Coachella 2014

Saw Arcade Fire last Sunday. I didn't imagine it would be that good

As far as destination fests go, is this one, like, 95% Californians? Because I cannot imagine paying $400 for a weekend pass, $400 for plane tix, scrambling for a place to stay and/or a way to get there and justifying dropping a grand on going to a concert in a field with 90% of the acts either touring nationally or no doubt headlining my own local "destination" festival that I generally skip, anyway.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 11 January 2014 14:48 (3 months ago) Permalink

As a Washington resident, the three years I've come down, it's been a mix of great friends joining me, the smorgasbord of acts in a small location, and add'l time spent at Joshua Tree Nat'l Park and Pappy & Harriet's. Well worth the $1500-2000. Lots of good show memories, favorites being Teddybears and Art Brut.

Holy shit, I've been to Coachella and it was a good time but fuck no was it not worth $2000. Then again, I get to see all the bands here, if I want, either touring or often at a whole different (same) festival. But sure, if I lived somewhere where none of these acts play, I can see maybe making a trip out of it. Maybe.

Has anyone ever actually calculated/diagrammed festival overlap, to determine just how many Coachella acts later appear at, say, Lollapalooza?

Having worked most of them, I wouldn't spend money on attending any beta-rock festival-- with the exception of Primavera. But I've been to Coachella twice and both times I had way more fun there than most festis, especially the first time, where I went from DJ Vivo to Wolf Eyes to upside-down-crucified Peter Murphy in 20 minutes. The traffic is the only bummer about the thing, the PAs are big and loud, the line-up is generally good, it's nice to be in the desert, rentals are generally easy and cool, side shows in Joshua Tree are fun to attend, and Californians are underrated.

and Californians are underrated.

thank you!

Yep, my $2K high-end guess included extra nights in Santa Monica and Pioneertown, steak dinners, alcohol, cigars, souvenirs, etc, for a long weekend. Just the festival itself, much less.

Holy shit, I've been to Coachella and it was a good time but fuck no was it not worth $2000. Then again, I get to see all the bands here, if I want, either touring or often at a whole different (same) festival. But sure, if I lived somewhere where none of these acts play, I can see maybe making a trip out of it. Maybe.

Has anyone ever actually calculated/diagrammed festival overlap, to determine just how many Coachella acts later appear at, say, Lollapalooza?

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, April 11, 2014 1:44 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the bullshit about this if you live in southern california goldenvoice forbids coachella performers from playing anywhere in the region the weeks they're here.. totally blows if you want to see someone performing at the festival but would rather cut your balls off than go

has anyone watched anything today.

damn no Haim either.

oh wait i'm wrong they are up next, along with Afghan Whigs.

Watching Goat right now. They're so great.

Haim are on i'm so excited.

"Falling"

If I Could Change Your Mind

the bass playing haim is making some hilarious faces.

yeah she's great. want to watch Afghan Whigs but can't take my eyes off of Haim.

"The Wire"

oh sorry "Song 5"

they have been pretty funny saying they are sweating their balls off, show me your balls

"Forever"

so they were okay, they had fun.

Neko Case is next.

will be back to watch Bryan Ferry at 10, yes!

Mr. Bryan Ferry

"Re-Make/Re-Model"

YEAH

"Kiss And Tell" now

this is so great

"Slave to Love"

nice

"Ladytron"

wish more people would be enjoying this tonight.

love the girl drummer, she seems like she is having the time of her life.

this set has been so amazing. he is a superstar, no two ways about it.

"In Every Dream Home a Heartache"

"Love Is the Drug"

"Virginia Plain"

howdy.

"Both Ends Burning" sounding great!

just a reminder that John Lennon was the best there ever was.

Everything else seems anti-climatic after that

I just contracted syphilis from this Girl Talk stream.

"Rain"
"Spirtwalker"
"Sweet Soul Sister"

the Cult are on fire.

lol at alpine

as in that is great, love that they had a great set.

so Outkast is ON

"Love Removal Machine"

chillin, watching Outkast and wanting to smoke a bowl.

yeah Outkast sounds p great, imo. i mean, this first half-hour, at least, ain't half-assed

what's the smallest festival they're scheduled to play, i wonder?

El-P's stuck in traffic in Indio and missing this and hating life, feel bad for him but it's entertaining following his tweets

"I think i'm in love again"

well i would be interested to hear what smarter ppl and bigger fans than me think, but this Outkast set seems to me to have gone off the rails

gimme all the energy y'all got left

make some mfing noise for outcast! mfing noise for outcast!

Plugs pulled.

sorry, drnk; as alwsays, ty bee ok for being team leader through these live brdcsts/lvblgings

you are so bimble to me at these times

today I watched (more like listened to with an eye on) Washed Out, Future Islands, Lorde, Chvrches and a little of Foxygen, Pharrell and The Head & The Heart. pretty much everyone was good except Pharrell and what is up with that Foxygen dude.

agree that Chvrches were great, tho.

wish they would replay Goat.

A lot of these are showing up on youtube as full sets, so check there.

PET

SHOP

BOYS

"One More Chance"

and now

"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"

rent
it's a sin
domino dancing

and not you were always on my mind

took a while to warm up but i'm there now

now, i mean

...and it's over

hope i'm not being annoying.

not at all! the bimble comment was about me forgetting how to be present and enjoy the things i like and how great it is to see someone able to just zoom in and be there when something's happening

they are replaying Neko Case's set right now, and if you haven't already seen it, worth doing so ... i'm not a super-fan, but she and her band sound great.

oh wait, it just ended ... well anyway, one worth catching if you can.

Even a mask can't disguise DiCaprio's immense charisma:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDSpbu4CzUk

wow that makes everything worth it

Watching the Beck set from last night. He's having fun!

Ahh man, that was a good set.

are these archived?

sad that no one posted in my place for Sundays set.

some of it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpFeb-pnATE

No idea why Beck's drummer is playing that busy beat during "Devil's Haircut".

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2014/04/14/302995194/reunited-and-it-feels-a-little-awkward-outkast-at-coachella

NPR rap and r'n'b writer who remembers Outkast well is shocked for some reason that the kids at Coachella are not as enthusiastic and don't know all the lyrics

The funny thing about waiting 10 years between shows is that your fans get 10 years older, and everyone else has 10 years to move on/forget about you/be born/like something else. It's so weird.

http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/04/20/coachella-cabbies-and-their-amazing-stories

http://m.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/50-best-things-we-saw-at-coachella-2014-20140414/best-security-censorship-moment-what-happened-to-this-guy-0819288

pretty generous definition of "amazing stories" there

coachella had its first death this year..