back from coachella!
What a fun weekend!! Here's who I saw:Saturday ~
- 12:45pm: Celebration - I've been way into their CD and so I was so stoked my housemates were down with showing up for their early set. I loved them live, the last song especially! The lead singer chic has great stage presence and although their songs seemed a tad long for our Coachella-first-show-A.D.D., I still enjoyed every single bit of it and was really stoked we caught their set. They're opening for TV on the Radio here in SF this week if you're going! Don't miss em!
- 1:30pm: The Like - caught the tail end of their set & they sounded great! We agreed they seemed to have tightened up since their show @ du Nord. I like The Like.
- 1:45: Painfully sat through the New Amsterdams waiting for the Walkmen to come on. However, sitting on the lawn in the beautiful Palm Springs desert sun made it all OK. :)
- 2:30: The Walkmen! Misty, Ali & I were all very excited to see 'our boyfriend' Hamilton play. Unfortunately the jackass thinks he's so cool he can chew gum & sing at the same time. Hi, you're on a HUMONGOUS SCREEN doood. Spit out the fucking gum. Misty was pissed for different reasons, but of course they have to do with how he's chosen to wear the hair on his body. haha. With Misty, it's either your hair or your shoes. She should publish a rule book.
- 3:00: Left the Walkmen early to check out Lady Sovereign. Only saw maybe 2 songs before I decided it was high time I get a ID (aka beer garden/drinking) wristband!
- 3:-3:25: Listened to Nine Black Alps from Beer Garden #3. I'm excited to see their show here in SF!
- 3:50: Wolfmother - AWESOME!!!! One of the most kick ass shows off the weekend. It was really excellent!! They're like (as Ted so accurately describes) Led Zepplin meets Black Sabbath. And the lead singer has a fro... which, as some of you know, I totally have Fro Envy. So ya, their show was truly EPIC!
- I think I got some food at this point.
- 5:30 or so: Deerhoof! The lead singer is sooo little! I've meant to catch a show of theirs a number of times, so it was super fun to finally see them live. They were good.
- 6:15: Caught the first few songs of TV on the Radio. For some reason I can't get into them live. I saw them first at SXSW 2004, but couldn't get into them then, and still can't seem to get into them live now apparently, but I like them on CD!
- 6:35: Imogen Heap! She sounded beautiful and I got some great shots of her I'm excited about, for as far away as we were.
- 7:35: Ladytron for a few songs, heard one of my favs which was cool
- 8:30: Eagles of Death Metal! SO fun!
- 9:30: Depeche Mode (from beer garden #1) - really cool to see them! They played some classics, so I was stoked!
- 11:15: The Rakes - lead singer has got some fierce dance moves. Daft Punk was goin on at the same time & I got to hear a good song from them, but by that point we were all ready to go, so we did! Overall a great first day!
- 1:15: Youth Group
- 2:15: Mates of State
- 3:15: Listened to Ted Leo from Beer Garden 2, let the drinking begin! :)
- 4:15: Metric! I love them!!!
- 4:45: Minus the Bear - I hadn't really listened to them before this, but they were GREAT live! I can't wait to get some of their stuff.
- 5:30: Wolf Parade - this show was probably the best show of the weekend for me, besides Wolfmother. I absolutely LOVE Wolf Parade!!! The last song had me dancing and just absolutely high on life. KICK ASS!!!
- 6:00: Listened to Bloc Party from Beer Garden 2.... Ali, Glen & I were joined by Xis, Mario, Harry, Aubrey, Jason and Sumir. Good times!
- 7:30: Still in the beer garden... hahaa.... realizing a glass of white wine is totally the best bang for your buck. ;) Listening to a bit of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's and Digable Planets on the other side.
- 8:15: Went & had dinner w/ Mario
- 8:30: Mario talks me into going straight back to Beer Garden 2. hahaha! Fortuitously we ran into the whole Cameron crew there - yay!! Cam & I had a reunion like nobody has ever seen before, rolling on the ground like two mad woman. haha! I love her!!!!
- 9:00: I had told everyone to meet at Beer Garden 3 at 9 (you can see where this night is going, huh? hahhaa Most of the bands at this point were background music, but as you can imagine, we had a BLAST! :) Anyway, getting over there was INSANE!!! Come nightfall at Coachella, especially Sunday, there are so many people - toooo many people!* Our trying to get from one side of the field to the other was like going against a stampede of people... totally scary, really! But even scarier was getting into Beer Garden 3, it was seriously almost a total stampede... humans can gets so nuts so fast. CHAOS! *Coachella organizers you have officially oversold this event waaay too much!! They ran out of water, booze and the port-a-potties were completely overflowing... DISGUSTING! grrr!
- Ali & Glen find us there, and shortly after, Jenna & her cutie new boyfriend Cary. yay!! The gangs all here!! SO FUN!!!!
- 10:15: Listened to Dungen from there
- 11:15: Saw a bit of the Scissor Sisters before taking off. Totally fun day!!!
Pool time: Friday afternoon, Saturday morning & even a quick dip this morning after waking up. Swimming in a pool in 90 degree weather with the sun shining and palm trees everywhere = paradise.
Best surprise of the whole weekend: Our kick ass place had an iPod dock that plugged directly into their stereo - aww yaaa! :)
Today's travel time was kinda long, but it wasn't as bad as sitting in a car for 8-9 hours. I really enjoyed getting to know Aubrey more over the weekend, too! I'm now drinking a glass of wine as I post this & am about to make myself some dinner why I download my photos. Kazoobie is glad I'm home, as well... it's snuggle time! :)
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5/2/06 UPDATE: Coachella photos are posted!
