Coachella 2006, etc.

So for the past two years, some variation of people I know and I have gone to this big, weird, utopia-like experience called the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival. It's a good time, filled with weird moving baby effigies, mechanical monstrosities that destroy said baby effigies, tents, sweaty hipsters, ovepriced water, and some of the best line-ups of music to ever exist in festival form. Indeed, some of the best live music performances I've ever seen have been there, and I imagine that it will only remain that way.

This year the line-up seems a little less inspiring to some, but, really, everybody's a little spoiled from previous years. Personally, they would have to bill a 90 year old Alzheimer's patient forgetting and then remembering stories of his own incontenence again and again for me to not go; the experience is that amazing. Here's who's going to play:

Saturday, April 29th:

Depeche Mode
Daft Punk
Franz Ferdinand
Sigur Ros
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Common
Atmosphere
Carl Cox
My Morning Jacket
TV On the Radio
Ladytron
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Tosca
Cat Power
Animal Collective
HARD-Fi
Derrick Carter
Devendra Banhart
She Wants Revenge
The Walkmen
The Juan Maclean
Imogen Heap
Audio Bullys
Lady Sovereign
Deerhoof
The Duke Spirit
Eagles Of Death Metal
Lyrics Born
Matt Costa
The New Amsterdams
The Zutons
Platinum Pied Pipers
White Rose Movement
Chris Liberator
Colette
Joey Beltram
Hybrid
Living Things
Wolfmother
The Like
Nine Black Alps
Celebration
The Section Quartet
Shy FX & T Power
Infusion

Sunday, April 30th:
Tool
Massive Attack
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bloc Party
Paul Oakenfold
Scissor Sisters
Matisyahu
James Blunt
Sleater-Kinney
Mogwai
Coheed and Cambria
Wolf Parade
Coldcut
Phoenix
Digable Planets
Amadou & Mariam
Little Louie Vega
Mylo (DJ Set)
Seu Jorge
Gnarls Barkley
The Go! Team
Kasakade
Metric
The Editors
Art Brut
Dungen
The Dears
Jamie Lidell
The Magic Numbers
Los Amigos Invisibles
Jazzanova
stellastarr*
Micahel Mayer
Murs ft. 9th Wonder
Mates Of state
Gilles Peterson
Infadels
Gabriel & Dresden
The Subways
Minus The Bear
OneRepublic
Be Your Own Pet
Youth Group
Giant Drag
Kristina Sky
The Octopus Project
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

See you there. If you'd like to go with Steve Villa (my friend) or I, you probably can, or if you need advice about where to stay/what to do from some "veterans", also let me know. We avoid the hassle of getting a hotel room within 50 miles of the festival grounds and/or dealing with the jam-packed festival grounds camping by camping near that beautiful visual reminder of human dominance (or lack thereof) over nature, the Salton Sea, and would be more than happy to see somebody we knew there/share a campsite.