cooch-zilla 2009

Here is my recap of Coachella 2009 with select pictures below:

Worse Than Expected
-chemical bros (really uninventive, pounding, uninteresting, like bad hetero sex)
-mstrkrft (casually smoking and nodding their heads like hipster schmoos while DJing, and somehow too intense musically)
-early concerts (blacked out from heat while not dancing)
-"recovery bands" in general (Paul McC, The Cure, Morrissey, etc.)
-random dj's in general (why you afraid of getting funky?)
-stepping on an upside down camping stake
-the medical center (where strung out australian hit me up for heroin and i received a single bandage)
-basant's stuff stolen
-miles' phone lost/stolen
-missing leonard cohen
-missing thievery corp
-losing my ticket
-watered down beer
-aussie's at next camping site (alcohol inspired, slur-decorated pseudo-racist bromance ALL weekend long!  did they even GO to the show?)
-ends at midnight?!  (I should have read the fine print...)

Unexpected/Interesting
-the orb (best unexpected day 3 artist)
-sebastian tellier live (indie band w/ old schmoo still effective)
-X (exene still badass somehow!)
-"HeineKenya" (the heineken dome w/ sweet music)
-friendly fires (i really enjoyed this!)
-crystal castles (if you're going to scream that much, have some soul about it?)
-jason's fungal pasta (mmmmm)
-jason's chocolate oil's (hrmmmm)
-"sun shower" from gorgoues babe (identity unknown)
-the dome (honestly, not cool enough to fall into the third category)
-the afterparty (sketchy, entertaining, mildly festive)

Way Cooler Than Even I could Have Anticipated
-Beirut sits way atop this list.
-Ghostland observatory (best live show of any band, also sassafras...)
-Hand of Man (destroy a car with a giant robotic hand controlled in the most intuitive possible way)
-The Do Lab (get misted in the daytime while dancing with scantily clad women)
-Serpent Mother (spits crazy fire pattern, even out of it's egg)
-beligerent Jason / Fungus on day 3 (drunk off of vodka he snuck into the festival, chasing w/ pickles as he danced his way on and off every stage imaginable)
-Felix Da Housecat (awesome dj set -- a real dj set btw)
-Treasure Fingers (do i really need to explain why this was cool?)
-Rice Quest hats (protect yourself from the shade while looking sketchy.  also, if anyone asks, you don't know "Miles" and you don't have anything to sell!)
-the Death Box (fun to drive, ride in and sleep in. no problems there.)

Get dome! With Treasure Fingers, Kill the Noise

Serpent Mother: "the bitch had fangs" as fungus would say

Jackie noticed how much paint miles used with the "rice quest" hats.

Loose hippie sluts and strange old women stressing you out by not giving you the loving you deserve? Relieve stress by using cars as stressballs via remote control. Hand of Man.

this picture was taken immediately after my 6 hr shift driving Jackie's 22-seating, lion-painted bus slash death-box to SoCal. So awesome. So, so awesome.