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I went to Coachella this weekend. My first BIG music festival. It was pretty fucking cool even though most of the acts there weren't necessarily stuff that I'd typically find myself listening to. It seemed that weekend 2 wasn't quite the same media circus and "look at me" party that weekend 1 was and I was happy for that. I caught a lot of cool, bands and raged my face off in the techno tents. The one drawback was that since we stage hopped as much as possible we ended up about as far back as the soundstage for most of the big acts. It's a decent spot, but you miss out on a lot of the "pit" energy.

I got asked for molly by at least 5 girls who barely looked like they were old enough to have driven themselves to the place. I saw lots of capsules being cracked, tons of weed, etc. Everyone was cool and just having fun. Don't think I saw a single fight. There were smokeshows everywhere, wearing next to nothing. It was awesome. I was, however, highly disappointed in the lack of titty flashing (note to self: attend Burning Man next year).

One thing that I've realized is that I'm not a huge pop-rock fan. Headline bands that I really wanted to see-, QOTSA, Muse, Arcade Fire, weren't all that great. they weren't bad, but I guess I'm kind of at a loss of what to do while I'm watching them. I've been to my share of small venue metal shows and I love getting in the pit but that shit don't happen at these shows. So you just kind of end up bobbing your head or singing along. And I don't really like any of these bands enough to know the words to their songs. Like I said, we were not exactly in the front section for these but still well inside the majority of the crowd.

I had a lot of fun at electronic acts that I'd typically eschew for real instrument bands. Carnage, Duck Sauce, and Dillon Francis were all super fun. The energy level in the Sahara tent reminded me of a raging metal show, which was cool. My wife definitely went full retard for Carnage in the Sahara tent. She was throwing her middle finger in the air, screaming nonsense and jumping around like a little kid. It was hilarious. I also had a lot of fun at the pop/disco-y "fucking music" acts like Chromeo. Again, was with the wife.

Some of the cooler shit that I stumbled upon:

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - I had to see this set by myself because the rest of the crew went to HAIM who I could give a fuck less about. Very cool.
Chromeo - as mentioned above
Girl Talk - sick mashups, crazy party, danced our asses off
Holy Ghost! - Kind of like Chromeo, half-electronic but with real instruments too
Sleigh Bells - some weird 80 metal/techno stuff. The pros call it "noise pop" whatever the hell that is.
Rudimental - wicked cool show, again, electronic music + real instruments. They're doin some cool shit.
Big Gigantic - house + funky sax