San Soo Gab San

Finally, we found a Korean BBQ in Chicago! (Yes, it took a while.)
It's not close to get to but thanks to Kush who's been wanting to for a while, we finally made it out there. Excellent food! It's weird though, each type of meat, you order separately and it's like $20 a plate of a single type of meat!! I guess you're really supposed to eat this with a whole ton of people in order to try everything. They give you lots of those side dishes though (kimchi, anchovies, fish cakes, etc) which we love. We also ordered this goat casserole dish thing (also very big).
Highly recommended! FYI, it's at Western and Foster.

Lollapalooza 2007

Welcome to Lollapalooza 2007!!


The long awaited (because we scored $60 tickets MONTHS ago) was amazing! Over the 3 day outdoor fest, I managed to catch a whole ton of bands, well worth my $60. The sun was beating, the heat was rising, and all of this was enjoyed against the Chicago skyline.


I managed to take some pictures from my new phone (2MP camera!) so I apologize in advance for the grainy-ness. I'll spare you the ridiculously grainy ones I took during the night time.

The schedule was packed this year! Some people complained there wasn't a "real" headliner but I think they got some quality bands.


The first night, I caught some LCD Soundsystem and was completely blown away by Daft Punk and their giant pyramid. They were specks dressed in space suits complete with a helmet on this stage but at least they were elevated by this screensaver pyramid. Light show was amazing and I was impressed I knew most of their set! I don't have a good picture... but you had to be there to experience it!

Next day, I tried to go early but didn't get there til Tokyo Police Club was done their set. Oh well.


Silverchair was pretty good - hadn't seen them since Summersault 2000 in Barrie. Their sound has really changed and Daniel Johns is really strange.
JJ joined me for the Clap Your Hands set which was pretty solid.


Yeah Yeah Yeahs were really good live... Karen O also very strange...
Food at Lolla wasn't as expensive as I thought. They fed us well.
Finally time for the Saturday headliners... I opted for Muse and boy was I happy. That was probably the highlight of my weekend! We scored some good standing room early in the evening. I mean, there were TONS of people everywhere.


I loved Muse's set. My favourite live outdoor performance of the year!

Sunday was a chill day. I hung out with Myrm and her friends and we caught some Amy Winehouse and Iggy Pop at the north end of Grant Park.


Pearl Jam closed the fest with a really good performance. We weren't anywhere near the front due to the throngs of people so we set up camp near a little hill waaaay back from the stage with our melty ice cream. Near the end of the show, we moved up towards the stage and the front was still muddy from the rain the night before! Show ended with Ben Harper and Eddie Vedder doing a duet which was pretty cool.

Excellent summer weekend!