Product Shop NYC sent two folks down to Bonnaroo this year. Amit reported back today with some of the interviews he taped and now we got some live reviews and photographs from Kyana G. Here's what our sister had to say...............

FLAMING LIPS
Please lord let me be Wayne Coyne's baby's mama. Brilliant. Nuff Said

HOT CHIP
They kicked some royal ass. The crowd was going wild as they should haveunlike the knobs in New York who just stand there because they don't know what to do when they hear a beat or rhythm (gasp!). Everyone in the crowd was a dancing machine from the 1st blip of a new song I had never heard to the belting out of "Over & Over".
Set List: First New Song (Title Unknown) / Shake A Fist (New Song) / And I Was A Boy From School / Hold On (New Song) / (Just Like We) Breakdown / Fourth New Song (Title Unknown) / No Fit State / The Warning / Over And Over / Ready For a Fall (New Song) / The Beach Party

LILY ALLEN
First off, she was not drinking Jameson but rather Bushmill's and her show was on point unlike previously reported by Mr. Productshopnyc. For a 23 year old who is constantly scrutinized she is one heck of a confident woman. She bopped and shook her booty from stage right to left. My favorite jam was when she sang "Not Big." The ladies went wild and I noticed there were a lot of downward glances coming from the men in the crowd.

THE POLICE
Front Row. I could see Sting's sweat. It's amazing what tantric sex and yoga can do to a human being. Message in Bottle was the kickoff jam and Sting sure sent out an S.O.S through the crowd while Stewart Copeland banged the shit out a gigantic gong to signal what was about to come. Folks were going buckwild of course. No new songs but variations of old ones. I have to admit I hate when The Police try to front like they're a reggae band. Oof, stick to rock.

WHITE STRIPES
Pretended I was a paparazzi member so I was sitting down in the front of the stage. No set list for the Stripes. Hell NO. They rumbled and Meg did her head swaying thing like she was possessed by the Holy Spirit. But I loved when Meg sang coyly, "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself." That Jack White sure can play the gee-tar and jump around cause a riot in a 80,000 hippie army.

MANU CHAO
THE SHIT. If you have not a seen a performance you better in the near future. OOF. Pure sweat, fire causing lyrics, and movement.

MAVIS STAPLES
She pointed out to me in and said, "Right sister!" Oh lord, Take me there Mavis, and take it she did. She sang for well over an hour an a half on Sunday afternoon. Can I get an amen! She sang the tune, "Why Am I Treated So Bad?" that Pops Staples wrote for MLK on the March from Selma to Montgomery. Powerful stuff folks, and they sure don't make singers like this anymore.

ORNETTE COLEMAN
Genius. He makes the Saxophone do and say whatever he wants it too. I felt blessed to be in the presence of a living legend. And for the record, he was wearing a bad ass three piece suit and dope hat in extreme 99 degree heat. The fact he experienced heat exhaustion sucked but so did a hell of a lot of other folks.

PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT
In the Blue Note Tent which set up like an old school jazz lounge. Sick! Jazz should not be as dead as it is. Who said it was dead anyway. It needs to give "rock n droll" a nudge to the side for a second. Being the narcoleptic that I am, I fell asleep front row and ?uestlove drummed on my table when he came off the stage. I loved what I heard in my dream state though!

More tk.........

BONNAROO | Interviews w/ Lily Allen, David Cross, ?uestlove, Lewis Black, Warren Hayes, etc
BONNAROO | Update #2: Ornette Coleman, Gongs, Photos
BONNAROO | Update #1: Sold Out, Thursday Reviews