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Is anyone going to this? How far is the festival from LA?

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 14 February 2004 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I've definitely been thinking about it but the folks who I was planning to go with from OC -- we were only going to go the first day at this point -- are holding off for a while. We're figuring one day passes aren't going to sell out immediately, as has usually been the case in the past (then again, with that lineup...). I've never been but I'm guessing it's about 2 1/2, 3 hours out of LA?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 February 2004 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah.. its about 2-3 hours away. Far enough of a distance to be life threatening after youve been blasted by the desert sun for 10 hours and youre trying to get home. I recommend staying the night over before you go back from whence you came.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Saturday, 14 February 2004 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Is Coachella 2004 going to be the first outdoor rock fest I've attended in five years?

― dean! (deangulberry), Saturday, 14 February 2004 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

ill be there workin.

― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Saturday, 14 February 2004 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

there's a possiblity i might go as part of a dallas road trip. largely to visit some southern CA folx though (that's why I'm asking about distance to LA)

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 14 February 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

It was not especially hot when I was there in '02, it's too early in the year for that. It also gets kind of chilly at night, so prepare for that. And it was a 2 1/4 hr drive from Pasadena, so probably a good 3 hrs from the west side.

― nickn (nickn), Sunday, 15 February 2004 09:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm definitely going for Saturday.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Sunday, 15 February 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i am going ! is the campground next to coachella as bad as it sounds? ive heard ugly things about the shower situation (not that i care but i will be travelling with two others).

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:06 (twenty-two years ago)

bump

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll probably be there but I have no idea about the camping situation.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going Saturday

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

please bring pie

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll be there Saturday.

I haven't camped at the Coachella grounds but I heard that it was pretty well monitored, which is a bad thing. Lake Cahuilla is close. We stayed there. It's not the best site but there's a ton of people there and drinking and partying .. etc.

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

what kind of pie?

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

How fucking Doris Day would I be? "Coachella, fucking rock on, ohh, hey, would anyone like a slice of pie?"

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay pie! Lemon meringue plz.

I still need to get a Saturday pass.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Now that I have seen the transvestite Ned ... I thought you said "Saturday dress."

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

well monitored is a bad thing, i am going to look into the Lake campground.

luna, any pie ! i hope to get a seious case of the munchies* at least once during the weekend.

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― kephm, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

is this gonna turn into a Coachelle FAPie?

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I hope so ! I may throw a few pies at the pixies

― kephm, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not bringing you pie then.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not going.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

oh they will like it, the bunch of wierdos that they are.

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― kephm, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Pixpies.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Thought about going, then remembered you actually need cash for airfare too, as teleportation is out.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)

It is????

But is navy still the new black?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)

i am dreading the flight.

― kephm, Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, but pie!

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

pink = new black
mexican = new black

― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Mexican is the current black, Dean....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

i will focus on fruit filled pies if the plane goes down in flames

― kephm, Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)

That's what I'd do.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)

im the only one going sunday

― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Thursday, 26 February 2004 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I wanna go Sunday, too - there are too many bands I want to see.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 26 February 2004 06:03 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

bump!

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 26 April 2004 17:17 (twenty-one years ago)

i can not focus on work today.

― kephm, Monday, 26 April 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT. i just got back from a visit to the new york eye & ear infirmary. i have significant sinus-related fluid built up in my left ear, and i've been prohibited from flying on thursday. goodbye, coachella.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 26 April 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

noworknoworknowork!

Me either.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 26 April 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Lauren, that sucks! (Could you send your ticket to Ned?)

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 26 April 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

:( get well lauren.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 26 April 2004 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

oh shit lauren, that sucks. On the other hand, if you recover quickly you can drink juleps.

― hstencil, Monday, 26 April 2004 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

damn, I'm sorry lauren

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 26 April 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

i wish i could, but i have guestlist not an actual ticket.

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thanks, guys. i actually feel fine, which is makes things even more annoying! i'll definitely be there for juleps, h.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 26 April 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

sweet! at least there's a silver lining to your cloud, then.

― hstencil, Monday, 26 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, Lauren had mentioned this to me earlier and I was terribly sad for her! How unfun. :-( Hope the ear gets better soon.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 April 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)

What is the capacity at this venue and how hot is it going to be?

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 26 April 2004 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

huge/hotter than hell.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 26 April 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

It IS the desert. Extrapolate accordingly.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 April 2004 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I saw somewhere that capacity was 68,000. Sold out.

― dean!dean!dean (deangulberry), Monday, 26 April 2004 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

my XGF went to the first coachella (99?) to see V00redoms and she mentions to this day how insanely hot, crowded, and dusty it was. hopefully they'll work all this out because it sounds like the least humane conditions of any outdoor festival to date!

"It's like woodstock, but in the desert in the summer!!!"

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 26 April 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

(yes i know it's not summer, but it will be 100 degrees+)

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 26 April 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

no sweat g

― kephm, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)

six years pass...

Anyone else hear the rumor that the organizers were waiting for a firm no from the Smiths' to not headline for eight million US dollars? Sounds plausible, of course.

― Cunga, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:10 (fifteen years ago)

Very plausible.

Cut Copy's tour schedule announcement yesterday omits Southern California.

― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 23:09 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.electrocowfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/coachella-2011-line-up-fake.jpg
poster is fake, but it seems fairly plausible

― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 23:13 (fifteen years ago)

It does seem pretty reasonable. Lol @ Glassjaw though.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 23:21 (fifteen years ago)

Well, after a quick glimpse at their wiki, maybe not quite as lol as I thought.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

pulp is pretty much guaranteed, right?

― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 23:32 (fifteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

https://www.facebook.com/coachella?ref=ts&sk=wall

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:31 (fourteen years ago)

the only thing I was actually all "uh what" about was company flow but I dunno it seems like a pretty standard bland lineup

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:32 (fourteen years ago)

guess dr dre and snoop qualify as '80s-90s revival act'

― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:37 (fourteen years ago)

judging from my facebook wall the big revival draw is at the drive in

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:40 (fourteen years ago)

Fuck ATD... fIREHOSE!

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:41 (fourteen years ago)

https://p.twimg.com/AiwWSHmCIAAXlCI.jpg

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:42 (fourteen years ago)

also how are the black keys such a big band

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:43 (fourteen years ago)

People like them? Still shocked that they sold out MSG in just a couple minutes

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:48 (fourteen years ago)

Never thought I wouldn't go to a Pulp show in SoCal but...

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 01:35 (fourteen years ago)

terrible lineup

― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 02:28 (fourteen years ago)

waitaminute...The Hives?

― Number None, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 02:34 (fourteen years ago)

between Girl Talk and DJ Shadow

― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 02:45 (fourteen years ago)

they should pass out coachella posters to eye doctors.

― omar little, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 02:48 (fourteen years ago)

greg ginn! otherwise, meh.
[please no one say that there is like a chillwave band called "Greg Ginn."]

― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 02:51 (fourteen years ago)

not punny enough

― Number None, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 02:52 (fourteen years ago)

how is the font for la roux like three times bigger than greg ginn?

― reconstituted pork offal slurry (get bent), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 02:54 (fourteen years ago)

firehose is above the buzzcocks, tune-yards and childish gambino.

― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:01 (fourteen years ago)

and Squeeze!

― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:04 (fourteen years ago)

I'm assuming this is a multi-stage deal but I do love the idea of Azealia Banks trotting out after "Tempted"

― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:06 (fourteen years ago)

so much for that comment of hers about not wanting to be marketed as a "grungy hipster brown girl" or whatever.

― reconstituted pork offal slurry (get bent), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:11 (fourteen years ago)

If I read that correctly it says "Jimmy Cliff & Tim Armstrong"

― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:13 (fourteen years ago)

The harder they skank

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:25 (fourteen years ago)

And once again Coachella proves that we really need someone to find a way to hack Predator drones for the sake of the culture as a whole.

― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:28 (fourteen years ago)

mazzy star, back in their natural element, the blazing palm springs sunshine. they're going to kill!

― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:31 (fourteen years ago)

There's a lot of garbage to wade through, but there's good stuff there. Pulp, Refused, At The Drive-in, others.

― irrational, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:38 (fourteen years ago)

There's a lot of garbage to wade through, but there's good stuff there. Pulp, Refused, At The Drive-in, others.

― irrational, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:38 (fourteen years ago)

Jacques Lu Cont!

― DWARF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (jamescobo), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:45 (fourteen years ago)

There is a lot of questionable stuff on there, but I really don't understand anyone that could just give that lineup a blanket "ITS ALL CRAP". Whiney's not excited for Company Flow?

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:53 (fourteen years ago)

LSU hasn't made it past the 50 yard line tonight?

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:59 (fourteen years ago)

Alabama's D has been pretty damn impressive

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:00 (fourteen years ago)

There is a lot of questionable stuff on there, but I really don't understand anyone that could just give that lineup a blanket "ITS ALL CRAP".

Lots of bands I like (7 on day 1, 2 on day 2, 3 on day 3); none I'm interested in seeing live, particularly not in the California desert.

― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:01 (fourteen years ago)

haha wrong window

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:03 (fourteen years ago)

i don't know Pulp and Mazzy Star is a good bill...

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:05 (fourteen years ago)

and Saturday is not all that bad either, Sunday on the other hand leaves a lot to be desired

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:05 (fourteen years ago)

I saw this and I was all "ooh Pulp", but then I remembered that they're likely to only be selling the 3-day passes again this year. Way to much money and I only like to go for a couple hours on one day.

Did anyone go for just 1 day last year? Is it still possible?

― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:08 (fourteen years ago)

did anyone make a funny poster where LMFAO is headlining with Chumbawamba? those things are like so funny.

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 08:54 (fourteen years ago)

i wish i was reading it right now

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 08:54 (fourteen years ago)

Only surprise reunion on this is fIREHOSE, no? Anyway, hope this means Pulp tours. And fIREHOSE, for that matter.

LMFAO would have been a better fest headliner than Black Keys. And maybe even Radiohead, at this point.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 12:48 (fourteen years ago)

Uh no, I'm pretty sure LMFAO would be much worse than either of those, even if I think Black Keys are ridiculous in that headlining position.

Is there any word on how this is going to be split over the two weekends? Same lineup each weekend? Splitting the lineup in half?

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:26 (fourteen years ago)

I'll at best concede they'd be equally lame. But I know I'd at least stick around to see the first couple of LMFAO songs before beating traffic, but I'd leave well before the Black Keys played a note. Not that I totally hate the Black Keys or anything, but they have arenas of their own to fill these days.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:32 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zjXr6Qnpcw

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:32 (fourteen years ago)

(Love how that light show is just a lazy update of the one they did for Halloween)

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:33 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah I'll actually slightly stan for the Black Keys, I ended up seeing one of their New Years shows here in Chicago last January and surprised myself by enjoying it. Dudes put on a decent show, but I don't think its going to translate in the least to a headlining slot in the desert.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:36 (fourteen years ago)

four years pass...

Curious about the logistics of booking the exact same lineup two weekends in a row. That just seems like a near-impossible challenge to me

― Evan R, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 19:41 (nine years ago)

There's something that's happened with large destination music festivals over the last couple of decades that I can't put my finger on, but this quote from the wikipedia entry seems to get at something

Coachella is considered a trendsetter in music and fashion. Singer Katy Perry said, "The lineup always introduces the best of the year for the rest of the year."

― mh 😏, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 20:02 (nine years ago)

Curious about the logistics of booking the exact same lineup two weekends in a row. That just seems like a near-impossible challenge to me

Bands seem willing to book west coast tours around it, and even if the $ for an act like Mitski isn't wild, the exposure is prob worth it

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 20:49 (nine years ago)

Curious about the logistics of booking the exact same lineup two weekends in a row. That just seems like a near-impossible challenge to me

tour the southeast to California, play first weekend. tour up the west coast to about Denver, head back to California, play 2nd weekend. I suspect a lot of bands will be touring versions of this routing during those two weeks

― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 20:52 (nine years ago)

For mid-sized bands it makes a certain sense; you get two lucrative gigs locked in instead of one. But I imagine some acts aren't available to play both weeks, and it's gotta sting passing on a prime booking because they're only available one weekend, esp with the festival market being so crowded and competitive now

― Evan R, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 21:09 (nine years ago)

How is Hans Zimmer gonna fit two weekends of Coachella into his busy schedule?

― altony rightano (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 22:01 (nine years ago)

tour up the west coast to about Denver

damn, have i missed the latest global warming headlines?

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 22:05 (nine years ago)

How is Hans Zimmer gonna fit two weekends of Coachella into his busy schedule?

he's actually already going to be touring with his shitty trans siberian orchestra style shitshow all year

― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 22:07 (nine years ago)

do they have one of those performative violinist fuckers waving the violin around while they're bowing

― mh 😏, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 22:12 (nine years ago)

yes

― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 22:43 (nine years ago)

It's that bad, huh?

― altony rightano (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 23:04 (nine years ago)

Wait what is Hans Zimmer doing in that lineup? Does he play EDM now?

― dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 23:16 (nine years ago)

It looks like this: https://youtu.be/DCSzPPd2Vhw

― altony rightano (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 23:32 (nine years ago)

some kid is going to be high on molly while they are rippin' it up on the driving miss daisy theme and have a transcendent concert experience.

― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 23:35 (nine years ago)

Oh I see Johnny Marr on guitar there. Guess that's the indie cred required to play Coachella.

― dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 23:46 (nine years ago)

That Hans Zimmer thing looks like the worst. They should have gotten Phil Collins to headline.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 23:58 (nine years ago)

brb listening to driving miss daisy on different substances to figure out the right combination

skipping forward in that video until I got to Johnny Marr looking really disinterested while playing music from Inception was a good plan though

― mh 😏, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 00:58 (nine years ago)

the 2nd violinist twirls his bow before he plays and the cellist is playing one of those awful bodiless cellos

get paid Hans

― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 02:59 (nine years ago)

I visited Hans' studio once and he has one of the (two?) Mellotrons used on "Strawberry Fields Forever".

The rest of the studio was super digital and not as impressive as the mellotron.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 03:46 (nine years ago)

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