Word: lollapaloozas
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...rally that its organizers dubbed a "reverse rebellion" against the excesses of pop culture. But sex and drugs were most emphatically not included with the rock 'n' roll at San Francisco's AT&T Park this past weekend, when some 25,000 screeching teens attended what amounted to a Lollapalooza for the Lord...
...former front man of the Del Fuegos, now makes albums with little gold PARENTS' CHOICE AWARD stickers on the covers. They Might Be Giants, whose adult tunes have titles like Your Racist Friend, now has an album about the alphabet. And with Jamarama, little ones even have their own Lollapalooza--a traveling music festival with sippy cups instead of beer cups...
...took two bright sparks in the music industry to realize the business opportunities presented by a generation of hipster parents who came of age going to touring music festivals like Lollapalooza, Warped and Ozzfest and who would be willing to pay to give their kids the same sort of experience. DuFine, a former Polygram executive who started her career at MTV, and her business partner, David Codikow, manage the rock band Velvet Revolver and helped put together the first two Down from the Mountain bluegrass and country-music tours. But it was DuFine's toddler daughter who planted the seed...
DuFine and Codikow haven't exhaled just yet, but they expect Jamarama to be an ongoing event and start making money next year. For now, it has no real competition in the baby's-first-festival market. A Kidzapalooza section made its debut at Lollapalooza last summer, but the latter is now held in only one city each year...
Owing to dismal ticket sales, organizers have called off the alternative-rock festival Lollapalooza (with Morrissey, above), before it even began. It was another blow to what is shaping up to be an abysmal concert season. Explanations range from overexposed talent to high ticket prices. Or maybe it's just an epidemic of health problems. --By Jeffrey Ressner...