SNOOZEAPALOOZA: I'm with independent concert promoter Seth Hurwitz, as quoted in the New York Times story on the cancellation of Lollapalooza. In real estate, the mantra is location location location. For big festivals, it's about lineup lineup lineup.

The reason this year's festival couldn't motivate people to buy tickets was its limp lineup. Morrissey's new record flat-out blows, and Sonic Youth are the most boring wankfest of a band since the Godchaux-era Grateful Dead. P.J. Harvey is a critic's darling but has never been a big draw (literary pretensions, no hooks? small crowds). Modest Mouse's Isaac whatever-his-name-is yells too much, and them Flaming Lips dudes make good studio records but bad live performers.

Plus, c'mon...after a decade of these megaconcerts, most of us have learned that standing outside all day in some corporate shed is about as much fun as working at Taco Bell with a keg-beer hangover.