So before we really hit the road we, of course, stopped at in n out and grabbed some eats. Finally on the road we listened to mixed CD's I had made which had bands from both days on each disc. It was a good ride. Mark and Kasey bonded about their love for NIN while Josh pretty much sat back and I drove. We got to my mom's place at around midnight.
The next morning Kasey and got up to leave early for the festival. Our tickets were at will call due to a Ticketmaster screw up. Josh and Mark did not go to day one, instead they went to Joshua Tree for some rock climbing, which they say they had fun doing. The first thing I noticed when I got there was the ridiculous amount of freaking hot girls. This brings me to main point (or thought or question) number one of my Coachella adventures...
What's with these hot girls being with ugly jackass mother fuckers?
Answer: First off, honestly, it's not like girls have a lot to chose from. The ratio of hot girls to decent guys who actually deserve a hot girl is like 5 to 1, and that might even be a little too friendly. Hell, even I can be a jackass mother fucker (notice I did not say ugly), but that's a totally different point for later. But the thing that bugs me about it is that these girls are with these guys mainly out of insecurity. I don't like how insecurity can trick people, especially women, into thinking that they are in love. In fact, I hate it almost to the point that my main goal in life is to change this about human beings. Nobody should ever be in a relationship built around insecurity. I know you could be reading this and think, hey those guys these girls are with could be very good guys and the girls could be very in love with them. Yeah, I hear you, BUT remember I'm the guy who can look at someone and know everything about his or her life, so when I see these girls I can tell whether or not they are really in love with these ugly jackass mother fuckers.
Back to the festival. The will call booth opened a little bit late due to them not having all the records in on time. After we had finally gotten our tickets, we waited near the entrance. The security check was a joke, at least for us. They pretty much just let us walk through. Our first stop was the beer garden. $7 for a freaking beer. I made the stupid mistake of actually buying one, however that would be the only one I would have all weekend. Kasey bought some mixed drink that cost him $9. The first group we saw was Boom Bip. They were decent, had me shaking my head a little. Then we saw some of Buck 65 who was just a crazy fool, but a crack up. Nic Armstrong and The Thieves were at the adjacent stage so we walked over there. This is when I noticed that the crowd didn't seem all too excited about being there. I mean everyone pretty much had expressionless faces. Radio 4 was pretty good. Eisley sounded alright except their had problems with their monitors which caused some occasional off pitch singing. At this point Kasey and I had lost each other. Snow Patrol had drawn in the biggest crowd of the day so far, and people were starting to get into the whole festival at this point. They were a decent show but nothing too big. Immortal Technique was rap that had something to say that had already been fucking said a million times before. When are people going to realize that the world doesn't need a revolutionists, it needs a hero? Point number two:
Nobody really has anything new to say.
I'm just getting tired of it. Especially in music. Yeah, we all know most of our leaders are jokes. Yeah, we all know that there are too many problems that are just being ignored. I just want to take every current artist, musician, whatever and sit them down to tell them they are not Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Tupac, or me so just stop trying. Get the high and mighty stick out of your ass and give us something to score our lives with.
Keane was okay for what they are. I like that "Everybody's Changing" song. I've seen them on late night shows and they seemed boring but at the festival they seemed completely different and energized. Before their set was over I had to go over to the Outdoor Stage to get good position for Rilo Kiley. The Kiley kicked my ass. They were the highlight of my day. Jenny Lewis is just hot and Blake Sennet rocks harder than anyone who was in Salute Your Shorts deserves to rock. They closed with "Does He Love You" which is just an awesome song. After Rilo Kiley's set I bolted to the main stage to see the rest of Wilco's set. I was able to catch four songs. They were damn good as well, I wish they hadn't played during Rilo Kiley so that I could have seen the full set. They played "Spider" which was just killer. Next was Weezer. Damn disappointing. They played way too many new stuff. They played way too many post Pinkerton stuff. They played NO Pinkerton. How could you not play one song from your best album? I did actually enjoy seeing them play a new song "This Is Such A Pity" one of the two new songs I sort of like. The best part of their set, however, was "Say It Aint So." After the Weezer set Kasey and I were supposed to meet back up at our designated spot. He was trashed when I got there. Apparently he had kept drinking and scored some free puffs of the ganja. Whatever. We went over and caught some of the Block Party who was pretty good. Coldplay was excellent. I'm not the biggest fan. I like a few songs, but they weren't bad at all live. Chris Martin was very appreciative toward the crowd. They played all their hits, my favorite being Politik. That's about it for day 1. Day 2 coming soon. Pictures for both days coming soon as well.
