Music festival rocks, Muscles Protest.

Phew! What a wonderful and tiring weekend! Outside Lands Festival was amazing. It started out a little rough (or shall I say late and we missed Cold War Kids-arg!!! Don't mention it, sensitive subject). Despite that, we ran ourselves ragged trying to see all the wonderful music waiting to invade our ear drums.
On Friday we got to see Manu Chao who was so full of energy I have a renewed respect for their music. We also saw a few songs of Radiohead and renewed my feelings of ambivalence about them. I know they are really talented, but try as I might, they just don't get me going. Saturday was more full, but we still had delays getting there. We stayed with our friend Holly in the Mission and rode the bus to Golden Gate Park. The bus ride should normally take about 45 mins, however it took us 2 hours!
We got there in time to see Primus, which rocked me so hard I was jumping higher than guys 1ft taller than me! ;~) After that we headed over to Tom Petty where we were rocked even more! I had no idea how many Tom Petty songs I actually knew. When we (the collective "festival we") headed out one of the exits, we had to leave through a tunnel with everyones voices echoing. One group started to "wooo", and then everyone following afterwards "wooo"ed too! It was a woo wave that continued for about 10 mins or several hundred people! Wow! It was spectacular! Already getting stiff in the calves and one more day to go.
Sunday was probably the best because every band I saw was new to me! We started out at Toots and the Maytals. The reggae grove was a great way to start off a beautiful Sunday in the park. After that we saw Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. The smooth doo-wop sounds got my shaking my booty, and I just didn't stop until the walk home from the bus stop! After that I high tailed it over to see Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. These are some talented musicians and I highly recommend you click on the link up there and check them out! No, seriously, do it now! Then we meandered over to see Widespread Panic, which I now is a name brand band, but I was just introduced and we were grooving. By then, my legs were so tired from dancing Crystal and I went to post up near the next stage where we going to keep the groove flowing. Even sitting down I could stop dancing because we could hear Rodrigo y Gabriela. Amazing! Spanish guitars that were chill and rocking all in the same song! Another one I highly recommend is the band we saw las which was Los Amigos Invisibles. Spanish rock disco? Interesting and fun and got me dancing all over again. The last band to play was Jack Johnson, whom I have little interest in, so we decided to beat the traffic and head on home.
Phew! My legs are still aching, and I have to make up taking Monday off by working (walking) 4 ten hour days! Yikes! Worth it? Hell yeah!!! When is the next festival? I'm hooked!