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For the past 3 years it has been my bag to go to Coachella. Ex-boyfriend #2 got me hooked, perhaps the better of things he tried to get me hooked on, and so I go. It's great fun, it's fun to discover new bands, it's great to see those I already love and be surprised by others I underestimated. And I will never forget the Bright Eyes performance (2004), Arcade Fire (2005) or Daft Punk (2006) even if I live to see 100. But will I make that trip again?
NOT THIS YEAR PEOPLE!
This is not because I'm almost 30 and think I should be doing better
things with my time and money then camping with a bunch of 20-23 year olds. Nor
is it my aversion to driving through the L.A. area. And it's not even
the fact that I would have to camp for 3 days straight and use the
equivalent of easy-bake port-o-potties which sit all day in the desert
sun for the long weekend. Let me enumerate the reasons I won't be going
this year:
Top 10 Reasons why I'm not going to Coachella this year
1. Red Hot FUCKING Chili Peppers. What the fuck? WHAT THE FUCK? Is this 1997? 1994? 1992?! If so, let's get Kurt Cobain and Nirvana up there instead of these old geezers. Why don't we just call it quits and get fucking AEROSMITH to close out the show? I mean, Alice 97.3 plays RHCP, so why are they headlining Coachella? It's disgraceful, this is supposed to be an INDY concert! All they do is churn out song after song about California, L.A., and back to California in general, again. They're practically the Beach Boys but brunette. And their new album is super boring and at best an attempted rip-off of Hendrix guitar riffs. This is reason enough not to go, however I'm a weak one and might have been pursuaded had it not been for reasons 2-10...
2. Rage Against the Machine. See rant #1 about 1997. I mean, seriously. They're not relevant anymore!
3. $250 to see these assholes play? Je pense pas!
4. Air, the Rapture, !!!, etc...sure they were great when I saw them the first time around at Coachella in 2004.
5. While I would love to see Arcade Fire again, I can tell you that unless they drag me onstage to sing with them, it won't compare to the first time I saw them at Coachella. I'll just catch them on their way through California. Or in Montreal next fall.
6. Nickel Creek? That sounds too much like Nickelback. So NO.
7. Who the hell are all these other bands? I know it's a showcase for little bands to get popular, but with 3 days I'm guessing the "filter" on who plays isn't going to weed out all the crap. However, it would be nice to see Lily Allen, Jose Gonzalez and the Avett Brothers (again). But not $250 worth of nice.
8. I don't care who you think you are Goldenvoice, you do NOT put Willie Nelson as a third row headliner. He should definitely be more important than Happy Mondays. Who the fuck are they?
9. Ozomatli? Why don't we just invite Maroon 5?
10. I got papers to write.
