The first and only Lollapalooza I attended was in 1992 (!), when I was in high school (!). Back then, Pearl Jam was a warm-up band, not a headliner. My friends and I missed them perform because we cut class much too late and didn't anticipate the heavy traffic from Marietta to Atlanta, GA, but we did arrive just in time for Jesus and Mary Chain. I forget what drug I took, but I do remember the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a girl falling off the bleachers and being stretchered away, the tarot card reader who rolled his eyes when I approached his booth, and the fist fight in the mosh pit. In any case, you probably know by now that Lollapalooza is going international for the first time ever, on April 2 and 3, 2011. The mega-concert will take place in Santiago, Chile, at O'Higgins Park with the Andes Mountains as a sort of surreal backdrop. Try not to get too fucked up while you're there, as I'm about to list my top five things to do in the awesome country, which I'm assuming you'll take time to tour, considering the long-haul flight.
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