Lollapalooza Lineup:

I'm giddy, very giddy. Tomorrow night I'll be in Chicago! Compared to all the vacations I've taken in the last 2 years, this one has me extraordinarily excited. Ch- ch- check this lineup out!
I'm couchsurfing.
I'm partying.
I'm meeting new friends.
I'm rocking.


Radiohead

Rage Against the Machine

Kanye West

Nine Inch Nails

Wilco

The Raconteurs

Love and Rockets

Gnarls Barkley

Bloc Party

The Black Keys

Broken Social Scene

Lupe Fiasco

Flogging Molly

G. Love & Special Sauce

Mark Ronson

Cat Power

The National

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

Explosions in the Sky

Brand New

Gogol Bordello

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Iron & Wine

Toadies

Dierks Bentley

Okkervil River

Amadou & Mariam

Blues Traveler

John Butler Trio

Girl Talk

CSS

Battles

DeVotchKa

Jamie Lidell

Butch Walker

Mates of State

Spank Rock

Brazilian Girls

Chromeo

Duffy

Saul Williams

The Kills

Rogue Wave

The Go! Team

Mason Jennings

The Gutter Twins

Yeasayer

Grizzly Bear

MGMT

The Weakerthans

Booka Shade

Free Sol

Black Kids

Black Lips

Louis XIV

Dr. Dog

Nicole Atkins & the Sea

The Ting Tings

Kid Sister

Office

The Cool Kids

What Made Milwaukee Famous

Does It Offend You, Yeah?

The Whigs

Manchester Orchestra

Foals

The Enemy UK

Uffie

The Octopus Project

Cadence Weapon

Ferras

De Novo Dahl

Holy F*ck

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

K'NAAN

Serena Ryder

Newton Faulkner

Your Vegas

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves

Steel Train

Bang Camaro

The Blakes

Tally Hall

White Lies

Magic Wands

Wild Sweet Orange

Electric Touch

Innerpartysystem

The Postelles

The Parlor Mob

DJ Bald Eagle

Krista

Ha Ha Tonka

Witchcraft

We Go To 11

Sofia Talvik

Suzy Brack & the New Jack Lords

The Jimmies

Peter DiStefano & Tor

Tiny Masters of Today

Homemade Jamz' Blues Band

The Terrible Two's

The Q Brothers

The Dream Jam Band

The Paul Green School of Rock All Stars

Perry Farrell

Flosstradamus

VHS or Beta

Devlin & Darko

Does It Offend You, Yeah?

DJ AM

DJ Momjeans a.k.a. Danny Masterson

Franki Chan

Million $ Mano

DJ Mel

James Curd

E-Six & Roan

Dash Mihok

Zebo

Small Town DJ’s

The Glamour

Willy Joy

Dani Deahl

'Palooza Conundrum:

Saturday: Wilco and Rage Against the Machine at the same time.


Sunday: Nine Inch Nails and Kanye West at the same time.

WTF?!

Another Couchsurfing Anecdote:

THANKS T*****! You annoying knowitall. You are exactly correct - that's why EVERY OTHER PERSON that responded to me has either said, 'absolutely, come stay with me,' or, 'sorry, i won't be around.' You ignoramus b- word! I could fit your 'culture' in a thimble! And to assume that one couldn't get cultured by another countryman is foolish too, especially in this melting pot. Thanks, T-, thanks for raising my blood pressure. Dork.

The below email string is chronologically from bottom up.





T,
Thanks for the head's up.
Jim.


T******** Wrote:
>Dear Jim,
>
>I believe the purpose of couchsurf is to offer a place
>to stay and some cultural exchange with someone who
>lives in another country. It is not really about a
>free hotel room.
>
>Best,
>T
>
>Jim Cooley Wrote:
>>USERNAME: *****
>>GENDER: Male
>>AGE: 27
>>LOCATION: United States - Florida - Clearwater
>>
>>ARRIVAL DATE: 7/31
>>DEPARTURE DATE: 8/4
>>NUMBER OF PEOPLE: 1
>>ARRIVING VIA: mass transit
>>
>>T,
>>Hi! I'm attending Lollapalooza...blah blah blah...
>>May I please stay with you?
>> Blah blah blah...
>>Jim.

New song for Jimmy:

I just got my grubbies on Radiohead's Amnesiac. 'Life In A Glass House' takes the winner for a while.

Thank you very...little...:

Thank you very much for clearing up my life and thank you very little for robbing me of the fun associated with not really knowing, but willingly singing incorrectly.


BTW, the setting of listening was at work on a Sunday (today), cranking the radio up, and walking back and forth (like Grover) to and from the radio, mesmerized at the wave node sound changes. Great song.