If you're a child of the nineties as I am, the word Lollapalooza probably brings back memories of grunge rock and the Jim Rose Traveling Circus. Well, things have changed.

Lollapolooza '08 was held this past weekend at Grant Park in Chicago, and some pretty well known bloggers kept those us who couldn't attend abreast of the happenings.

Karen Stabiner and Sarah Dietz of the Huffington Post had this to say on the final day of the three day festival:

When the last stage light went dark, the crowd streamed along Michigan Avenue and west into the city, doing the aural equivalent of the wave you see at football games. People at the south end of the avenue started to holler, and the sound rolled up the street and into the canyons between the skyscrapers as other groups of fans picked it up.

It was like the end of Waiting for Godot. Vladimir: Well? Shall we go? Estragon: Yes, let's go. Stage direction: They do not move. Instead of waiting for Godot, we were waiting for Obama, hoping that the rumors about him appearing with Kanye were true. As the notes of Kanye's first song rang out, the same song that opened the set he played at Madison Square Garden, we looked at each other, wondering when in the program Obama was going to come out.

The Onion's AV Club also provided commentary:

For the first time since it made Grant Park its home, the fest sold out all three days—75,000 fans per day!—which was no surprise considering the lineup. Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Wilco, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails… and that's just the big, big, big names.

Of course, Lollapolooza is still a fantastic place to discover new bands, or pick up on ones you may have missed the first time around. This on Ohio's Black Keys, courtesy of Music For Kids Who can't Read:

I was able to catch the first half of The Black Keys set before rushing over to stake out a good spot for Radiohead at the AT&T stage. After the disappointment that was Duffy, it was nice to see the talented and charismatic duo play their riff-heavy, stomping rock and roll. I’ve listened to the band a few times before and liked what I’ve heard but this was my first real exposure to the Black Keys and I have to say, I’ll be paying this band much more attention in the future.

Also, one my favorite local music bloggers, Annie Zaleski of A to Z, along with her Riverfront Times editorial assistant Kristy Wendt , twittered the event, giving a play by play of the day's happenings:

I am about eight hundred meters from Gogol Bordello and he might as well be playing inside my head. Thems good speakers

Sharon jones strutting like tina turner. Hauled dude onstage. I love her.

Twittering concert updates: this isn't your momma's (or older sister's) Lollapalooza.
A few other sites that blogged Lollapalooza:
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