Lollapa-issed Off

I've been attending the Chicago re-incarnation of Lollapalooza ever since it re-emerged in 2005, and so far have not been disappointed. They continue to get great acts every year, and thanks to an email I sent in 2005 complaining about the low stages, I've been on the email list to get 60 dollar tickets every year since. And they seem to have raised the stages. So, I'm using my considerable pull to plead with the good people at C3 Presents to please do something about the lineup conflicts.

Day 1 (click here to see full schedule)
The early part of the day is relatively conflict free. I'll probably check out Rogue Wave, then Go! Team and head over to see Jeff Tweedy at the kids stage on my way to Louis XIV. At the 6 o'clock hour, they really f'ed with my day though:
I want to see The Raconteurs, Cool Kids, CSS, Malkmus and Bloc Party, and will at best see part of 2 before I make my way to Radiohead. Brutal. Since I've seen Raconteurs and Malkmus before, I am thinking about going from Bloc Party to the end of the CSS set. But please, Lolla schedule maker, use your right to change the lineup to (see bottom of the picture) move at least one of these awesome bands to an earlier timeslot.

Day 2 (click here to see full schedule)
My early day 2 picks are Gutter Twins, Explosions in the Sky and Okkervil River, and I've heard good things about MGMT. Things start to get dicey with Battles, Lupe Fiasco and Broken Social Scene all lumped together at 6:30PM:
Apologies to Sharon Jones and the Toadies, but I've never heard of you and you therefore do not deserve a pre-headliner timeslot. (Editor's note: According to Tall Paul, I'm an idiot for not knowing the Toadies.) If I were the Lollapalooza organizer, I'd move Wilco into this slot, thus freeing me from choosing between them and Rage. As it stands, I will be checking out Battles and Rage since those are the two acts I haven't seen before.

Day 3 (click here to see full schedule)
My early day picks are Kid Sister, Iron & Wine and Blues Travel (just kidding). 6:30PM must be "mess with Mazerino" time at C3 because we have yet another conflict. This time, I've seen both acts--Girl Talk and Gnarls Barkley. But both are very good live, and I'm giving the nod to Girl Talk because the smooth stylings of Greg Gillis at his laptop can compel even me to dance like its my job. The biggest schedule conflict of the whole weekend for me occurs at 8:15 with co-headliners Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails facing off in a battle for my attention.
I've been looking forward to seeing NIN for a long time now, and I've read good things about Kanye's latest set. So, this is a conundrum. Since I've seen Kanye at Lolla two years ago, I'm going to have to check out NIN, but I beg of you, creator of the schedule, please move one of these acts!!

Final Note
I've been really digging Santogold (digging her so much that I'm linking to Myspace, a clunky social networking site that is no longer relevant), and she was in the original lineup. But, unless my eyes deceive me, she is nowhere to be seen in the current schedule. Where the heck has she gone? Please bring her back.

As always, feel free to leave your comments about what other bands I should check out, and if you feel compelled, you can email info at c3presents.com to complain about the schedule. Tell them Mazerino sent you.