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Monday, April 28, 2008

Coachella recap

I'm tired, I'm dirty, and Roger Waters' ginormous pig balloon floated away into the desert over two hours ago. So I'm not gonna recount what I saw at Coachella here because I already did on the blog I contributed to for The Desert Sun.

I spent most of the weekend building the paper's photo galleries of the bands and the fans and got several of my own published.

Now it's off to the shower, then to bed because the whole music festival cycle kicks up again next weekend - same time, same place - with Stagecoach, the country music equivalent of Coachella. I'm not a huge fan of country, but it sure as hell beats being stuck at the office.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Best weekend of the year

Yep, Friday is Coachella, which I am once again lucky enough to attend with a press pass allowing me access to the VIP area.

I have four MUST see bands, and they're spaced out across the schedule, which makes seeing them all possible given that my main reason for having the press pass is to do some actual work. Friday is Black Kids, Death Cab for Cutie and Prince are on Saturday, and on Sunday is Gogol Bordello (I've only heard a couple of their songs, but I'd wager they put on a hell of a live show).

Then there are a bunch of bands I'd like to see, work schedule permitting: The Raconteurs, The Breeders, Rilo Kiley, Vampire Weekend, Tegan and Sara, My Morning Jacket, I'm from Barcelona (to see how they fit 29 people on the fairly small Mojave Stage), Datarock, Islands, Minus the Bear, and although I'm not really a fan, I'm down for seeing Roger Waters performing all of "Dark Side of the Moon." I'm also curious about Sean Penn's appearance; the rumor is that he will be joined onstage by Eddie Vedder to perform some of the "Into the Wild" soundtrack. Some of it was set and filmed just down the road by the Salton Sea so you never know.

Here's the lineup - who else do I need to see?

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Happy Earth Day

• A grassroots environmental movement, celebrated each April 22, to broaden awareness of the sensitive nature of the Earth and the havoc the human race is inflicting upon it.

• One of the days deemed important enough by Google to warrant its own holiday treatment.

• My name in Pig Latin.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Molly

There's really nothing I can say that hasn't already been said better than I could anyway. I do take comfort in that you packed more into your life than most people ever do. We'll always love you, Molly.

Molly, me & Debz
Molly in Savannah

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