Coachella 2009

[Firebutt McGee]

Let's discuss possibilities for the REAL Saturday headliner.

Springsteen?

[azaghal1981]

I swore I'd never go to a festival again after my first/last Coachella.


Rethinking...



Time for my obligatory "hey seth" thread post.

[sweetcell]

What the hell are you talking about? There's three artist at the whole festival that everybody needs to see once in their lifetime (although i probably never will), and they're all on day 1.

who are those three artists?   McCartney, Cohen and... Patton?  i'd say Franz, but i doubt you'd agree.  if you say Bingham i'm hitting you upside the head.

[Seth Hurwitz]

I gotta say it's a pretty cool lineup

I think people will have fun if they go

And isn't that the bottom line?

[azaghal1981]

I think people will have fun if they go and don't camp.




There, I fixed that.

[walkonby]

i thought wearing indie cool shirts, bottled water, and experimenting with drugs was the bottom line.

[Firebutt McGee]

What the hell are you talking about? There's three artist at the whole festival that everybody needs to see once in their lifetime (although i probably never will), and they're all on day 1.

who are those three artists?   McCartney, Cohen and... Patton?  i'd say Franz, but i doubt you'd agree.  if you say Bingham i'm hitting you upside the head.

Winehouse, obvs.

[sonickteam2]

What the hell are you talking about? There's three artist at the whole festival that everybody needs to see once in their lifetime (although i probably never will), and they're all on day 1.

who are those three artists?   McCartney, Cohen and... Patton?  i'd say Franz, but i doubt you'd agree.  if you say Bingham i'm hitting you upside the head.

i think  he was referring to Peanut Butter Wolf, Crystal Method and Felix Da Housecat.

[kosmo vinyl]

Why can't Americans hold festivals in sensible locations and sensible times of the year like the Connect Festival in Scotland at the end of August start of September when temperatures are in the 70s



http://www.myspace.com/connectmusicfestival

[azaghal1981]

Ok...done rethinking.



Not even that lineup could sell me.

[Relaxer]

I am stunned that Thievery got such a high billing. I know they're considered a great live band, and they consistently sell the HELL out of the club. But I figured they were mostly a local phenomen. I mean, TV on the Radio are major (music) media figures that have seen two of their three albums proclaimed by many as the best of their respective years.

[Got Haggis?]

Sunday is so awesome, I usually hate outdoor concerts but I am going to have to go to this one for sure this year.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Read your newspapers and magazines from other parts of the world. I reckon they'd clue you in.

I am stunned that Thievery got such a high billing. I know they're considered a great live band, and they consistently sell the HELL out of the club. But I figured they were mostly a local phenomen. I mean, TV on the Radio are major (music) media figures that have seen two of their three albums proclaimed by many as the best of their respective years.

[sweetcell]

Ok...done rethinking.

Not even that lineup could sell me.

dude, with a hotel coachella is completely do-able.  the same year that you were baking your brains in the refugee camp, i was sharing a perfectly fine $200/night hotel with a 24-hour hot tub.  coming back from a long day of dancing and soaking in the tub with a beer in hand was heavenly.  it adds a few hundred bucks to the bill, but as you can attest the alternative isn't tenable.  i consider it part of the cost of actually enjoying myself there

What the hell are you talking about? There's three artist at the whole festival that everybody needs to see once in their lifetime (although i probably never will), and they're all on day 1.

who are those three artists?   McCartney, Cohen and... Patton?  i'd say Franz, but i doubt you'd agree.  if you say Bingham i'm hitting you upside the head.

charlie?  charlie?

[MonkeyPants]

with a hotel coachella is completely do-able.  the same year that you were baking your brains in the refugee camp, i was sharing a perfectly fine $200/night hotel with a 24-hour hot tub.  coming back from a long day of dancing and soaking in the tub with a beer in hand was heavenly.  it adds a few hundred bucks to the bill, but as you can attest the alternative isn't tenable.  i consider it part of the cost of actually enjoying myself there

after getting through traffic to and from the field, waiting in line for a million years to get in (missing bands while some girl tries to convince security to let her bring her pillow/blanket/other prohibited item in) to pay too much money for food and water and relieve yourself in port-o-potties for three days straight all while in the sun with no shade and thousands of people...do-able, yes, but enjoyable? no