Coachella 2009

[betao]

Haha, I'm a regular on the coachella boards, and they've been doing that Bowie shit every year. He's not going to play. Everyone just wants him and turns their wishing into speculation and then into rumor.

[sweetcell]

looking forward to hearing reports from the field.  based on web reports, thievery played a good and well-received set (example).  mccartney played a 9-song beatles encore... cool.  and according to CNN, "David Hasselhoff was spotted making out with a mystery lady near the restrooms."

anyone catch anything good on the stream?  if i'm still up, i might watch some of the cure later tonight (http://music.att.net/)

[teepo]

from pitchfork's twitter:

pitchforkmediagen p-orridge shows up @ throbbing gristle #coachella gig in full milliondollar matchmaker drag. is that coil's peter in cow costume? (orme)

to see peter christopherson in a cow costume, let alone just him on stage would've justified whatever it would've cost me to go to coachella.

that and mbv of course...

[Got Haggis?]

video + pics from TG's performance in NYC where you can see Peter wearing his cow robe:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/04/throbbing_grist_4.html

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I saw a little kid wearing a Tigger suit yesterday that the zoo!

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Morrissey played Some Girls Are Bigger Then Others which is pretty  .

[Firebutt McGee]

Im at LAX on my way back to DC now. Been up for 24-hours straight and I want to die/kill/maim. Dear GOD does my body hurt or what?!?!

[wml7]

Everyone is saying the Cure was the best show out of the whole weekend.  They kept playing even though Coachella pulled the plug on the power and the sound system.  Played over some 30 songs.

[walkonby]

Everyone is saying the Cure was the best show out of the whole weekend.  They kept playing even though Coachella pulled the plug on the power and the sound system.  Played over some 30 songs.

perhaps robert wanted to offer some "free" music like radiohead.

[sweetcell]

Everyone is saying the Cure was the best show out of the whole weekend.

really?  maybe it just didn't translate at all, but i thought the stream of their shows last night was rather... average.  the band sounded fine and i'm sure fans were eating it up but for the casual listener it appear to be anything special.

[wml7]

Everyone is saying the Cure was the best show out of the whole weekend.

really?  maybe it just didn't translate at all, but i thought the stream of their shows last night was rather... average.  the band sounded fine and i'm sure fans were eating it up but for the casual listener it appear to be anything special.

I think people were just impressed that they would keep playing despite the power and everything being shut off.

[Firebutt McGee]

Yeah, they played from like 9:45 to 12:35. I caught the last two hours or so, and it was VERY intense. Not the best of the festival though, that would be a three way tie between Leonard Cohen on Friday, My Bloody Valentine, and Antony and the Johnsons. Slight edge to Antony for being completely unexpected and taking major risks with his performance that worked VERY well.

[wml7]

Yeah, they played from like 9:45 to 12:35. I caught the last two hours or so, and it was VERY intense. Not the best of the festival though, that would be a three way tie between Leonard Cohen on Friday, My Bloody Valentine, and Antony and the Johnsons. Slight edge to Antony for being completely unexpected and taking major risks with his performance that worked VERY well.

lucky bastard for being there.

[sweetcell]

what did antony do that was so unexpected?!?  wants to know!

interesting synopsis of one writer's coachella experience: Coachella 2009, By The Numbers

[betao]

Just got back and had an amazing time. Favorite sets:

Gui Boratto
Leonard Cohen (probably one of the most hauntingly beautiful voices I've ever heard)
A Place To Bury Strangers
The Chemical Brothers
M.A.N.D.Y.
Plump DJs
The Orb
My Bloody Valentine
Throbbing Gristle

other pretty good sets

Bloody Beetroots
Crookers
The Cure
Zane Lowe (almost a guilty pleasure)
Brian Jonestown Massacre
No Age
Liars

all in all a very fun weekend indeed.

oh, and for the Throbbing Gristle fans, here is their setlist from coachella:

Persuasion
Fed Up
Live Ray - Violin
Hamburger Lady
Almost a Kiss
Springbankistan
Endless Not
What a Day
Discipline