No one will recall/All to no avail
I just got back from the second day of Lollapalooza. I heard a little bit of the Cold War Kids. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is better live, I think, than in recordings (the singers voice is more tolerable live). Regina Spektor was great. She’s so shy and adorable. She would get this slightly embarrassed grin every time people cheered. Also, she stopped in the middle of one of her songs (literally in the middle of a phrase) and said, “I think that person is sick. Stop everything, that person over there is sick,” pointing to some part of the crowd. “Can we get somebody to help her? Where are all of the Lollapalooza people? You guys wave your hands so they know where she is. And make a little highway.” Several minutes later after they had extricated the one-too-many woman, Regina picks back up exactly where she left off, in the middle of the same phrase. It was at once both funny and adorable. After that was Snow Patrol, who rocked out pretty hard, despite having lighter songs than most of the bands. The last band was Muse. They were good, but not amazing. The light effects were epileptic in proportion. They rocked out pretty hard, too. It was a great day, and I’m looking forward to tomorrow. Still can’t get the Daft Punk show out of my head. Best. Show. Ever.
Finished: East of Eden John Steinbeck
A Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh
The Moon and Sixpence W. Somerset Maugham
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling
Listening to: More Daft Punk than you could possibly handle
