a gerbil feeder full of margarita
Why wait? I might just do this tonight....
Maneshevitz (day 3, 1pm, at AMD). The singer sounds like Tom Verlaine but is short and stocky, and the band are more rockin' like the Hold Steady.
I actually have seen them! They opened for the Mountain Goats in Lawrence once. I shall pencil them in - they are worth seeing again.
Sonic Youth if you haven't before and it doesn't conflict.
Sonic Youth I have seen. I was debating between them and Blackalicious. Hmmmmm....And the Hold Steady are a definite.
Death Cab I like more than Ween - but Ween seems like a better live act for reasons I can't quite express. Never seen either.
I am stressing over Kanye or Manu Chao? Oh lord, will my diamond shoes ever fit right?
So forlorn and and medodic.
I like them but thought they were kind of boring live. I only saw them in a big arena type place with suck ass sound though. Not really the right venue for their style of music I think.
but Ween seems like a better live act for reasons I can't quite express.
They are supposed to be very good live. Dean's quite the guitar wizard.
Ween it is then! Though I agree, Robin, Death Cab are the forlorniest.
Have you seen the VU one?
I have not. But I've heard good things about it from the same people who were less thrilled with the Beefheart. For what that's worth...
I would like to see some stuff I haven't seen before. All recs welcome.
Is the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow performing at any point during the weekend? It's not music, but I highly recommend seeing Jim Rose, if he's there.
ETA: Doesn't look like he's there. I saw the JRCS for the first time at the second Lollapallooza, that had Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Ministry, and the Chili Peppers.
I just introduced my intern to GHP. He is so happy in his mash-up filled head right now.
From Pitchfork:
Arthur Lee of Love Dead at 61
Arthur Lee, legendary frontman for the influential psych-rock band Love, has died. He was 61 years old.
As previously reported, Lee was suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Several recent benefit concerts, including one at New York City's Beacon Theater featuring Robert Plant, Yo La Tengo, and Ryan Adams, among others, raised money to help pay Lee's medical expenses. Lee's manager, Mark Linn, sent out the following email just minutes ago:
"Arthur Lee died peacefully at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, a little after four in the afternoon Aug 3, 2006 with his wife Diane by his side. His death comes as a shock to me because Arthur had the uncanny ability to bounce back from everything, and leukemia was no exception. He was confident that he would be back on stage by the fall.
"When I visited with him recently, he was visibly moved by the stories and pictures from the NYC benefit concert. He was truly grateful for the outpouring of love from friends and fans all over the world since news of his illness became public. We watched the DVD of the great House of Blues concert from '03, and he told me how much he appreciated [backing band] Baby Lemonade's dedication to his music.
"Arthur always lived in the moment, and said what he thought when he thought it. I'll miss his phone calls, and his long voice messages, but most of all I'll miss Arthur playing Arthur's music."
So will we.
In a sad coincidence, my band has been planning for a while now to play a medley of "Live and Let Live" into "Interstellar Overdrive" at our show in two weeks.
