A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

BEE BREAK: Give you Bee jones a rest and check out this feature I wrote on "Fantasy Festivals" (not fantasy as in Lord of the Rings, etc. but kind of a rock festivals we'd like to see thing) for the Sunday Arts Section of the Chicago Tribune. It doens't translate as well online, but the full-page original (broadhseet, none the less) featured clever cartoons of Tom Petty next to a goat in a Cubs hat, The White Stripes playing on a raod construction truck, Bono landing planes at O'Hare and Mayor Daley rocking out on the shoulders of Zack de la Rocha's shoulders.

And, as a bonus to you the loyal readers, here are a few "fantasy festivals" that didn't make the cut.

Museum Campus Festival
Location: The Museum Campus
Each of the three esteemed institutions on the campus—the Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium, and Field Museum—will let their hair down a bit and sponsor a themed stage at this massive festival.

Alder Stage
Mars Volta
Galaxie 500
The Neptunes
Mercury Rev
Phantom Planet
Galactic
Big Star
The Meteors

Shedd Stage
Moby
Blue Oyster Cult
Hot Tuna
The Eels
Seal
Nada Surf
The Sea and Cake
The Coral

Field Stage
Dinosaur Jr.
T-Rex
Jurassic 5
Stone Temple Pilots
Queens of the Stone Age
Arctic Monkeys
The Egyptian Lover
Mastodon


Blago and Barr Fest
Location: The Thompson Center
Incumbent Democrat Rod Blagojevich and GOP challenger Judy Baar Topinka put down the gloves for one day and dance to the music in order to inject a little excitement into what so far has been a somewhat lackluster campaign season. The second stage lineup pays homage to Illinois’ four previous governors.

Main Stage
Spin Doctors
Bloc Party
The Promise Ring
The Early November
Say Anything
Rick Springfield

Second Stage
Ryan Adams
Edgar Winter Band
Richard Thompson
Scott Walker

(This was an addition to the Wrigley Field Festival)
N.L. Central Stage
Location: Intersection of Waveland and Sheffield.
Please note bands will take stage in order of standings as of day of festival.

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
Man or Astro-man?
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Green on Red
The Pirates