rock stars

flaming lips playing lollapalooza in santiago de chile. april 3, 2011.

quick story. last weekend, i was coming back from santiago de chile after having gone to the first lollapalooza held in latin america. i had just arrived at the airport with a friend of mine when i saw on line at the air canada counter none other than wayne coyne, lead singer of the flaming lips. got a picture with him, struck up a conversation, and he ended up inviting my friend and i to his show in buenos aires. he took down our information and said there shouldn't be a problem but if there was, he'd call me.

two days later, we arrived at the venue, next to los bosques de palermo, only to find out that we were not on the list. i pleaded with the woman at will-call, telling her we had met the lead singer and that he had personally invited us to the show. she said there was nothing she could do. my friend and i were about to go when a woman at the next window said to come here. she asked us what happened, where we were from, etc. and then gave us two free tickets to the show. this woman didn't know us and had absolutely nothing to benefit from in giving us the tickets.

in the end, i learned two things: (1) don't trust rock stars no matter how nice they appear to be and (2) sometimes people do good things just because of the mere fact that they are good people.

here are some other shots from the weekend:

wayne coyne y yo en el aeropuerto de santiago de chile. el 4 de abril de 2011.

yo, pedro, anna y jorge. lollapalooza day 1. el 2 de abril de 2011.

la casa del escritor pablo neruda en santiago de chile, la chascona. el 3 de abril de 2011.