to pimlico was much better- probably because everyone with an inch of yard space was charging for parking this year. one of THE best acts was Felix Da Housecat. his set was tight and he seemed to be having as much fun as the crowd.
sasha/digweed solid as well.
Matisyahu was spot-on with his set. he threw down some great reggae. glad i watched the whole thing. Fratellis - another highlight of the weekend - def one of my favs. although i am wondering why acts such as Wu Tang Clan had to be banished to the small south stage when clearly they draw huge crowds. Spoon (while good) shouldn't have been on the north stage. even though the drive was long, the weather too damn hot and an annoying lack of shade at the track, i can't wait to go again next year.

the weather too damn hot and an annoying lack of shade at the track, i can't wait to go again next year.