donnybrook between two gangstas and a bunch of merry pranksters.
i sort of wished i did this all nine years of coachella but i got more than half of them at least. and i guess livejournal wasn't around when coachella first started... but yes... in my own yearly formatting tradition of 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 it's time for recap: coachella 2008... hi.
yes, where do we begin? this was my esther's first full coachella. she's only gone once before for one day thanks to the giant drags and she liked it then; but she had to get in a car all the way back home that night so tiring i assume! this time we took 3 days off each and took our merry time of it. dennis, esther and i drove up thursday afternoon and lounged by the pool all day. oh yes, waterslide and all that goodness. then that night we got some random italian food and off to the infamous filter party. yes, the one, um, last, year, um, D&D got the shaft! this year, once again, the party was all kinds of fun dancing around in circles and balkin' at the long lines for schwag... and then after we were in line and stuff, tren way's dak, stephanie, esther and i got in a brawl with these four big cholos from san diego. ask us about it sometime! but yeah sadly d&s broke/lost their glasses and they had to go back to LA to be able to see. esther was the hero and drove them there but dennis drove back. i don't think he slept at all that night, right? aw.
friday
- woke up eventually and got a mexican lunch
- used our closed road madison route
- the breeders were, um, kind of off key or something?
- tegan and sara were totally on and totally cute as usual. right when i thought they would go through a set without one of their rants right on cue they talked about sunscreen and needing sunscreen under H&M clothes or something? aww they're cute.
- the national were all kinds of epic goodness and i can't wait to see them again slightly more proper at the REMMMNAT'L show.
- aphex twin actually showed up and played random randomness for the masses to randomly dance to... or something close to dancing. was enjoyable though.
- i've never seen the verve but they played a good set of hits and new songs. i wanted to hear 'on your own' real bad but they still sounded good and played enough of the songs i wanted.
- fat boy slim was good but either i need to be more familiar with his body of work or he needs to work with his hits more. still i danced! yoah!
- i drove home like i ended up doing every night. the parking lots were very random day to day and either we'd get out super fast or very slow. this night very slow.
saturday
- ummm... slow to wake up... we got some am/pm? yum.
- we caught a bit of MGMT but sightlines and packt-ness deterred our full enjoyment.
- we left early and caught boys noize!!! yoaah! best dancing of the whole weekend despite being daytime! i hope he comes around soon so E and I can dance some more. danse danse danse! UH!
- stephen malkmus and the dirty jicks were good and i swear those jam session songs are good live but not as great on record. i wanted to hear a random pavement song... but none. i hope pavement plays next year!!! but most likely they'll come around in 2010.
- death cab for cutie were solid like a heavy poop. good feeling on your body but it happens pretty regularly.
- kraftwerk from close up was awesome. they played their relative hits and it was a lot better than last time where i just sat down and saw them from the side. their cover of coldplay's clocks was awesome!!! --- ha!
- portishead were amazing. beth's voice was sooo on and soooo good. yes please. wika wika wow! i don't even know what to say other than 'amazing' to be honest.
- prince was unstoppable. he covered creep without the self loathing and no one would ever call him out on it. just awesome. come together. yeah. and he ended at like 1am!? haha.
- we got out fast...
- we got some del taco on the way home and these two dudes that could have been bill and ted looked at each other and said, "taco sauce", or something. it was weird but terribly funny.
- ...and fell asleep even faster.
sunday
- we all lazed around waking up LATE and missing a couple things i wanted to see. oh well.
- metric was our first full act and emily was energenic and fun as usual.
- a-trak was jamming on the turntables with a healthy fill of kanye but i was lost on kid sister who failed to impress me at all.
- love and rockets were fucking awesome!!! i loved the set and they sounded really good up there. they seemed to have a genuinely good time about it. i kinda wish they would maybe tour more or heck write some new stuff... ha!
- roger waters was epic. the dark side of the moon stuff sounded great. the pig was amazing and went up forever it seemed. pink floyd needs to reunite! but close enough! they have a pyramid too!
- justice were good again but seemed slightly off with their timing this time. too much randomness i think. they should play their songs a bit more. the coming of an epic beat and being able to jump up with your fist all on cue is fun!
- and that was it.
tina and stephanie left pretty much right away on monday to see their rents. dennis, esther and i just did the lounge by the pool thing ALL DAY with mexican food after. SO GOOD. you definitely need buffer days to enjoy coachella. when you're all tired and rushed it really messes you up i'd say. but yeah fun times once again. next year is the 10 year anniversary and i'll assume they will make you KNOW IT. i'll make a note to wake up earlier so i can se more acts that's for sure. i hope esther had a lot of fun!!! she was the best festival partner! she bought me lots of food. yum! but in any case see you next year coachella!
yes, where do we begin? this was my esther's first full coachella. she's only gone once before for one day thanks to the giant drags and she liked it then; but she had to get in a car all the way back home that night so tiring i assume! this time we took 3 days off each and took our merry time of it. dennis, esther and i drove up thursday afternoon and lounged by the pool all day. oh yes, waterslide and all that goodness. then that night we got some random italian food and off to the infamous filter party. yes, the one, um, last, year, um, D&D got the shaft! this year, once again, the party was all kinds of fun dancing around in circles and balkin' at the long lines for schwag... and then after we were in line and stuff, tren way's dak, stephanie, esther and i got in a brawl with these four big cholos from san diego. ask us about it sometime! but yeah sadly d&s broke/lost their glasses and they had to go back to LA to be able to see. esther was the hero and drove them there but dennis drove back. i don't think he slept at all that night, right? aw.
friday
- woke up eventually and got a mexican lunch
- used our closed road madison route
- the breeders were, um, kind of off key or something?
- tegan and sara were totally on and totally cute as usual. right when i thought they would go through a set without one of their rants right on cue they talked about sunscreen and needing sunscreen under H&M clothes or something? aww they're cute.
- the national were all kinds of epic goodness and i can't wait to see them again slightly more proper at the REMMMNAT'L show.
- aphex twin actually showed up and played random randomness for the masses to randomly dance to... or something close to dancing. was enjoyable though.
- i've never seen the verve but they played a good set of hits and new songs. i wanted to hear 'on your own' real bad but they still sounded good and played enough of the songs i wanted.
- fat boy slim was good but either i need to be more familiar with his body of work or he needs to work with his hits more. still i danced! yoah!
- i drove home like i ended up doing every night. the parking lots were very random day to day and either we'd get out super fast or very slow. this night very slow.
saturday
- ummm... slow to wake up... we got some am/pm? yum.
- we caught a bit of MGMT but sightlines and packt-ness deterred our full enjoyment.
- we left early and caught boys noize!!! yoaah! best dancing of the whole weekend despite being daytime! i hope he comes around soon so E and I can dance some more. danse danse danse! UH!
- stephen malkmus and the dirty jicks were good and i swear those jam session songs are good live but not as great on record. i wanted to hear a random pavement song... but none. i hope pavement plays next year!!! but most likely they'll come around in 2010.
- death cab for cutie were solid like a heavy poop. good feeling on your body but it happens pretty regularly.
- kraftwerk from close up was awesome. they played their relative hits and it was a lot better than last time where i just sat down and saw them from the side. their cover of coldplay's clocks was awesome!!! --- ha!
- portishead were amazing. beth's voice was sooo on and soooo good. yes please. wika wika wow! i don't even know what to say other than 'amazing' to be honest.
- prince was unstoppable. he covered creep without the self loathing and no one would ever call him out on it. just awesome. come together. yeah. and he ended at like 1am!? haha.
- we got out fast...
- we got some del taco on the way home and these two dudes that could have been bill and ted looked at each other and said, "taco sauce", or something. it was weird but terribly funny.
- ...and fell asleep even faster.
sunday
- we all lazed around waking up LATE and missing a couple things i wanted to see. oh well.
- metric was our first full act and emily was energenic and fun as usual.
- a-trak was jamming on the turntables with a healthy fill of kanye but i was lost on kid sister who failed to impress me at all.
- love and rockets were fucking awesome!!! i loved the set and they sounded really good up there. they seemed to have a genuinely good time about it. i kinda wish they would maybe tour more or heck write some new stuff... ha!
- roger waters was epic. the dark side of the moon stuff sounded great. the pig was amazing and went up forever it seemed. pink floyd needs to reunite! but close enough! they have a pyramid too!
- justice were good again but seemed slightly off with their timing this time. too much randomness i think. they should play their songs a bit more. the coming of an epic beat and being able to jump up with your fist all on cue is fun!
- and that was it.
tina and stephanie left pretty much right away on monday to see their rents. dennis, esther and i just did the lounge by the pool thing ALL DAY with mexican food after. SO GOOD. you definitely need buffer days to enjoy coachella. when you're all tired and rushed it really messes you up i'd say. but yeah fun times once again. next year is the 10 year anniversary and i'll assume they will make you KNOW IT. i'll make a note to wake up earlier so i can se more acts that's for sure. i hope esther had a lot of fun!!! she was the best festival partner! she bought me lots of food. yum! but in any case see you next year coachella!