Coachella 2010

[hutch]

not my favorite lineup but still very strong.  faith no more, PIL  , devo, pavement, de la soul, sly and the family stone, gorillaz sunny day real estate, king khan and the shrines,  surprised no one has mentioned the specials yet.  god i hope that comes to the 930....paging seth...

If Dammers is still not involved it really ain't the Specials.

correct.  buuuuuut, 6 out 7 is the closest i'll end up getting to the real deal so it's good enough for me.  and the shows since they've reunited have been getting stellar reviews. 

Yeah you're right...

[Firebutt McGee]

I seriously just thought about some of the conflicts that'll happen during this. If there's a Jay-Z/Fever Ray/Grace Jones conflict, I just...I don't know what I'd do...

[betao]

Sunday is a nightmare for potential conflicts.

All I'm hoping for is to see full sets from Orbital, Thom Yorke, and Gary Numan.

Seeing bits and pieces of Infected Mushroom, Jonsi, Plastikman, and Gorillaz would make me happy.

[sweetcell]

in case y'all can't wait to secure your ticket, muse is having a presale for 3-day passes: https://tix.concertmaps.com/muse/

1 ticket = $304 with all fees (cue the inevitable "too fucking expensive" griping).  ticketmaster will be $269 + fees (which are unknown), onsale is friday.  who knows which one will be cheapest.  i suspect that the presale will be a few bucks less, but don't hold me to that.

$309.25 @ TM
 

If there's a Jay-Z/Fever Ray/Grace Jones conflict, I just...I don't know what I'd do...

if you do anything other than grace jones, i'm revoking your gay card.  and don't you go coping "i was high on morphine when i wrote that" as an excuse.

(seriously, you've seen jay-z more often and you'll see him again, and fever ray live can't be as good grace)

[sweetcell]

reconsidering again... i'm supposed to fly home from SF that thursday... so if i take friday and monday off, and re-route my return from LA, i'd only have to cover the SFO-LA flight... TEMPTATION.

i'd love to see gorillaz. sadly, i haz no monies.

u can haz werk?

[Mr.Whippy]

Is anyone going for sure besides me? 

Sweetcell we could give you a ride back to LA after the Sunday night show if you need it.  We're staying at a hotel at LAX that night.

[betao]

Yeah I'm going. Flight booked and have my tickets and all set to go.

A few things that have happened since the lineup came out:

Grace Jones and Haduken have dropped from the lineup
Bad Lieutenant and Street Sweeper Social Club have been added

[sweetcell]

Grace Jones (...) dropped from the lineup

ixkpd-bk: are you still even going, now that they've done this to you?

[Vas Deferens]

the reason im not going anymore....

Grace Jones (...) dropped from the lineup

ixkpd-bk: are you still even going, now that they've done this to you?

[Mr.Whippy]

In addition to the fest, my buddy and I are catching the Pavement club show in Pomona the night before Coachella starts.  It is the first US tour date.  I'll post a review of that and of the Fest if our hotel in Palm Springs has internet access. 

[Stillwater]

I'm heading out there as well.  We can't make Friday so we were going to sell them, but couldn't get face value, so we decided to just go.  Disappointed I'm missing some good acts Friday, but excited for the rest of the weekend.

[betao]

How were you trying to sell it? They're only doing 3-day passes this year that aren't in the form of single tickets.

[betao]

Set times are up...

...and I hate them. Last year, it was perfect. This year, its anything but.

[Mr.Whippy]

Set times are up...

...and I hate them. Last year, it was perfect. This year, its anything but.

Just curious, what seems so bad to you.  Apart from Pavement, Gary Numan, Orbital, and (camp out at Outdoor Theater for a good spot for Atoms for Peace) all at the same time, the conflicts seem pretty minimal to me. 

Sunday is just too stacked to not have some horrible conflicts.

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

The Orbital v. Pavement is the big conflict for me.  Randomly, I saw them both on the same day at Glasto '99.  I choose Orbital.