I am a little late to blogging the last two days’ events, but I thought I’d catch you up on some of my favorite Lolla moments so far.
Eels: We walked up to their stage about 20 minutes into the set, and didn’t even recognize the band onstage that was pretending to be the Eels. The Mayor of Simpleton and I are pretty well versed in the Eels’ catalog, and neither of us actually thought that was the Eels. So we went back down to the southern stages, which takes about an hour and a half, top to bottom. I’m only slightly kidding.
Editors: Not much in the way of a magnetic stage presence, but DAMN, did they sound good.
Secret Machines: Here’s my impression of their drummer: EAT DRUMS! EAT DRUMS! No, Animal, beat drums! BEAT DRUMS! BEAT DRUMS! That guy’s a monster.
The Raconteurs: The little girls love Jack White. Even though they’re right up front screaming their heads off, and can see that pasty, straggly haired Jack White, they still love him. The guys love him, too. When they played “Steady as She Goes,” there were about 100,000 people pogoing. Even better, they did a cover of Gnarls Barkey’s “Crazy.” Sweeeet.
Violent Femmes: Wow. I had no idea how good these guys were live. I’m sick to death of their first album, but they are undeniably fun in concert. Plus, they cracked a great Spinal Tap joke with their intro.
Death Cab for Cutie: Two shots in, my camera’s battery went dead. D’oh. Oh well, the band was backlit, and we were under a no-flash photography order.
Coming up next: Day Two: better than Day One.
