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Buzzfest was today. The people-watching was outstanding. Top prize for coolest audience member: the little mohawked kid down in the mosh pit*. Questioning by Evans Blue revealed that he's eleven, and he's already rockin' out. Awesome.

And the winner for best show on the second stage is The Bravery.

MrIris was quite happy with Evanescence's performance. I... I feel ambivalent about them. I like the band, but I don't care for Amy Lee's vocals. Her voice is just too whiny. And I want to like her. Because, seriously, when I turn on a local rock station (rock, not pop, folk, indie, or country) there's maybe one song per hour by a band that counts at least one woman as a member. But I just can't. Too weepy.

Finger Eleven's Paralyzed is totally stuck in my head again, because they ended their set with it. It was actually pretty cool: they did a Led Zeppelin/Pink Floyd tribute in the middle of the song before going back to the chorus. But still, now it's stuck.

Chris Cornell? He sounds good live. He always sounds good live. I have to be honest, though: I was a little bit disappointed. Because of the format, he only had an hour, and of the twelve songs he performed, the only ones I hadn't heard him do live before were the three from his new album. His new drummer is hard core, though. :)

Um... Smashing Pumpkins? Please do not try to emulate Jimi Hendrix. Otherwise, thanks muchly for Zeitgeist and for getting back on the road.

* The show's sponsor gave away pit passes. But the venue had signs posted specifically asking people not to mosh. I think there's a failure to communicate somewhere.