Groove Armada (Mojave Tent), Siouxsie & the Banshees (Coachella Stage), and Beta Band (Outdoor Theatre)
7:36 PM - Just got back from dancing to Groove Armada's DJ set, pretty cool - like a rave! So, now we're waiting for Siouxsie & the Banshees. We passed by Queens of the Stone Age on the way over, nothing too interesting - though I was a little curious about them.
(Sunday, April 28, 2002)
5:28 AM - It's late or early, depending on how you look at time. The night acts were pretty cool. We saw some Siouxsie & the Banshees - very loud angry weird stuff. Not bad, but outside my range of favorites. The Beta Band were cool, though their sound check took forever so they didn't start until 8:36 or so. Most people left for Bjork before they ended, as did me & Jacob. Actually, I really enjoyed dancing to the Beta Band's music - one song even sounded like EMF! The rest of the songs were funky and interesting. I got up close for a picture and a girl offered to lift me up for a better shot! That kind of embarrassed me, so I refused.
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Bjork (Coachella Stage)
Bjork has the most hardcore fans. I got to the side near the fence, getting anywhere near the stage was nearly impossible, so I asked a tall guy in front of me to snap a picture of her. She's very pregnant now! Such a pixie on stage, there's definitely something mystical about her. She's so cute in every way, she could say anything and seem totally charming. Maybe not anything, but usually she?ll say such weird and unusual things which seem so cool! She's had a great career so far and done practically all the things a pop star would want to do and more. For me, the best songs were "Isobel," "Army of Me," "Human Behaviour" and anytime she started dancing. The more electronic songs that I'm less familiar with were also very good. After Bjork's set, Jacob wanted to check KROQ's tent for more cards, but it was too dark and the selection was low. Then, I realized Jurassic 5 was on, who I've taken a liking to. Good stuff from far away, but we never got close enough to experience their live performance.
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Lost in the desert dancing to the Chemical Brothers (Coachella Stage)
My brother found a cell phone, which I took to the security officers on duty. After that, I realized that I was starving so I told Jacob that I was going to buy a churro. He must not have heard me, and we got split up. So, for at least 2 hours, from the start of the Chemical Brothers' set (which was awesome, by the way), I was on my own in the crowd. It was kind of scary and I was kind of mad at first because I thought Jacob might have ditched me for wanting to spend $3 on churro (worth every penny!). So, I danced out my frustrations with a bunch of strangers, which is exactly how I would expect a rave to be. The music was amazing and kept me from being too upset. It was only upon entering the parking lot did I realize how difficult it would be to find Jacob and the car.
After wandering around for awhile, I approached a guard, who was very nice. He suggested I wait by a gate and even gave me a couple drinks, which totally hit the spot - Red Bull and Mountain Dew. I was so dehydrated from dancing and walking the whole day that anything would do. So I wandered over to the Lost & Found to see if they could help, but they didn't aside from making a dumb joke. That was fine, since Jacob spotted me as I was walking to the gate. He must have been more even more relieved to see me than I was b/c he gave me a hug, which is quite uncharacteristic of him. He was very worried, which was nice. I felt a little callous for not seeming totally thrilled to see him again, though I was. Eating in the parking lot was cool, we had lots to eat. The bigger problem would be finding a place to park for the night...
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7:29 AM - McDonald's: parking troubles & crazy theories
So, I just finished my McMuffin and now I'm ready to recount the time after leaving the Polo Grounds. Jacob didn't want to drive home, so we went farther down the 10 East to the Indio Travel Center. We stayed there until 4:30 AM when we heard a couple guards talking about us, kind of scary. They were about to tow us or something!
So, we drove back & found a Stater Bros. with a dark but not completely empty parking lot. By then, I was wide awake and couldn't shut up, so I started writing... I really couldn't stop about theories on music appeal, social class, & success. I was trying to liken the middle-upper class bands like the Strokes, the Rolling Stones, or Blur to more modest working class bands like the Beatles, Oasis, and possibly Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, who seem too modest to be upper class. So, I still need to fill in the gaps of their backgrounds. Blur and Oasis confuse me a little, since both can be arrogant - but Oasis has so much attitude for a working class band... they must be in the middle....
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