The Daily Cougar, University
of Houston, 8/31/1992
LOLLAPALOOZA
OFFERS MORE THAN MUSIC
By Shane Patrick Boyle
Daily Cougar Staff
Those attending Lollapalooza
this Saturday will hear live music from big name bands
like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden
and others. But music is not all this twelve hour festival
will offer, because Lollapalooza is not just a concert;
it's a carnival — complete with a midway.
Like any carnival, Lollapalooza
will have games, but these are not typical games. There
will be a "Safe Sex Wheel of Fortune" and a strength
test called "Wake Up Mr. President, What about the
Homeless." These games will raise money for local
AIDS research and the Coalition for the Homeless.
The carnival atmosphere
will be further advanced by the performers from the Jim
Rose Circus Sideshow (complete with sword swallower) and
the costumed characters of Archie Bell's Future Kulture
who will be walking around the midway as well as performing
on the second stage while mainstage acts set up.
The midway will also feature
an unparalleled encounter with art and information.
Art will be "everywhere" according
to promoters, and there will even be interactive art such
as the "Rhythm Beast" — the ultimate instrument
which thirty people can play at once.
Among the most talked about of the attractions on the midway
are the booths selling smart drinks -- natural beverages
containing vitamins and amino acids, that serve as alternatives
to coffee, drugs and alcohol.
The drinks are part of
the line offered by Smart Products Inc. which offers a
catalogue and monthly newsletter. The company offers a
variety of products to aid with memory, increase alertness
or act as a substitute for caffeine. "Orbit Juice" and "Quantum
Punch", for example, contain C-phenoylamine acid which
increases mental clarity.
The smart drinks have been
a big attraction at Lollapalooza as it has toured the country,
according to Smart Product's President Jim English, workers
are "serving them until their arms fall off." Even
band members are using the products to produce "better
work without hangovers."
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