{"id":1554,"date":"2007-07-16T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-16T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/16\/of-burfdays-and-pitchforks\/"},"modified":"2007-07-16T14:04:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-16T20:04:00","slug":"of-burfdays-and-pitchforks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/of-burfdays-and-pitchforks\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Burfdays and Pitchforks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a pleasant surprise when Gus (and Alexis) contacted me some months ago about getting <lj user=simmeringsiren> and I tickets to the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.  We planned on having a grand weekend together of music, fun and awesome!<\/p>\n<p>Well, the reality was music, fun, awesome and tired.  It was great to see Gus and Alexis again.  The Pitchfork Music Festival was a great gift, and I highly recommend it to anyone that might be heading toward Chicago next summer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Highlights of the show for me were:--><\/p>\n<p>Sonic Youth&#8230;  it was my first time seeing them live, and they did not disappoint.  They were energetic and Daydream Nation sounded as fresh today as it did 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Battles&#8230;  at first I didn&#8217;t know what to expect (and I only really listened to a couple of songs), but I was really impressed by Battles and I will be on the lookout for their CDs in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Clipse&#8230;  I&#8217;m not always a fan of party rap, but these guys won me over with their energy and lively showmanship.<\/p>\n<p>Girl Talk&#8230;  Only heard one song&#8230; and it wasn&#8217;t enough.  Must find more Girl Talk.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Boys&#8230;  I was off shopping in the poster area when Junior Boys was on, but I could hear them the entire time.  My head was nodding the entire time.<\/p>\n<p>Nomo&#8230;  Unfortunate sound problems killed this performance, but what little I heard I liked.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Lidell&#8230;  Easily my favorite performance of the whole festival.  Jamie Lidell is a one man sweet love machine.<\/p>\n<p>Cool Kids&#8230;  These local Chicago rappers knew how to get the party started, but I think they need a little more fine tuning before hitting the big time.  Lots of potential there though.<\/p>\n<p>Of Montreal&#8230;  Impressive show.  Costumes, Footballs and Good Music&#8230; what more could a boy ask for on his burfday.  Seriously&#8230;  Of Montreal put on a &#8220;SHOW&#8221;&#8230; not just a show.<\/p>\n<p>The Field&#8230;  This guy had me toe tapping, and then foot shuffling, and then going all out bonkers dancing to some very good progressive house beats.<\/p>\n<p>Klaxons&#8230;  I didn&#8217;t really know what to expect, but that didn&#8217;t matter.  These motherfuckers rock!<\/p>\n<p>De La Soul&#8230;  I&#8217;ve seen De La a couple of times, and it&#8217;s been mediocre at best.  This time, though, they had a special guest: Prince Paul.  It seemed to inspire them to deliver the goods finally.  A great way to end the festival.<\/p>\n<p>All in all&#8230; a great weekend.  And yes, yesterday was my 37th birthday.  I know I don&#8217;t look it, but I am really that old.  Thanks to everyone that called and gave me happy birthday wishes.  They were all greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a pleasant surprise when Gus (and Alexis) contacted me some months ago about getting and I tickets to the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. We planned on having a grand weekend together of music, fun and awesome! Well, the reality was music, fun, awesome and tired. It was great to see Gus and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}