Recommended Acts for Lollapalooza Days Two-Four

                                 A throng watching Paul McCartney at last year's Lollapalooza.

For what is hopefully a storm-free weekend for the remainder of Lollapalooza 2017, here are my picks based on personal preference and logistics, with alternative acts listed in my "Runners Up."

Friday, August 4: The Lemon Twigs, 1:45-2:45, The Pretty Reckless, 3:45-4:45, Lake Front Stage; Tegan and Sara, 5:00-6:00, Bud Light; Ryan Adams, Tito's, 6:00-7:00; The Killers, 8:45-10, Grant Park Stage (if you get there early enough, catch the incendiary rap of Run the Jewels for part of their set).  Runners up (tough choices, but unless you own a time machine, you can't see every set):  Cloud Nothings, 3:00-4:00, Bud Light; Kaleo, 4:00-5:00, Tito's; Phantogram, 4:45-5:45, Grant Park; Andrew McMahon and the Wilderness, 5:45-6:45, Lake Front; Foster the People, 7:00-8:00, Blink-182, 8:45-10, Bud Light.

Saturday, August 5:  Time to show my college and indy music prejudices. War Paint, 2:15-3:15, Glass Animals, 4:15-5:15, Lake Front Stage; alt-J, 6:15-7:15, Grant Park; Sylvan Esso, 7:45-8:45, Mac DeMarco (oh yes, I went there!), 9:00-10, Pepsi.  Runners up (for the more conventionally minded): Highly Suspect, 4:00-5:00, Tito's; Vance Joy, 5:00-6:00, The Head and the Heart, 7:00-8:00, The xx, 8:45-10, Bud Light; Chance the Rapper, 8:45-10, Grant Park.

Sunday, August 6: You won't have to move a lot with my suggestions.  Maggie Rogers, 2:30-3:30, Grant Park; Charlie XCX, 3:30-4:30, Lake Front; TOVE LO, 4:30-5:30, The Shins, 6:30-7:30, Grant Park; GROUPLOVE, 7:30-8:30, Lake Front; Arcade Fire, 8:30-10, Grant Park. Runners up:  Rag'n'Bone Man, 4:00-5:00, Tito's; Milky Chance, 5:00-6:00, Bud Light.

Have a great weekend, and if you can't be there, check out the live online performances list at https://www.lollapalooza.com/news/2017-live-broadcast/.

Recommended Acts for Lollapalooza 2017 Day One

As a veteran of seven Lollapalooza festivals, I generally know my way around the Grant Park craziness.  If the weather actually holds up and they don't shut the festival down Thursday evening, here is part one of my picks for Lollapalooza acts to see for 2017.

Thursday:  I'm also recommending sets that you can actually go and see a complete set, so there will be runners up that will be tough acts you'll miss.  You know, those crazy things called logistics and time, and not having a time machine.  Temples, 2:30-3:30, Grant Park stage; George Ezra, 5:30-6:30, Lake Shore; Cage the Elephant, 6:30-7:45, Grant Park; Lorde, Bud Light, 8:45-10.  Runners up:  Spoon, Lake Shore, 7:45-8:45; Muse, 8:45-10, Grant Park.

In the post for Friday-Sunday coming soon, you'll see more of the cruelty of space/time come into play, as there will be difficult choices to make.  I'll be back later with the rest of the fest.

The Native Act with a nod to Doctor Doom

My response to #Trump's new immigration bill: the #NativeAct. Just make it simple--everybody has to leave except the Native Americans.

We are all taking jobs away from hard working Native Americans. Everybody out. You, too, Whitey; go back to Europe. This includes Donald Trump.

Part of the Act would stipulate Trump gets to run San Marino or somewhere else that's really small and landlocked. You know, a tiny place where he could do the least harm and feel like he's a real dictator, for example, Doctor Doom in Latveria.

All the U.S. Trump properties will be ceded to Native American tribes in the regions they are located. Any Mohicans still out there? You get Trump Tower! Hey, Seminoles, you thought owning the Hard Rock chain was awesome. How about Mar-a-Lago?

I think this will pass Congress with a super majority. Everybody leaves, Native Americans get their ancestral lands back, and the only Trail of Tears will be from the whining of White Supremacists and conservative talk show hosts.

I'm packing my bags now, preferably where I can get social health care. Let's go true Native today!