Wave Goodbye: NIN Pics

Long time, no blog. Here are some pics from this Saturday's Wave Goodbye Nine Inch Nails show:







More to come later. Still recovering. :)

New Radiohead Track

When I haven't been working, I've been listening to the 14-second clip of Them Crooked Vultures over and over and over again. Now I have something new to obsess over: A NEW RADIOHEAD SONG OMG.



Don't know where it's from yet, but I'm giddy nonetheless. Thanks Rolling Stone!

Lollapalooza 2009

Another Lollapalooza weekend in the books. We'll always remember this one as the year the weather went crazy: cold rain on Friday gave way to scorching heat on Saturday and Sunday. My Q101 responsibilities kept me very busy throughout the weekend, but I still managed to sneak in enough time with friends and bands to keep me satisfied until next year.

Artists I saw/heard: The Gaslight Anthem, Ben Folds, Thievery Corporation, Atmosphere, Gomez, Coheed and Cambria, Rise Against, Tool, The Airborne Toxic Event, Vampire Weekend, Cold War Kids, Snoop Dogg, Them Crooked Vultures (I was able to buy tickets for TCV, somehow, and it was amazing. Probably top three concerts ever.)

Artists I wish I hadn't missed: Kings of Leon (stupid failed power nap), Cage the Elephant, The Hood Internet, Silversun Pickups

Artists I interviewed: Ben Folds, Hockey, The Virgins, Kaiser Chiefs, The Airborne Toxic Event, Cage the Elephant, Passion Pit, Cold War Kids

Thumbs up: Graham Elliot's popcorn, the crowd's reaction to Snoop Dogg, my gigantic poncho

Thumbs down: Animal Collective playing over the beginning of Tool's set, the amount of footwear lost in Friday's mud, constant Twitter FAIL

A few pictures:

Cage the Elephant

Tool

Ben Folds

Overall, it was a good weekend, and I'm grateful for the friends and co-workers who made it a wonderful time, as always. Now who wants to speculate wildly about headliners for 2010?!?

Maynard's Mustache

Lollapalooza draws closer with every passing second. I'm extremely excited that Tool will be making one of their few U.S. appearances this summer in our fair city. Joey O sent me some reviews and images from this past weekend's All Points West festival, including this pic of Maynard:

...is that a drawn-on mustache, or is it real? Either way, it's AWESOME.