AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Saturday, August 05, 2006 ----- BODY: As "Jane's Addiction" screams at the beginning of their CD "Ritual de La Habitual"...HERE WE GO!!!! "Lollapalooza", perhaps the Grandaddy of all the big daylong concerts is doing it the whole weekend in Chicago's Grant Park. Imagine a few dozen musical groups which in 2006 has now expanded to include R&B, Hip-Hop, and Rap. Also, Jazz and Reggae make smaller debuts. Singer and Founder Perry Farrell started this whole thing in the early 1990's with only wish and a prayer. After a few years, Farrell's project got passed on to Corporate America who decided he should take a back seat while they were going to pump a lot of energy into the concert by way of sponsorships. Just like sporting events on tv today, everything was sponsored. From Miller Lite , to Subway, to Trojan Condoms, and even Pepto-Bismol. At this point, Farrell threw up his hands and and walked out the door however, all of his chips weren't cashed in. See, Farell had all the legal documents in his name, including the name of the concert. At that point, "Lollapalooza" was pronounced dead. He did allow the show to go on using the name as a service to unsigned bands to reach out to fans. It didn't work out too well. It came and went through many incarnations before Farrell decided to return. As it turns out, this idea of multiple music styles at the same location seems to be pulling in large numbers of music lovers, as well as a large number of people who enjoy witnessing other people who are drunk or on dope. Now, depending on what you read, hear, or see on television, you either appreciate people in their 20's and 30's from all over the world visiting here, or you can't wait until the cars hitting I-55, 94, or 290. Or the planes backing out of the terminal at O'Hare ready to taxi down the runway. Some of these groups and their entourage are more famous for wreaking havoc in hotel rooms than they are for their music. In any case, if these guys poop on the bed, punch holes in the walls, have wild orgies with groupies and leave shards of broken glass from beer bottles sprinkled all over the carpeting, Mayor Daley suggests that this will be yet another feather in his cap for getting the 2016 Olympics to be held in Chicago. As of right now, no word on the status of Dave Novarro who last played with Jane's Addiction on their last album and is now on the panel of "Rock Star: Supernova" on CBS. Let us not forget that Novarro and his wife Carmen Electra have called it quits as of last week, and his new girlfriend of several weeks already gave him the boot. Mayor Daley advised people spending the entire weekend in the heat to walk down and shower under the "Video Monolith Water Fountain". Some concertgoers took him up on the offer and stripped naked under the "spitting" video images. Also, we're told once again that the big finale on Sunday night, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, will be calling it quits after their tour dates are through (pssst...I've got a secret. They may be gone a year or two, but they'll be back). So, if you got the $100 bucks for the remainder of the weekend, come and act stooopid in Chicago. It really IS a "Stoopidpalooza" afterall! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: "Stoopidpalooza er, Lollapalooza 2006 hits the Windy City like a cold lake breeze!"

Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!

Saturday, August 05, 2006

"Stoopidpalooza er, Lollapalooza 2006 hits the Windy City like a cold lake breeze!"

As "Jane's Addiction" screams at the beginning of their CD "Ritual de La Habitual"...HERE WE GO!!!! "Lollapalooza", perhaps the Grandaddy of all the big daylong concerts is doing it the whole weekend in Chicago's Grant Park. Imagine a few dozen musical groups which in 2006 has now expanded to include R&B, Hip-Hop, and Rap. Also, Jazz and Reggae make smaller debuts. Singer and Founder Perry Farrell started this whole thing in the early 1990's with only wish and a prayer. After a few years, Farrell's project got passed on to Corporate America who decided he should take a back seat while they were going to pump a lot of energy into the concert by way of sponsorships. Just like sporting events on tv today, everything was sponsored. From Miller Lite , to Subway, to Trojan Condoms, and even Pepto-Bismol. At this point, Farrell threw up his hands and and walked out the door however, all of his chips weren't cashed in. See, Farell had all the legal documents in his name, including the name of the concert. At that point, "Lollapalooza" was pronounced dead. He did allow the show to go on using the name as a service to unsigned bands to reach out to fans. It didn't work out too well. It came and went through many incarnations before Farrell decided to return. As it turns out, this idea of multiple music styles at the same location seems to be pulling in large numbers of music lovers, as well as a large number of people who enjoy witnessing other people who are drunk or on dope. Now, depending on what you read, hear, or see on television, you either appreciate people in their 20's and 30's from all over the world visiting here, or you can't wait until the cars hitting I-55, 94, or 290. Or the planes backing out of the terminal at O'Hare ready to taxi down the runway. Some of these groups and their entourage are more famous for wreaking havoc in hotel rooms than they are for their music. In any case, if these guys poop on the bed, punch holes in the walls, have wild orgies with groupies and leave shards of broken glass from beer bottles sprinkled all over the carpeting, Mayor Daley suggests that this will be yet another feather in his cap for getting the 2016 Olympics to be held in Chicago. As of right now, no word on the status of Dave Novarro who last played with Jane's Addiction on their last album and is now on the panel of "Rock Star: Supernova" on CBS. Let us not forget that Novarro and his wife Carmen Electra have called it quits as of last week, and his new girlfriend of several weeks already gave him the boot. Mayor Daley advised people spending the entire weekend in the heat to walk down and shower under the "Video Monolith Water Fountain". Some concertgoers took him up on the offer and stripped naked under the "spitting" video images. Also, we're told once again that the big finale on Sunday night, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, will be calling it quits after their tour dates are through (pssst...I've got a secret. They may be gone a year or two, but they'll be back). So, if you got the $100 bucks for the remainder of the weekend, come and act stooopid in Chicago. It really IS a "Stoopidpalooza" afterall!

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