Coachella '04
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Got back late last night, and i'm still trying to rehydrate and scrub the dust out of my pores. It was 106 degrees of hot as shee-it, but worth every minute.
Day 1:
The Pixies waddled out and destroyed all prior bands. I can't believe how much they dominated.
Day 2 Highlights:
- Andrea Zollo (Pretty Girls Make Graves) decided she had to "keep moving around because the stage is burning holes in my shoes".
- Dude from Broken Social Scene proposed to his girlfriend on stage.
- DJ from Atmosphere had to switch records mid-song because the vinyl melted to the deck(!)
- Geoff Rickley (Thursday), after telling a story about how he's supposed to be at the hospital from being sick all week but "fuck it he's gotta do this show", launched into song number 3, collapsed onstage, didn't get up, started making gurgling sounds, puked up everywhere, wobbled to his feet, and proceeded to finish the remaining 5 songs of the set. Omigod, hardcore kidz rule...
- The air-conditioned Playstation tent.
- The kid in the banana hammock.
- The other kid with the Afro / Tigger / Neon Butterfly getup.
- Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips) descended from outer space (if you were there, you'll get that one), and crowd surfed over like 1,000 people in a giant clear plastic inflatable bubble.
- I drank 6 bottles of water and 4 smoothies in 10 hours and never had to pee. Not once. Ridiculous.