6 - The Michigan Daily Summer Weely - Wednesday, August 5, 1992 'The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention.' -Ezra Pound Underwear, hair, Excerpts from the diary of a Lollapalooza '92 ployees seem clueless about passes and August 1, 1992 what they do, even tickets and what Pine Knob Music Theater they do. They're pretty rough on the kids. 9:58 a.m.: On the road with Daily 3:15 p.m.: Okay, okay Pearl Jam photog, Molly Stevens. are the greatest,justneverhave a birth- 12:30p.m.: Watchedsomelocal(?) day if you ever work for them. Sure band, Seam, through the fence at the their presence and enthusiasm are in- West entrance while waiting for the fectious, but the set is the hottest be- will call people to figure out where our cause everyone loves them, most of the passes are. Damn cool. Enemy Squad audience watched them and knew ev- watched them. Loads of glamour boys ery song. The band has force and en- and women wearing just bras. Most of ergy, butwouldtheyhave thesameaura The band has force and energy, but would they have the same aura if only half the crowd was there? Still, they have captured an essence of life heretofore left untapped. Does Lolla get better than this? and sod 1992 'Loozar of the stage.No Temple of the Dog. The crowd was excited and full but unen- thusiastic. 6:10 p.m.: In the tent behind the stage, Anthony from the Chili Peppers is hanging with his family, looking at photographs. A couple of very loud women (late 30s, or early 40s), Chili Pepper groupies (?), talk very loudly about them. One asks Anthony's mom about his teeth. He has a splint kind of thing on one of his ankles and is using a cane. 6:20 p.m.: Crowd more enthusias- tic from Ice Cube than Soundgarden, even though the seats are only half full. Pattern (exception PearlJam): thehalf- full sts (Lush, Cube, JMC) have a more boisterous, though less numer- ous, audience while more people watch the Soundgardens, butdon'tmove.Cube has good presence, definitely interest- ing. Quote of the day II: "Records don't kill, cops do," from Cube on "Cop Killer." Molly reports that during this set, at the side show of people doing disgust- ing things to themselves, Lush and Soundgarden watched intently. In fact, one performer at the side show shoved all this tubing down him, stuffed cat- sup, Maalox and other stuff, and then pulled it out with bile, and the food shoved down it. Then Chris Cornell actually drank acup of this, well, vomit. Yuk. 7:10 p.m.: Flea and member of Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. join Ice Cube and his posse on stage, dancing around. 7:30 p.m.: Sighted backstage: Matt Cameron, Flea, drummer from Pearl Jam, some guitarist from Ministry. 8-ish: Ministry is bizarre, more in anneaince thansound. TDurino first them look pretty ridiculous. 1p.m.: Love this parking lot. Idiots still don't have the lists, so we watched Enemy Squad do their groovy thing through the fence. ES cross Living Colour and Fishbone, but do the mid- tempo, way down low songs the best. 1:10 p.m.: Quote of the Day I: "Mrs. Bush can lick my ass" from En- emy Squad's "Mrs. Bush is on Drugs." 2p.m.:Finally in,passed,and seated after along futile search for the alleged hospitality tent. Venue is crowded but not overcrowded. Loads o' preps and shirtless men with hair on their back. Gross. 2:15 p.m.: Lushrule! (Penchant for Brit pop aside.) Way excellent struc- tured wash. Miki's bright red hair a total gas. They're a lot more straight forward than I thought they'd be. Still rock in a somewhat traditional struc- ture, at moments, most unlike My Bloody Valentine. All Pine Knob em- if only half the crowd was there? Still, they have captured an essence of life heretofore left untapped. Does Lolla get better than this? 4:30 p.m.: Jesus and Mary Chain do studiedboredom better than anyone else. A helluva lot better than Blur. It's morelikedefiningyourselfinthenega- tive, an anti-stage presence. Their bass player looks like anicer version of that guy in Monster Magnet, a skinner Jim Morrison in his fat phase, and a fatter Chris Robinson in his perpetual skinny phase. The band sounds much clearer than I thought they would. Didn't do "Just like Honey." "Reverence" the loudest song thus far, until ... 5:34 p.m.: Soundgarden execute their short, but very loud and grungy set. Their intro tape is the most annoy- ing thus far. Highlight: their cover of IceT andBodyCount's"CopKiller"is, well, killer. Miki from Lush and Jeff from Pearl Jam watched from the side Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs at Lollapalooza '92 three songs, the folks on the lawn were "alternative," than really being alterna- throwing sod to the pavilion to the five, whatever that may mean. Is Min- stage, which was as bizarre looking as istry really that different than say Sab- the stage set up itself. Ladened with bath? Really? Death cult shit, fetish dancers voguing. 11 p.m.: The Chili Peppers are do- It was cool, loud industrialmetal-not ing a lot of old stuff and just like in thatmuch differentthan BlackSabbath Ministry the only time the audience or something. Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. jam really digs them and goes apeshit is with them for one song. But then what when they do the big singles and their is alternative any more? Again, people amazing cover of "Crosstown Traffic." only got into the set when it was a song Their dancers are wearing their under- from a recent album.This tour is morea wear (bras and underpants), as is Flea celebrationofacertainsegmentofpopu- (underwear only, briefs, not bikinis). lar youth culture which differentiates Eight bonfires were going at one point, itself from the norm by using this word See LOLLA, Page 7 r.0 Fall 1992 Programming ATTENTION: ALL STUDENT GROUPS If you are planning an event (social event or mass meeting) between September 9 and September 30, send your information to: 2202 Michigan Union for FREE PUBLICITY in our Fall Calendar of Events Student Organization Development Center (SODC) Fans watch as "the Torture King" (not shown - 12 onlookers fainted) sticks pins into parts of his body.