Lollapalooza '08 Editors' Blog: Five (Maybe More) Observations from Day Two

Okkervil River turn in Lollapalooza's best set, so far, and fellow Texans like the Toadies and Explosions in the Sky also impress SPIN editor Doug Brod.
Okkervil River's Will Sheff  and Travis Nelsen / Photo by Karen Chan

1. I once read a news story about a biker-dude lottery winner who lived at home with his mom on Long Island and admitted to enjoying a "sponge shot"—after wiping down the bar at the end of the night, his favorite bartender would squeeze the funky liquid into a glass for our hero to down.

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Radiohead's Thom Yorke / Photo by Joe Assad

SPIN.com is packing up its festival bags once again this weekend for one of summer's biggest weekends: Lollapalooza, in Chicago's gorgeous Grant Park. With headline sets from the likes of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, and Kanye West, Lolla lacks little in star power, and we're unleashing our hounds accordingly.

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