Correcting Your Mistakes At Lollapalooza

We all mistakes. It's OK. You ate the lamb kebab and then slammed Budweiser "microbrews," maybe had a dance at the DJ to Flosstradamus before you realized the combination wasn't the smartest. Here's a few scenarios you could have done different:

• You saw: Duffy. Duffy is cute as hell and plucks the nostalgia string in our overactive brains. She's comfortable, great to look at and our moms like her. You should have seen: Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears (pictured). Soul was the theme this year, with acts like Sharon Jones and Jamie Lidell holding the fort as much as emotive sets from Radiohead, Rage and NIN. But Lewis recalls another soul and funk icon -- James Brown -- and his backing band the Honey Bears could maybe take the Dap-Kings in kickball.

• You saw: Brand New. It seems like a brief, teenage hormone-influence dream when we first saw Brand New play small clubs, their own voices squeaking in time with ours. Now they've grown up. Their performances are phenomenal, but we weren't the only fogies crossing our arms in the back, wishing the set was shorter. You should have seen: Spank Rock (pictured) and Amanda Blank. It's always refreshing to see a thoughtful lyricist and performer who doesn't take him- or herself too seriously. C'mon, the dude's got a track called "Shake It 'Til My D*ck Turns Racist." Blank was brilliant, one of the coolest female rappers in the game, and came out dressed like a Pussycat Doll. Simulated drrrty sex, incredible support from the two gents on decks, laugh-out-loud (or LOL, as the kids say) lyrics... Spank Rock leaves his audiences with the thought, "Seriously, did he just do that?"
• You saw: G. Love & Special Sauce. Really? You should have seen: Flogging Molly. "I like to think redheads are just one step closer to hell," declared legendary frontman Dave King. We like to think the Irish-lovin' band brought us one step closer to heaven.