Coachella.W1.(FRIDAY).2013

Coachella.2013

Indio, Palm Springs

Weekend.1

Friday.April.12th

So far so good until the next checkpoint to get in.  Usually Friday is the easiest to get in, but in this case, it was not.  It was a HOT day and we waited almost an hour to get in.  There was a small ambush, but decided to just stay in line.  

Once inside, I headed to the t-shirt stand and grabbed myself a Stone Roses and Blur shirt.  Another LONG A$$ WAIT!  Sweet Lord.

Headed to Mojave.Tent to catch Jake.Bugg.  I loved how cocky he came out, but what a great performance once again.  

Johnny.Marr was up next and he was...okay.  He sang three Smiths.  When Noel and Liam sing Oasis songs, it works.  Not here.  Sorry Johnny, but he got the crowd going with, "A Light That Never Goes Out", "Stop Me If You Heard This One Before",  and "How Soon Is Now" (closed with).  

Alt-J was up next and they didn't disappoint.  I read bad reviews about there live shows, but they where GREAT.  They sounded so much like the album and this was the tent to be at 5 o'clock.  The photographers pit was filled with special people (I am guessing they paid big money to be up closer even though they have there own V.I.P. section).  

Palma.Violets was the next band after Alt-J and they where entertaining to watch.  They where doing there thing and had fun doing it.   I would see them again in a smaller venue.  

I have been on my feet for almost five hours at the Mojave.Tent and it was time to sit, eat and wait for Yeah.Yeah.Yeahs at the.Coachella.Stage.  

Karen.Ø ROCKs!  First, lets start with the outfit.  A clash of Elvis meets Liberace...AWESUM!  I bet Christian.Joy was behind this.  Yeah.Yeah.Yeahs proved that they are here to conquer tonight and they did.  They opened up with the NEW single, "Sacrilege" with a chorus.  \m/ - (Devil horns).  Can not wait to see them play on there own and get the NEW album soon.

Blur was literally a blur.  I was bored. This proves to me that I really can't get into Damon Albarn other bands.  

Up next is the most existing band I have been waiting to see again.  I think it has been 20 years since I last saw them at the.Hollywood.Palladium.  When they announced the line-up and they where booked to perform, I knew it!!!  AWESUM.  the.Stone.Roses opened up with, "I Wanna Be Adored" (perfect song to start the night) and from there it was hit after hit.  The best part of the whole show was Ian.Brown (Lead Singer) coming out...cocky (is this a bad ass English thing that I am missing here) with his maracas.  Those fucken maracas, forgot all about them.  Hilarious.  He threw a couple of them into the crowd and one landed almost next to me.  the.Stone.Roses was my highlight of Coachella.  Period! 

\m/ - AWESUM!!!

Kaiser.Chiefs.(L!VE) @Solana.Beach...

Kaiser.Chiefs.2012

@Belly.Up.(Solana.Beach, SD)

Monday.March.20th

I think it was the 4th or 5th song into the set, they played, "Modern Way", (my favorite song from them).  I was ready to leave after that (just kidding).  It's been 7 years since the last time I saw at the Avalon.  Right after there debut release of Employment album and what a show it was.  I think they played Coachella the following year and I missed that show because of another band I wanted to see.  I bought tickets to see them last year, but something went wrong that they canceled ALL the shows in America.  

Kaiser Chiefs opened up with, "Every Day I Love You Less and Less"  (PERFECT) and after that,  it was hit after hit, "Ruby", "The Angry Mob", "Never Miss a Beat",  "I Predict a Riot",  "Na Na Na Na Naa", "Good Days and Bad Days" and so on.   Of course, Ricky Wilson (Lead Singer) was pure entertainment.  He was at the back of the venue singing, taking a shot and grabbing a drink to bring back on stage from the bar.  When ever you go see them live, you need to keep your eye on Ricky, because you will never know what he is gonna do.  

With all the great chemistry within the band...made this show, K!CK A$$!  I loved that they picked a Stone Roses song (just like Beady Eye last year) and it was, "I Am the Resurrection"!!!  Awesum!!!  I hope they come to America towards the end of the year or in the beginning of 2013,  or have them play Coachella in that same year.   I recently have been playing The Roses self titled album, The Stone Roses on a loop lately.  FCVK, the last time I saw them was in 1995 at the Hollywood Palladium.  

Ricky Wilson noticed a person in the crowd had pages on the band from Wikipedia.  What press person does that?  Someone fell asleep and not do the research earlier.  You can tell that Ricky Wilson did not like that.  He grabbed the papers, looked at them and shared it with the rest of the band.  They laughed at some of the stuff in there (guessing some stuff is not true).  He handed it back to the press person and called him a FCVK!  Perfect.

An hour and twenty minutes felt fast and short, but what a show.  Thanks Dianna (close friend) for coming with me to this show and I hope its not gonna take another 7 years to see them.

\m/ - K!CK A$$!!!

Beady.Eye.(L!V3) @Terminal.5.(NYCity)

Beady.Eye.2011

@Terminal.5.(NYCity)

Friday.December.9.2011

At least this crazy FCVKr is not charging $70.00 just to see the other brother,  but we all know who came out with the BETTER album.  Sorry Liam.  I have the feeling, that both brothers are going to be at Coachella.2012.  If they do perform, I wonder on the same day and at the same time.  That would be a showdown.  Just a little taste because of the way they where with Blur in the 90's.

This is my first time at Terminal 5 and it's a really cool venue.  It's the size of Webster Hall's main floor, but it's not as big.  I walked around and the people are a bit older.  Not to many hipsters kids around.  Long lines to get drinks, trouble already.

Before Beady.Eye went on, they played The Stone Roses "I Am the Resurrection".  What a perfect song to play to get the show going.  Now, I really hope they play Coachella.2012 since they are back together.  That would make my year of 2012.  If they don't,  let's see if they play Lollapalozza.2012.  Crossing fingers and toes.
Liam Gallagher came out wearing a green trench coat (I wonder from his line) with a scarf.  He NEVER took the coat off and he sweat through it.  First you see sweat on his back.  After two songs, you see sweat under his arm.  Coat still does not come off.  Then you start to see sweat from his chest.  He is CRAZY!!!  Why didn't he take the dam thing off?!  Did he not have a shirt underneath?  I know it's cold out, but he is under lights.  Besides his heavy flop sweating, he was interesting to watch. 
I know that Noel (his brother) wouldn't bring any drama to the show, like Liam would.  From the first song, he would look at the techie guy.  On the second song, he looked at him again.  This time, Liam told him to turn it up with a hand gesture.  On the third song,  he walked up to him before he sang the song.  He did it again on the fourth song.  I am surprised he didn't stop the music or told him off.
Beady.Eye where good and they had a couple of young members in the band with ex Oasis bandmates.  Liam Gallagher did his signature stand with his hands behind his back. The lighting was REALLY good and they had some cool visuals to go with the show.  They almost played the whole album, "Different Gear, Still Speeding", but no Oasis songs!  Why not?  I know that Noel is singing some on his tour. Sux.  Liam needs to stop being cocky.

On the encore, before he sang, someone shouted something. Liam walked towards the person and the guitarist held him back.  Liam was cool and sang the song.  Did he go to some anger management classes?  During the encore song, I saw two guys with there shirts OFF and twirling the shirt up in the air.  That's funny a$$ hell.   I wonder if they where the one's who came in with a Murse (man bag/man purse)?  Label Murse.   

\m/  \m/  \m/  \m/  -  ROCK ON!