Coachella Index, Year 3 (or, Icons of My Youth Tour '09)

[msjen]

Trend alert: Band names beginning with "The" are out. Bands with "Glass" in their names are in. Also - random animals, still popular

Comments

[ammonoid]

I was really impressed with how good Robert Smith sounded. Unless he was milli-vanilli-ing it, he sounds pretty good.

2nd biggest mystery - why they would put The Orb, the Cure, Public Enemy and Throbbing Gristle on at the same time.

I liked the lead singer of Fucked Up's banter - "We may not always be good, but we are on time". There was something else that I forgot.

Mitch's hamster line was cracking me up all week.

If I go again I will definitely take Monday off so I can stay on Sunday. I was bummed having to leave The Cure after like what, 30 minutes?

[msjen]

Hey. Yeah, bummer that you had to leave, next time take Monday off for sure.

I think another festival of some kind is probably in my future so I can see more of The Cure...

Thanks for a great weekend! :)

[msjen]

Thanks!

[bodyfour]

Oldest people at the event:[...] us
... but still not old enough to buy beer in Palm Springs, so at least there's that Weirdest musical transition: Crystal Castles --> Leonard Cohen
I thought the Canadian theme worked out fine.Best-preserved rock star: Robert Smith
I guess Chris Carter doesn't count as a "rock star"? He hasn't aged a minute since 1977.

[msjen]

Weirdest musical transition: Crystal Castles --> Leonard Cohen
I thought the Canadian theme worked out fine.

Yeah, but Leonard Cohen has no vocoder, so I stand by my assertion. ;)

Best-preserved rock star: Robert Smith
I guess Chris Carter doesn't count as a "rock star"? He hasn't aged a minute since 1977.

Bingo, I almost put him on there but decided he didn't qualify as a rock star. But maybe that's kinda mean. So, edited.

[defenestr8r]

I wish I had been there, but I am so glad y'all went!

And even though I wasn't there, I will argue that Simon Gallup has aged much better than Robert Smith!