photography by Alex Broadwell Friday (June 11) at Bonnaroo saw an eclectic group of acts ranging from the dance-heavy LCD Soundsystem to the bluegrass Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers. The Flaming Lips drew a huge crowd to the Which Stage while playing one set of hits and one “Dark Side of the Moon” set. [...]

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People doing good stuff for other people makes us happy. Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeroes helped raise money to get the Gulu a new farm, so some village people recorded themselves singing the band’s song, “Home.” We like this. Read up about The Voice Project organization. “Home” in Gulu from The Voice Project on Vimeo.

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Well, what to do after dark downtown is an abiding question that ArtWalk answers only one Thursday a month. Part market for recession-wracked artists, part roving singles meat-rack, part experiment in social Darwinian set design, this event now features more music and more public mating rituals than ever, along with an uptick in cops and panhandlers, with the latter looking much better-heeled than the human scarecrows kept penned along the Nickel a few blocks away. I was in work mode, but every other unattached male had his game on, with even the most faux-negligent hipster-dude got up like Prince’s pet horse.

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Whether Fool’s Gold sings about the earth, honey, or how meshuggah you are, the music takes effect in the body’s lovehandles. Suddenly, the pelvis and ribcage start a furious ping-pong match against each other. Of all Fool’s Gold’s residency nights this month, ‘twas the eve of April 13 that rocked the most.

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