This flower smells too loud. This flower was eaten by deer.

Deer Flower, I miss you very much. I wish you were not eaten.

P.S.: I love you. <3

I know Lollapalooza was over a month ago, but hell, I'm going to review the 3 day show. I got this idea from Nev.

Friday

Manchester Orchestra
I didn't know much of this band. I heard their recordings beforehand, but i thought it was alright. When I saw them at the beginning of the day out of boredom, I was impressed. It wasn't the best live performance, but I still really enjoyed the music. Good start

White Lies
I actually didn't really get into White Lies (actually the only song I love by them is Death) until after Lolla, but it was a good performance. Very british. However, it started to pour towards the end, and it stayed pouring and freezing for about 4 hours. It sucked.

The Decemberists
BOOORRRRINNNGGG

Of Montreal
These guys are catchy on record, but live, they were "overly trippy" and sounded messy, like Animal Collective (which would play the next day, at the same stage at the same time, coincidentally). In addition, i was in a very uncomfortable spot in the audience. So I just left after about 15 minutes.

Kings of Leon
By the far the highlight of the day. The weather was back to normal, it was a gloomy night. At first, i was in a pretty terrible spot, but i pushed my way and found a pretty good spot toward the side of the stage. The stage was still far away, but I had plenty of room around me (and hence a good view) and could hear fine. That's all that matters. I highlight of the show was, of course, Sex on Fire. Everyone in the midwest knows that song, so it was expected that the audience would be loud. You couldn't even hear the band play during the words "YEAH! THIS SEX IS ON FIRE!". That was one of the best moments of the weekend.

Saturday

Atmosphere
Not into rap at all, but I don't mind Atmosphere, and my friends were there so it was a decent time. And they played Yesterday, my favorite song by them. The bass was really loud and bothered me though.

Coheed & Cambria
I was pretty close. First crazy show all weekend, there was a mosh pit and such. I was only there for 30 minutes of the hour.

Glasvegas
I waited for 30 minutes for this awesome shoegaze band. I ended up being in the 5th row of the few hundred rows going back. They were great. The best was when they played Daddy's Gone, their best song (at the time, I was really into Flower & Football Tops at the time, and they played that too, which was good) at the end of the show. The problem is, I felt like their biggest fan out of everyone in the fucking audience.

TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio was the biggest disappointment. They are amazing on recording, but live they are terrible, mostly because there was little emotion and the songs sounded so different live than from the recordings. I left a little early for this too.

Tool
Normally on the two giant plasma screens next the main stages, they simply showed the band playing, as normal, for the many people cannot see the stage. However, Tool did sometime unique. On the screens, you can see a 3-D rendering of Tool's attempt to revisit the psychedelic experiences (mostly creepy ones) that are used to express the songs. These strange CG are totally something Tool would do, and it works, and gives you something to look at instead of the screens showing the bands themselves.

I'll post Sunday soon.

Friday:

12:00-1:00: Manchester Orchestra (again)
2:00-3:00: White Lies (again, haha)
4:00-5:00: Manic Street Preachers
6:00-6:45: Mogwai
7:15-7:45: Bloc Party
8:30-10:00: Sigur Ros

Saturday:

12:00-1:00: Electric Six
1:30-2:15: Bright Eyes
3:00-4:00: Explosions in the Sky
5:00-6:00: Faith No More
7:00-8:00: Queens of the Stone Age
8:30-10:00: Muse

Sunday:
12:00-1:00: The Unicorns
2:00-3:00: Slightly Stoopid
4:00-5:00: Porcupine Tree
5:30-6:30: System of a Down
7:00-8:00: Rage Against the Machine
8:30-10:00: Radiohead

Pretty realistic list here. If this actually came true my life would be complete.

Some songs I've been really into recently. All must listen to #1, as always.

10. Art Bears - Freedom
9. Green Day - Peacemaker
8. Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire
7. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
6. Queen - All Dead, All Dead
5. Glasvegas - Geraldine
4. Green Day - East Jesus Nowhere
3. Muse - The Small Print
2. Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
1. Glasvegas - Flowers & Football Tops

There's several rain barrels around downtown, on top of each one there's a pantyhose-like texture to absorb water. Each rain barrel is entirely covered with trash.

Why don't people care about their children?

Some more experimental, lots of post-rock, alternative, and some reggae. Enjoy.

10. Boredoms - (heart)
9. Slightly Stoopid - Closer to the Sun
8. Tool - The Grudge
7. Animal Collective - Grass
6. Josie Gallows - Misanthropic Bop
5. Mogwai - I Love You, I'm Going To Blow Up Your School
4. Manic Street Preachers - Ready For Drowning
3. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next
2. Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud
1. Mogwai - Danphe and the Brain

Once again, the #1 is always a must listen to song.

Am I a potato?

Recommendations of the week. Mostly post-rock, experimental, and electronica, since that what I'm most into at the moment. I've included a Green Day and U2 song from their new records, the one I consider to be the best on each record (21st Century Breakdown and No Line On The Horizon). Definitely check at the last 3 though.

10. Explosions in The Sky - Look Into the Air
9. Green Day - 21 Guns
8. Animal Collective - Bees
7. Ulver - Nowhere/Catastrophe
6. Mogwai - Batcat
5. Pelican - Drought
4. U2 - Fez - Being Born
3. Bjork feat. Thom Yorke - I've Seen It All
2. M83 - Kim & Jessie
1. Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

CSI: Miami looks really good in HD.

This is the set of stages to take in the world of vegetarianism/veganism. Some of these stages I urge you to take, even if you are not willing to be a vegetarian. Also each of these stages applies to all the the previous stages (for example if you chose stage 3, you would also be taking stages 2 and 1), of course.

Stage 1:
Respect your meat. Cook it well, share it, enjoy it as much as possible.

Stage 2:
Do not waste meat ever. If there is still meat on your plate when you get full, don't put the leftover meat in the garbage. Put it in the fridge to eat for lunch some other day or feed it to your pet.

Stage 3:
Do not wear fur, or use animal skins as rugs.

Stage 4:
Refuse to eat baby animals, such as calves (veal, or baby cows) and lamb. Not only is it sick to eat an innocent baby animal, but the meat industry exploits baby animals double as much as their adult counterparts. Why? Well first of all, they are not nearly as smart as adult animals, and animals being "dumb" is the main reason people that work at meat industries get frustrated and turn to physical abuse of the innocent animal. Also, baby animals often cry, because they are separated from their mothers and are given artificial milk. Because they cry, they are often abused. Finally, because the meat industry wants baby animals (particularly veal) to be as tender as possible, they are placed in a contraption where they never touch the ground.

Stage 5:
Do not eat KFC, McDonalds, or any other fast-food restaurant with overly processed meat.

Stage 6:
Do not eat pig (bacon, pork). Why, because they're amazing! Studies show the average adult pig is as smart as the average 3-year old human. They are actually very clean also.

Stage 7:
Do not eat any animals, excluding fish and shellfish. (Pescetarian)

Stage 8:
Do not eat any animals. (Vegetarian)

Stage 9:
Do not eat animals, honey, gelatin, or lard. Do not wear or use wool.

Stage 10:
Do not eat animals, eggs, honey, gelatin, lard, or any chemical that comes from animals. Do not use or wear leather.

Stage 11:
Do not use any animal products of any kind. (Vegan)

Thanks for reading, I hope everyone here takes up one of these stages, it would really make a difference, even the first stage. I wrote this myself.