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Friday Tunes: A Lollapalooza-Inspired Playlist
Note from Buzz: Please enjoy another music post from my lovely music-loving friend Bella.
Wheeeeee! Bella here, lamenting the fact that she's thousands of miles away from Chicago.
Check Out Lollapalooza, Wherever You Are
I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Sasquatch, and I'm excited to see what San Francisco does with Outside Lands, but in my mind the king of the Summer music festivals is still Lollapalooza. Now in its fourth year in Chicago's Grant Park, the festival just keeps upping the ante: This year's schedule includes headliners Radiohead, Wilco, Rage Against the Machine, Kanye West, and Nine Inch Nails, along with a lot of relatively smaller bands that I'd love to see live: Love and Rockets, The National, Girl Talk, Explosions in the Sky, MGMT, and Mates of State, to name just a few.
Luckily, this year we can once again check out the festival from afar via the AT&T Blue Room.
Link Time! 6/17
- I love this question: FilmExperience wants to know which movie star you first had a crush on. (See my answer, left.)
- The Vulture editors use charts and logic to predict the song of Summer 2008.
- Best Week Ever lists 20 headlines that are funnier if you pretend they're about House, MD.
- Popwatch has a sweet "in memoriam" post for visual effects genius, Stan Winston, who died Sunday at the age of 62.
- TV Squad interviewed the fabulous Jean Smart.
- Cinematical ponders the news that apparently A Fish Called Wanda will be the next movie to be made into a stage musical.
- YumSugar has the scoop on Top Chef's 20-city tour.
- Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily found the toughest tradeoffs on the Lollapalooza schedule (Nine Inch Nails or Kanye?).
Are Big Music Festivals Worth the Money?
The full lineup for this summer's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago won't come out till Monday, but according to the Chicago Sun-Times, the major acts are biggies: Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, the Raconteurs, Wilco, and Kanye West will headline the main stages. Other acts the Sun-Times confirmed include Gnarls Barkley, Broken Social Scene, Cat Power, and Grizzly Bear.
Though the list of artists has been kept under wraps, tickets have already been on sale for a while — with the current round of three-day passes priced at $190.
Watch Lollapalooza From Your Computer
Lollapalooza, the comeback kid of music festivals, kicks off its three-day reign in Chicago's Grant Park today. The lineup is pretty incredible this year, with big names like Pearl Jam and Daft Punk, legends like Patti Smith, and up-and-comers including Regina Spektor, Silversun Pickups and Cold War Kids. To say I'm jealous of those of you with tickets would be a gross understatement.
Buzz News Roundup, 5/25
- Media Post has the apology Fox issued about the "American Idol" running late.
- Variety says we now need another new Capone, since Nicolas Cage will not be in the Untouchables prequel.
- The Hollywood Reporter has the TV season's overall ratings results. And "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" ranked higher than "Ugly Betty."
- Zap2it has the scoop on next season's potential new "Heroes."
- Fox is making a movie of The Sims computer game, Variety reports.
- Lollapalooza has launched a contest for bands to win performing slots at this summer's festival, says NME.
- Sandra Bullock is back to doing the romantic comedy thing, having been cast in Proposal in which she'll go all Mrs. Robinson-y on some young male thing, Variety reports.
- Borat will pen a travel guide to the United States and Kazakhstan, E!
Link Time! 4/12
- I told you it was a genre! Best Week Ever points us to the Will Ferrell movie formula generator.
- Popwatch ponders Lewis Black's Comedy Central pilot "The Root of All Evil."
- Give Me My Remote shares the exciting news that my favorite part of the "Grey's Anatomy" gag reel is back on YouTube. Watch fast!
- Take it from Rolling Stone Rock and Roll Daily: Lollapalooza is going to rule.
- The Movie Blog mulls the rumor that Quentin Tarantino stole the idea for Grindhouse.
- TV Squad hears about the possible plot for next season of "24" (spoilerphobes, beware).
- Defamer gives a nod to Lloyd on "Entourage" as a role model to abused Hollywood assistants.
- Pay tribute to Kurt Vonnegut in song on Idolator.
- The TV Addict tells you how to get hooked on "Drive" — in just four minutes.
- Cinematical reports that Halle Berry will not be playing Catwoman in the Justice League movie, because, the actress says, "I'm not a masochist."
- Buddy TV hears what Haley had to say as she left "American Idol."
- Merry Swankster finds the Arcade Fire album for sale in a strange spot.
- Popcandy tells us how to put your face on Sanjaya's, so you can be inexplicably famous for a few minutes, too.
- Bravo's Andy Cohen reveals fans' suggested send-off phrases for "Shear Genius."
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