Chicagoist: Lollapalooza 2007: The Survivial Guide

guest

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:46:38 -0600

I saw both Regina and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. You just have to sacrifice 5-10 minutes off one show or the other.

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:01:36 -0600

This is the type of thing you guys should be covering rather than just re-telling the Trib's front page story every morning. Go nuts on Lollapalooza, cause, sorry, you guys don't know jack about politics or crime or any other number of more serious topics.

Mr_Smith

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:51:20 -0600

Any Chicago-based publication who doesn't cover Lollapalooza is foolish. If you ignore a story that happens in your backyard, you deserve to be mocked. Do you read everything in your local newspaper? Do you write letters to the editor complaining about stories you are not interested in?

matty

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:16:24 -0600

i am 94 years young

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:55:16 -0600

it always amazes me that those people that rip every post keep coming back for more....

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:05:45 -0600

It always amazes me to see the clever ways that people find to rip apart EVERY SINGLE post made on Chicagoist, even something so innocuous as a lollapalooza survival guide.

E

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:03:47 -0600

Marty makes me feel old.

Tankboy

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:46:21 -0600

Funnel Cakes: Another reason for that uptick in time spent on treadmills and elliptical machines!

The Curmudgeon

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:41:33 -0600

Well Tankboy, if you really trained to walk long distances at Lollapalooza, I guess there is some merit in that. All I've done is eat healthy to offset my anticipated consumption of funnel cakes. Glorious Funnel Cakes!!!!!!

Tankboy

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:34:23 -0600

Curmudgeon, the sad part is that's actually true. And marty, I am now exactly old enough to run for president ... look out Hillary and Obama!

marty

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:33:47 -0600

Anyways Tank thanks for posting this survival guide, even if some might think its redundant. I'm amazed that you were old enough to go to Lolla 92 to see PJ. And soldier field in 95? Those are legendary shows. You must be like, what, 50? :o)

The Curmudgeon

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:24:01 -0600

The post was great and helpful until the part about "stepping up our cardio during the last month." Yeah right. Like you really stepped up your "cardio" to prepare for Lollapalooza. Doesn't Chicagoist at least have an editor dedicated to trimming stupidity from these posts?

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:17:59 -0600

Also, Jeremy Piven is the douchiest douche that ever douched. What happened to that guy? Hair plugs! that's what happened. he got hair plugs and all of the sudden he's a complete douche.

Tankboy

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:12:22 -0600

No I'm not! Heh.

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:59:04 -0600

Tankboy is the most defensive writer on Chicagoist BY FAR!

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:53:04 -0600

Actually there is a size limit. They have to be factory sealed and they can't be more than 1 liter each. But I don't know why you'd want to haul around bottles bigger than that anyway.

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:36:16 -0600

Say what you will about the rising ticket prices, concession prices, water prices, merch prices of Lollapalooza...they let you bring in 2 water bottles, no stipulation about size and they set up refilling stations throughout the grounds. That's just huge.

Tankboy

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:15:42 -0600

No, more like 254 posts. C'mon, this is a huge Chicago story. And I'm pretty sure no one can argue that this one is an internationally attended event covered by the world media. I'll tell you what, though. We'll make sure to clearly label Lollapalooza-related posts so you can skip right over them and continue arguing about any number of other topics we cover on the site daily.

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:53:59 -0600

Oh Christ! Are we going to get 78 posts about Lolla just like we got 197 about Pitchfork?

Tankboy

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:52:49 -0600

Wait, TOC ran a piece about preparing for Lollapalooza> You mean it wasn't only us, and The Tribune, and I bet just about every other media outlet? And I bet they wrote it a few days ago just like we did, and scheduled it post a day or two before the festival when it would make the most sense! Mind boggling, I know.

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:41:14 -0600

Thanks for basically re-printing page 16 of Time Out Chicago.