Revue

Hello. How are you? Are you fine? I think I'm good. Let's go...Saturday we got up early, well, early for a Saturday and cruised over to Union Park to get our tickets for that day's Intonation Festival. Glad we did, the line was already pretty long when we got there...and this was about three hours before the first band even went on. Anyways, got the tickets to avoid an even longer line later and headed back home to prep for the lengthy day ahead.

I spent most of my time at Intonation sprawled on a bed sheet just inside the main entrance between the ticket booth and the toilets. I could hear everything; I couldn't see anything. I was close to a beer vendor and the free-flowing water station. We did move our lazy asses and walked around eventually to all of the various shops and stuffs. Nilla bought a canvas bag from a reputable Chicago designer and we spent the rest of the money on 312 beer.

Oh, the music. Well, I enjoyed parts of everything I saw except for The Go Team. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to put an exclamation point somewhere in their name. I really don't care to minimize this browser and open another to Google their name. They should've left Scary Spice at home, spent the money on a three-piece horn section and continued on instrumentally like I'd originally heard them.

I was excited to see Four Tet. Four Tet pissed off some people, amazed others. I was very impressed and satisfied. Sure, it would've made more sense to see a Four Tet set in a dark club in Berlin, but I'll take what I can get. I don't have any problem whatsoever with one guy onstage with an array of computers and processors. It's just that, to some, it looks "easy". Like he's up there "just pushing buttons." If it's so easy, let's see you do it. And, let's see you do it well in front of, oh, about 15,000 people, in the heat. His album 'Rounds' is one of my recent favorite listens.

A.C. Newman sounded the prettiest and Magnolia Electric Co. played perfect Saturday afternoon outside with a beer in your hand music. All in all it was a well-spent afternoon. Didn't make it out Sunday. I was sprawled on the same bed sheet in another park in another section of the city. We watched softball, juggling, bikinis and a balsa wood airplane, then finished the day with ziti and wine.

Tonight is a svenska lesson courtesy of Dungen. Ta Det Lugnt = Take It Easy.