Coachella 2007

Sewards and i went to Coachella this weekend. It was amazing. We got the VIP tickets through work, and it helped fuel an unbelievable trip. I still need time to recover completely. MY body is burned, i have been parched for days, and my ears are still ringing, but it was worth it.

We left friday night after work and made it at about 11 just in time to catch Bjork's set. She is amazing, and her voice sounded great. Her dj had this futuristic touch-screen table that i cant even explain, but it was surreal.

We ended up crashing with my buddy in LA Chris and his friends from college house that they rented. Thankfully everyone was super cool, and we spent our night taking jello shots and catching humongous moth's in a cup.

Saturday we woke up and got to Coachella at about 2. Here are the bands i saw

The Fratellis- pretty good

Regina Spektor- really good, not good looing (disappointment)

MSTRKRFT- decent

Peter, Bjorn, and John- booooooooooooooring

Kings of Leon- great. lived up to high expectations

Arcade Fire- was worried they would sound good at a large venue, but were magnificent

Girl Talk- Probably my favorite moment of the weekend. Sewards and i lost each other after Kings of Leon, and i spent the rest of the night by myself. I went over to see Girl Talk, and he had all these hot chicks on stage dancing around, and he was in the back sometimes showing up on the video monitor. Everyone was dacning like crazy as he mixed tracks like whoomp there it is, tincy dancer, aint nothing but a gangsta party, and other assorted hits. He said he only had two minutes left at one point, and about 10 mins later you could see security on stage physically removing him from his dj equipment.

me at Girl Talk


Red Hot Chili Peppers- Pretty good, seen the twice before, but they closed with "under the bridge" whic hi dont think i have seen them do before

The Good, The Bad The Queen- They played their cd from first to last song in order. Was really good.

I also during the day got to meet up with some good high school friends, one of them i had not seen in four years.



Sunday
Explosions in the Sky- Great band, but bad for the main stage, didn't sound that great

Rodrigo y Gabriella- They played "wish you were here" with the crowd singing all the words, very cool

The Roots- Called the tuba player "Tuba Gooding Jr."

Willie Nelson- Boring

Cut Chemist- DJ from Jurassic 5. Did this thing where he interviewed 3 people on a camera, then projected everything he had just taped onto a screen, and made it into a song on the spot, mixing it. Here's a video i took of it


Lily Allen- Sounded good

Crowded House, Manu Chao- I was kinda sorta paying attention, more hanging out in VIP area

Rage Against the Machine- 100,000 people jumping together to Rage songs was amazing. People went fucking nuts, and i have never felt energy like that.

After Rage Against the Machine i drove back to LA, making it home at about 2:30am. it was a fun trip.

Random Tidbits

• I saw a wasted Tara Reid walking around in the VIP area. She had really saggy boobs and did not look hot
• Rod Stewart's sun was walking around looking very douchey (sons of hollywood show)
• My buddy MJ saw Paris Hilton ordering a beer next to him, and she had her mirrow out checking herself while ordering alcohol
• This scene kid had to stop dancing every few minutes so he could fix his hair so it would be over on of his eyes
• this baby....i felt for bad for her/him/it

Mermaid

I found this post in the western massachusetts craigslist (don't ask).

"I'm an elderly gentleman who is looking for a college aged girl to dress as a mermaid and swim in my indoor swimming pool while i wheel my chair around the perimeter and toss skittles in. preferably you would catch them in your mouth, but i understand thats not easy, so its ok if they all go in the pool, all i ask is that you try. I'm wealthy, and lonely in my old age. I have a mermaid suit, but if you have your own, by all means wear that. reply for more details"

my first move is obviously to send this to my friend marissa, who is obsessed with mermaids. She calls me as soon i email it to her to let me know as soon as she read the first line, her heart started beating so fast that she had to close the email.

she then decided to email back

Hi

My name is MERissa I usually go by Mer. I am obsessed with Mermaids and even have my own Mermaid costume that I not only wear while swimming but also around the house. I just wanted to check the validity of this offer also if you would be willing to pay for my flight. I am a young good looking female. If possible could you attact a photo of you in your Merman suit.

Thanks

Mer

I hope the guys writes back. god bless her

My Mom

everyone loves my mom, as i do, but she has strange little tendencies that i get frustrated with. the main one that has been getting on my nerves lately is her "email etiquette".

She forwards at least 10 emails a week of random pictures of Iran, or kids that want me to email them back cause it will cure their cancer, or if i dial 911 on a ATM machine it will call the police, or whatever.

The worst though, THE WORST, is that she doesn't understand the difference between the "subject" and "body" fields in an email. So i get email with nothing in the body but a subject line that runs about 50 words long "HEY DARLING I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR GRANDMOTHER IS COMING OVER ON SUNDAY SO IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE TIME, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU"

and then nothing in the body of the email