LOLLA

Well now that summer is coming to an end I wanted to share with everyone a great experience I was able to have in summer 2008. The experience wasn't going to Cancun or going to Europe(even though they would have been amazing too) but attending the music festival in Chicago called Lollapalooza. I'm sure everyone has heard of or seen videos of Lollapalooza but in case you haven't I'll give you some background information on it. Lollapalooza is a 3 day music festival that was started by Perry Farrell the singer for Jane's Addiction. Like I said before it is held in Chicago in Grant Park. It features music from alternative, indie, metal, to hip hop and rap. Well now that you guys and gals have some info on the festival I'll begin to share with you my great experience. This year was the first year I have ever atteneded Lollapalooza and it was a great one to start with. It quickly grabbed my attention when I heard the setlist of bands for the festival. It included great bands like Rage Against the Machine, The Black Lips, The Raconteurs, The Black Keys, Kayne West, and who can forget the great Radiohead. Its ok if you guys don't know some of these bands because I will mostly likely talk about them in later blogs. Well here I am pumped for this festival so I check the price on the 3 day pass and find out that is close to $230. Wow! I said to myself being that I was a college student and I'm sure eveyone knows that once you enter college you hold on to every penny you can. So I decided to attend only the first day of the festival which was August 1 and the ticket for that was $80. The day included most of the bands which I wanted to see but I was not able to see Rage Against the Machine which was a huge dissapointment. So here comes August 1 and I seriously could not sleep the night before because of all the excitement. The day finally comes and I am ready. My friends and I take the train to Chicago and when we finally get to Grant Park we are absolutely astonished at all the people that were stading in and around this festival. I have never seen so many people at once. It was something I have never seen before and the music playing added so much to this scenario. I'm gonna have to end this blog here but on the next one I'll share with you all the great music, food, girls, and beer that came along with the festival.