It’s another glorious, sun-dappled morning in Grant Park, PopWatchers: Lake Michigan is the color of the Caribbean Sea, and I’m sitting at the BMI stage writing to you from a laptop in the grass. Ha Ha Tonka-- a band about...

After spending an unsuccessful hour looking for tickets or a way into Friday night's festivities, I was a little downtrodden on Saturday morning. Lollapalooza was completely sold out for the second day in a row and I was sans ticket. It took some perseverance but we found our way into the festival with the help of an aspiring business man and his security guard brother. Entrance for half ...

Photo © swth Yesterday was the first day of Lollapalooza , and I'm working on collecting my thoughts on last night while I'm in an airport waiting to fly back to San Francisco. The heat made me reconsider a lot of the original plan I had set in my head, but I went with the flow and found myself a couple new musical gems that I'll be hoping to catch up with once I'm back to the ...