Lollapalooza Roll Call

callat703

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Lollapalooza Roll Call July 31, 2006 at 06:58 PM UTC #

Okay - official roll call: who is going?

I'm there.

Can anybody tell me how big the festival grounds are compared to say…Bonnaroo?

chokeychicken

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call July 31, 2006 at 07:46 PM UTC #

i hop on my plane thursday morning. im excited.

sonickteam2

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call July 31, 2006 at 07:50 PM UTC #

me and the lady are hopping in my american car on Thursday morning. :) should be one kick ass 11 hour drive!

callat703

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call July 31, 2006 at 08:10 PM UTC #

Originally posted by chokeychicken:
i hop on my plane thursday morning. im excited.

Where are you flying out of? I get on a plane Thursday morning as well.

kurosawa-b/w

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call July 31, 2006 at 08:12 PM UTC #

Sadly, I won't be able to go after all…

lily1

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call July 31, 2006 at 08:24 PM UTC #

i won't be at the official lollapalooza, but i will go the thievery aftershow on friday, and the frames/nadasurf aftershow on saturday.

anyone flying into o'hare friday morning?

Reggie O.

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call July 31, 2006 at 11:06 PM UTC #

I'll be there.

buddha

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 12:48 AM UTC #

I'll be driving out early Wednesday morning. Looks like a 12 and half hour drive for me. It needs to get colder. Now.

LRHippo

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 12:53 AM UTC #

We don't hop on the plane till Friday morning, but will be in Chicago around noon. The layout is different this year than it was last. I'd say it's smaller than then layout of Bonnaroo.

See you all there.

chokeychicken

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 01:02 AM UTC #

i'm leaving via airtran out of richmond. can't wait.

sonickteam2

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 01:30 AM UTC #

Originally posted by amnesiac:
I'll be driving out early Wednesday morning. Looks like a 12 and half hour drive for me. It needs to get colder. Now.

looks like the highs for the windy city this weekend are 79,81,84 respectively. should be a near perfect weekend for an outdoor show!

jb1677

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 03:46 AM UTC #

We will be flying out Wednesday morning, hoping for cooler (and dry) weather!

anarchist

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 03:51 AM UTC #

supposed to be low 80's and no rain.

bnyced0

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 01:50 PM UTC #

I'll be there, and hopefully it won't be as hot as last year. Also noticed they reoriented the set up with the addition of more stages… looks like the dust bowl of softball fields won't be in play as much. Also doing T.C. on Friday night, and SY/Fiest at Doubledoor on Sat, followed by BuzzFly at Smartbar…be there or be….

sonickteam2

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 01:56 PM UTC #

Originally posted by bnyced0:
I'll be there, and hopefully it won't be as hot as last year. Also noticed they reoriented the set up with the addition of more stages… looks like the dust bowl of softball fields won't be in play as much. Also doing T.C. on Friday night, and SY/Fiest at Doubledoor on Sat, followed by BuzzFly at Smartbar…be there or be….

did you have to win those SY/Feist tickets? I cant get those fuckers.

buddha

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 02:08 PM UTC #

Originally posted by le sonick:

Originally posted by amnesiac:
I'll be driving out early Wednesday morning. Looks like a 12 and half hour drive for me. It needs to get colder. Now.
looks like the highs for the windy city this weekend are 79,81,84 respectively. should be a near perfect weekend for an outdoor show!

Well, let's just hope the weatherman's right. I wasn't expecting it to be that low, I just didn't want it to be 100+. Not that I'm complaining, that forecast sounds great to me.

And to those that have been to Chicago, any suggestions for good (casual) restaurants and bars? Best pizza place?

callat703

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 03:15 PM UTC #

Originally posted by amnesiac:

Originally posted by le sonick:

Originally posted by amnesiac:
I'll be driving out early Wednesday morning. Looks like a 12 and half hour drive for me. It needs to get colder. Now.
looks like the highs for the windy city this weekend are 79,81,84 respectively. should be a near perfect weekend for an outdoor show!
Well, let's just hope the weatherman's right. I wasn't expecting it to be that low, I just didn't want it to be 100+. Not that I'm complaining, that forecast sounds great to me.

And to those that have been to Chicago, any suggestions for good (casual) restaurants and bars? Best pizza place?

The Lettuce Entertain You restaurants are all good. They have a website - do a search for it.

As far as pizza, Gino's East Pizzeria is the best in the city. Casual and fantastic. You could go to the Berghoff as well, which is a bit fancier but still great. For beer, check out the Goose Island Brewery down in Wrigleyville. Fantastic.

ggw

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 03:40 PM UTC #

Originally posted by amnesiac:
Best pizza place?

Spacca Napoli

buddha

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 06:22 PM UTC #

Awesome, thanks for the suggestions! I'll definitely check out Gino's and the brewery. I guess I should have specified "Chicago style" when I said pizza. I was just wondering if there was any sort of rivalry like Pat's vs. Geno's in Philly.

And it look slike my drive is actually 11 hours insted of 12.5 :D . Google gave me some whack directions. I was wondering how Sonick was gonna get there faster than me. [insert hedgehog joke here]

callat703

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Re: Lollapalooza Roll Call August 01, 2006 at 06:27 PM UTC #

Originally posted by amnesiac:
Awesome, thanks for the suggestions! I'll definitely check out Gino's and the brewery. I guess I should have specified "Chicago style" when I said pizza. I was just wondering if there was any sort of rivalry like Pat's vs. Geno's in Philly.

And it look slike my drive is actually 11 hours insted of 12.5 :D . Google gave me some whack directions. I was wondering how Sonick was gonna get there faster than me. [insert hedgehog joke here]

The drive should be somewhere between 11 and 13, depending on construction and traffic. I've done it many times; its not too bad, but Indiana and Ohio are brutal.