here’s a more detailed coachella update:
woohoo, it’s COACHELLA!!!
jer, julie, and i went to coachella on saturday. we left our place at around 11, but still got there so late — at about 4 — since it took more than an hour to get to westwood as there was a lot of traffic heading to ucla because of festival of books and another hour+ to get into the venue once we got to Indio on top of the 3 or so hours Yahoo maps said it would take to get to the place. I was bummed since we missed Ben Kweller and Idlewild, but luckily, the best were yet to come.
we staked out a plum spot by the center alleyway to the main Coachella stage for the Hives and stayed firmly in place for the rest of the night, an effort that totally paid off when the Beastie Boys took to the stage and everyone crowded in. Not to mention we were able to get really good views of all the acts before Beastie Boys — blur, Queens of the Stone Age, and Ben Harper.
here’s a brief rundown:
– the Hives: less than stellar performance, maybe it’s because they’re swedish. the band’s humor was slightly lost on the less-than-totally enthusiastic crowd, and the quality of the show suffered for lack of crowd involvement. sometimes lead singers should talk to the crowd more. in this case, he probably should have said less. >_