Lollapalooza 2010 was fantastic. Highlights: Dirty Projectors singing "When the World Comes to an End" in their encore, Erykah Badu's ridiculously good funk/soul band, and The Strokes' first U.S. performance in five years (I've wanted to see them live since Room on Fire came out in 2003).
I'm not going to write something up because I'd either belabor it to a pulp or go for a clean, dumb synthesis. So I'll just post a few phone images I liked. Bonus list/video after the pictures!
Lots of bonuses ahead. Click on my friend:
Here are sweet clips of The Strokes and Dirty Projectors doing their thing:
And just for kicks, here's my current reading/movie list. Thanks to Half-Price Books for being the best store ever.
- Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger -- makes me love the Royal Tenenbaums even more
- Y Tu Mama Tambien -- sex-crazed mexicans + Kerouac-style road trip
- Synecdoche, New York -- so intricate it's confused. Also heartbreaking. Watched because Charlie Kaufman wrote Eternal Sunshine.
- Jackie Brown -- Quentin's overlooked gem. Best music of all his films.
- Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer -- completely destroyed me emotionally on the plane ride. But also very funny.
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz -- also hilarious and very sad. Both Foer and Diaz will be at NYU next year so hopefully I'll meet them!