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wait Lollapalooza is a real event? I honestly thought the simpsons episode made fun of the music event scene

strictnein 6y ago
Yep. Used to have some pretty awesome lineups too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lollapalooza_lineups_by_year#Line-ups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lollapalooza_lineups_b...
dylan604 6y ago
Wow. You must be really young, or from a sheltered lifestyle. I remember skipping school to attend the first couple of shows, and then continued in college. Seems to my memory that the 'palooza festivals re-energized the whole music festival concept, as there were many more annual festivals that came through town after. I still have the t-shirts that I can't wear, but refuse to throw out.
- jerrre 6y ago
  Or maybe not living geographically and/or culturally close? Or does that fall under sheltered lifestyle.
  - dylan604 6y ago
    I don't live anywhere near Glastonbury, but I'm fully aware that it is a real event. I'm at least in the same country as Miami, but have never attended the WMC, or the Grammys, or iHate Radio events in Vegas. I was a wee lad when Farm Aid occurred, but I was aware that it was more than a reference in an animated TV show. I've also been able to read music 'zines and websites without being geographically near any of them. So yeah, sheltered or at the least, thoroughly uninterested in music as anything more than just something in the background. Willing to admit, I have a much more intense interest in music, so I do read/listen to things that would be considered history to something compared to anything performed before Taylor Swift.
    - jevgeni 6y ago
      The word 'sheltered' is still misapplied here.
      - dylan604 6y ago
        How so? Having never experienced things outside of your "comfort zone" or your upbringing seems like the culturally accepted definition of sheltered. Whether that was overbearing parents never allowing you to listen to music other than prescribed by religious beliefs or parental personal preference or just one's own personal preference all seems like sheltered to me. Being culturally unaware of events that occurred outside one's personal experience might be stretching sheltered a bit, but maybe it's the more polite term. People unaware of what came before yet was very influential of what's occurring now also seems to me to work with sheltered. Whether that's in music/film/any form of art, or even political/cultural/programming/etc. Willing to stipulate a bias in that I'm a dork that always wants to know the how/when/where/why/who of anything in which I get involved.
        yuliyp 6y ago
        Different people are into different things. Some people are really into music and know all about many music festivals around the world. Others are into board games and know about board game conventions. Others are into e-sports and know about all the tournaments to go to. Others know everything about a sport or sports league. Not being well-versed in the others isn't necessarily being sheltered, but a consequence of having a limited set of interests.
        skinnymuch 6y ago
        All this to say it’s somehow necessary to know about the palooza to not be sheltered? Why would the bar for comfort zone be going to popular events of a specific niche? There’s many influential things that won’t matter to individuals. It’s not possible to know about all influential things any way. The only way to even perform about bigger paloozas is to be a big name. Being a big name doesn’t mean influential. Someone could be very into specific influential music that doesn’t overlap with palooza events. I’m sure any one who’s geeky into pop media like music, film, tv, can look at your history and call you sheltered under your constraints. Meaning everyone is sheltered to some others based off your meaning of sheltered.
- vlunkr 6y ago
  As Homerpalooza taught us, music festivals are terrible, and are all about big companies turning rebellion into money, so who cares if someone doesn't know the names of them.
- strken 6y ago
  If you can name a single Australian music festival that I've been to without googling, I'll pay $100 to a charity of your choice.
  - atdrummond 6y ago
    Golden Plains Big Pineapple Future Music Fest Yours and Ours Falls Fest Rainbow Serpent Stereosonic Splendour in the Grass Listen Out Saint Jeromes Laneway Fest Groovin the Moo Byron Bays Blues ... Any luck?
  - hluska 6y ago
    Tell me that you've been to the Byron Bay Bluesfest. That one is on my must attend list...
- geek_at 6y ago
  I'm not even on the same continent
flobosg 6y ago
It’s very real and even expanded to other countries over the last decade.

Yep. Used to have some pretty awesome lineups too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lollapalooza_lineups_by_year#Line-ups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lollapalooza_lineups_b...

dylan604 6y ago

Wow. You must be really young, or from a sheltered lifestyle. I remember skipping school to attend the first couple of shows, and then continued in college. Seems to my memory that the 'palooza festivals re-energized the whole music festival concept, as there were many more annual festivals that came through town after. I still have the t-shirts that I can't wear, but refuse to throw out.

jerrre 6y ago
Or maybe not living geographically and/or culturally close? Or does that fall under sheltered lifestyle.
- dylan604 6y ago
  I don't live anywhere near Glastonbury, but I'm fully aware that it is a real event. I'm at least in the same country as Miami, but have never attended the WMC, or the Grammys, or iHate Radio events in Vegas. I was a wee lad when Farm Aid occurred, but I was aware that it was more than a reference in an animated TV show. I've also been able to read music 'zines and websites without being geographically near any of them. So yeah, sheltered or at the least, thoroughly uninterested in music as anything more than just something in the background. Willing to admit, I have a much more intense interest in music, so I do read/listen to things that would be considered history to something compared to anything performed before Taylor Swift.
  - jevgeni 6y ago
    The word 'sheltered' is still misapplied here.
    - dylan604 6y ago
      How so? Having never experienced things outside of your "comfort zone" or your upbringing seems like the culturally accepted definition of sheltered. Whether that was overbearing parents never allowing you to listen to music other than prescribed by religious beliefs or parental personal preference or just one's own personal preference all seems like sheltered to me. Being culturally unaware of events that occurred outside one's personal experience might be stretching sheltered a bit, but maybe it's the more polite term. People unaware of what came before yet was very influential of what's occurring now also seems to me to work with sheltered. Whether that's in music/film/any form of art, or even political/cultural/programming/etc. Willing to stipulate a bias in that I'm a dork that always wants to know the how/when/where/why/who of anything in which I get involved.
      - yuliyp 6y ago
        Different people are into different things. Some people are really into music and know all about many music festivals around the world. Others are into board games and know about board game conventions. Others are into e-sports and know about all the tournaments to go to. Others know everything about a sport or sports league. Not being well-versed in the others isn't necessarily being sheltered, but a consequence of having a limited set of interests.
      - skinnymuch 6y ago
        All this to say it’s somehow necessary to know about the palooza to not be sheltered? Why would the bar for comfort zone be going to popular events of a specific niche? There’s many influential things that won’t matter to individuals. It’s not possible to know about all influential things any way. The only way to even perform about bigger paloozas is to be a big name. Being a big name doesn’t mean influential. Someone could be very into specific influential music that doesn’t overlap with palooza events. I’m sure any one who’s geeky into pop media like music, film, tv, can look at your history and call you sheltered under your constraints. Meaning everyone is sheltered to some others based off your meaning of sheltered.
vlunkr 6y ago
As Homerpalooza taught us, music festivals are terrible, and are all about big companies turning rebellion into money, so who cares if someone doesn't know the names of them.
strken 6y ago
If you can name a single Australian music festival that I've been to without googling, I'll pay $100 to a charity of your choice.
- atdrummond 6y ago
  Golden Plains Big Pineapple Future Music Fest Yours and Ours Falls Fest Rainbow Serpent Stereosonic Splendour in the Grass Listen Out Saint Jeromes Laneway Fest Groovin the Moo Byron Bays Blues ... Any luck?
- hluska 6y ago
  Tell me that you've been to the Byron Bay Bluesfest. That one is on my must attend list...
geek_at 6y ago
I'm not even on the same continent

flobosg 6y ago

It’s very real and even expanded to other countries over the last decade.