Lollapalooza-Day 3

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! BE THERE! Or, if you're from across the Pond and don't understand the "call to Raceday"...Sunday Bloody Sunday! It's the final day of Hooky playing Hooky! Nothing like going to Church with thousands of spiritual seekers outdoors!

Today marks a historical moment in the history of The Knights of Moleskine Spirit & Ale....our 700th post! It also marks the final day of one hell of a music festival for this ole' rocker! With the heat index expecting to reach the 100's...we'll have to keep well hydrated to make it all the way to the Killers closing Set tonight without killing ourselves!

Here's today's potential schedule (always subject to change):

11:45am - Sam Roberts Band: Infectious Canadian Rockers are a new discovery due to listening to the Lolla web site before today's events. Their song, "The Kids Don't Know How To Dance to Rock N Roll", will have them quickly learning how!

12:30pm - Friendly Fires: English dance-rockers who inspire early afternoon hip swiveling. Lovely!

1:30pm - Bat for Lashes: Pakistani born beauty queen, raised English and charming the world as the new Ambassador for artsy music! Sonic landscapes shape around her voice that makes you Bat Your Lashes repeatedly!

2:30pm - The Airborne Toxic Event: Another one of my new favorites! This LA based band has been featured in the KMSA blog before for their timely and catchy name, not to mention their outstanding music!

3:30pm - The Raveonettes: Awash in Reverb at a Chelsea Basement Bar, I feel the grass on my bare feet and smile!

4:30pm - Neko Case: Another Starbuck's discovery for me. Neko has catchy tunes and a lovely voice.

5:30pm - Dan Auerbach: Not only is he from Dayton, OH...but Dan is also one of two of the "Black Keys". Can't be all that bad?! Right! The Sixties come alive with new technology!

6:30pm - Lou Reed: Speaking of the 60's...Need I say more?! If I do...then you should be dead and laying on top of your Velvet...Underground!

7:30pm - Silversun Pickups: Childhood friends from LA, who's pickups (not the driving kind) ring out Rock N Roll Heaven in the Silver Sun!

8:30pm - The Killers: This Las Vegas band has been "Killing" me for a few years now! "Smile Like You Mean It" has to already be a classic! Sorry Jane's Addiction (playing on the other side at the same time)...but we're tired of wrinkled old farts. Of course it takes one to know one! LOL!

So there you have my Final line-up. You can share in the action by downloading a free iPhone Lollapalooza app if you own an iPhone, or you can visit the official website with links to the bands at http://.2009.lollapalooza.com. And make sure to stay tuned for my up to the minute Concert Comments....and thanks for taking this very fun journey with me!

I've got the Music in Me!
Sir Hook the Troubadour of Warrick

Lollapalooza-Day 2

Sir Hook, still playing and being Hooky at America's Best Music Festival....Lollapalooza 2009! Today begins with what could in the future be two headliners. It's my lucky early afternoon, because these relative unknowns are two of my favorite bands right now thanks to iTunes!

11:30am - Band of Skulls: Wake Up America...Wake Up Chicago...Wake Up Dead Man...that's just not music you're hearing...that is a Band playing in your freakin' SKULL!

12:30pm - Dirty Sweet: Sweet! Gettin' down and dirty with some good ole' Rock N Roll!

1pm - Constantines: I got to like this band a couple of years ago when I was forced to watch endless shows on the WB with my then high school daughter.

2:15pm - Ida Maria: Someone who I would have been worried about hanging out with my daughter in school, but who I would have wanted to party with when I was that age! I know...the old double standard! LOL! Besides, she laughs at fart jokes! (See her You Tube promotion)

3:00pm - Los Campesinos!:  The name will fool you but the music will move you.  This is a Welsh band with a Spanish name and some seriously fun music!

4:30pm - Artic Monkey's: I can' wait to see these guys live! I've been a huge fan since I discovered them listening to British radio over the Internet several years ago. I'll be dancing like the Monkey Man I Am!

5:30pm - Santigold:  She's not Santa, but her pants and music are Gold!  Ska, Punk, Rap & Rock...Rolled together into one "Spicy Meatballa!"

6:30pm - TV on the Radio:  Eclectic combination of musical styles should make this an interesting set to watch.

7:30pm - Ben Harper and Relentless 7: AWESOME! Relentless 7 times 7. That equals eternal bliss!

8:30pm - Yeah Yeah Yeahs: YEAH! Opting out of the drugs...it's still Fun, Sex and Rock N Roll with this group! Tool is headlining across the park, but I just want to yell Yeah Yeah Yeah!

So there you have my Saturday line-up. You can share in the action by downloading a free iPhone Lollapalooza app if you own an iPhone, or you can visit the official website with links to the bands at http://.2009.lollapalooza.com.

I've got the Music in Me!
Sir Hook the Troubadour of Warrick

Lollapalooza-Day 1

Sir Hook...playing Hooky and being Hooky at one of America's largest, if not largest, Music Festivals...Lollapalooza in Chi-Town! Lady Allwinky and I took up the invitation of Lady Mo of Chicago, Lady Allwinky's high school friend, to shack and shag at her penthouse overlooking Grant Park and attend this Three Day Feast of Music, Food, Beer and Hot Bods!

I have prepared posts on each of the three days...highlighting the music and artists. I will be adding live comments after each performance to review the music, people we meet, beer we drink and adventures we'll be sharing along the way!


Here's the Map to my Kingdom through Sunday night. Believe me, by the time this is over I will have covered several miles, drank hundreds of beers and encountered thousands of adoring fans from across the globe! I will have covered 7 different stages, 31 different artists, eaten too much high priced fast food and drank a boat load of beer at Kingdom Central..The Lederhosen's Biergarten!


Like this fine lass from Nashville who will "Sing 4 Beer"! Actually this is Kesha, a 21 year old budding electronic pop star from Nashville, who will be performing at BMI Stage at 4:15pm on Sunday.

11:30am - The Henry Clay People: New to my iPod, a fusion of New Wave and Southern Rock

12:15pm - Manchester Orchestra: New to my iPod, they're not from Manchester, England but their music has that English alternative flair, mixed with a low heavy guitar drone.

1pm - Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears: The name says it all!

2pm - White Lies: They are English and sound like a rockin' version of a rejuvenated Depeche Mode.

3pm - Heartless Bastards: The name doesn't say it at all...but it's catchy enough to make you listen to their brand of Neil Youngish Heavy American Folk Rock.

4pm - Ben Folds: The modern Piano Man with an attitude. I saw him open up for John Mayer at Hershey Park one week before I broke my back. Glad we're both "back" today!

5pm - Fleet Foxes: Mellow Yellow meets Starbuck's Caffeine at an English Tea Party. This Seattle band was discovered by me at Starbuck's a few years ago and is a newly found favorite of Sir Dayvd of Oxfordshire.

6pm - The Decemberists: Very talented and creative musicians. I would describe them as like having a band full of Elvis Costello clones!

7pm: Andrew Bird: A Chicago classically trained violinist with a pop/folk twist.

8:15pm - Kings of Leon: "My Sex is On Fire" has propelled this brawling band of brothers from their father's pulpit to the big stage. One of two Headliners on opposite ends of the park. The other is one of my all time favorites, Depeche Mode, but I can't stand their new album and I want to learn more about this band by seeing them live.

So there you have my Friday line-up. You can share in the action by downloading a free iPhone Lollapalooza app if you own an iPhone, or you can visit the official website with links to the bands at http://.2009.lollapalooza.com.

I've got the Music in Me!
Sir Hook the Troubadour of Warrick