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M!X.52.(the.Playlist)

.01. "Fingers On the Button"_____David E. Sugar

.02. "Your Joy Is My Low"_____IAMX

.03. "Do You Need Someone"_____Beth Ditto

.04. "Yeah Yeah Yeah"_____The Sounds

.05. "Don't Lose My Time"_____Heartbreak

.06. "Heavy Metal Lover"_____Lady GaGa

.07. "Arcadia (Telefon Tel Aviv Edit Version)"_____Apparat

.08. "Farewell To The Fairground (Rory Phillips White Horse Mix)"_____White Lies

.09. "Pump Up The Volume (U.S. Remix)"_____M/A/R/R/S

.10. "Step Up"_____Hercules And Love Affair

.11. "Show Me Love"_____Robin S.

.12. "Blockhead (In Flagranti Remix)"_____Punks Jump Up

.13. "The Prayer (Phones Metal Jackin' Mix)"_____Bloc Party

.14. "Sometimes"_____Miami Horror

.15. "Hold My Breath"_____Holy Ghost!

.16. "Games"_____The Strokes

.17. "Getaways"_____Big Talk

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Coachella.(Sunday).2011.

Coachella.(Sunday).2011

Indio, Palm Springs, Ca

April.17.2011

Well it's the last day and I am getting drained. I think 3 days is more then enough because once that 3rd day hits, the heat and the dust gets to you. Once again, it was quick to get in. I am liking this fast system. Showing your wristband stops the extra people who don't have tickets and who try to sneak in. They really don't let you in if you don't show it. Right on.

The first band I went to see was Twin Shadow. They where okay. I need to see this band one more time. I headed over to the Sahara Tent to catch Green Velvet and he was good. He brought out some dancers to shake it up. I liked his show because it was amateur, but entertaining. He played "La La Land" and "Shake and Pop". I stuck around for a couple of songs to checkout MEN and this time they where good. MEN got rid of the props and the sound was polished. I love that JD Samson (Lead Singer and she was in Le Tigre) said "Alright, who is on Grinder right now, raise your hand?". I looked around to see if anyone one raised there hands, but no. That was funny. Then of course, it's not MEN without props. It was a pink triangle with helmets on each point that was placed on there heads. I was glad to stop by the tent to check them out once again. I saw them open up for Gossip and they bored me. I was gonna see Delorean, but the sound coming from the tent is what stopped me. It felt good to be there. A band that tells us to standup and be proud. We need bands like this for kids could look up to who are proud and out.

I stuck around for CSS. They always throw a good show and I wanted to hear the new stuff. They sure did and it sounded VERY promising. Lovefoxxx (Lead Singer) announced that the new CSS album was coming out in August, nice. Lovefoxxx came out with her face painted (kind of like a clown) wearing a bull fighter's outfit. After a couple of songs, she stripped down to a rip t-shirt that read "Trash" and cut off Levi shorts. Lovefoxxx is another female rock star. She has some big BALLs because she kept throwing herself into the crowd. Rock On!

After CSS, I took a break for awhile. I got something to eat and I people watched for about a hour and a half. I was gonna check out Ellie Gouldin, but I decided not to go. I wanted to rest my feet for my very long hour stand at the main Coachella Stage to see DFA1979, Duran Duran and The Strokes.

Death from Above 1979 (DFA1979) Kicked A$! It's very impresive to me that two people on stage had us glued to there performance. They rocked the Coachella Main Stage. The last time I saw two members kill that stage was The White Strips in 2004. People around me wanted to start a mosh-pit. FCVK. They did not succeed, but a few feet in front, there was one starting to form. DAM, here we go.

Duran Duran was up next and people started to clear. I moved up trying to reach the barricade, but no chance. This is gonna be my second time seeing DD and I am so excited. The new album is good, "All You Need Is Now" compared to the last one. There was this young kid in front of me and he was talking to this older guy that was from Ohio. The Ohio guy asked the kid if he was here to see Duran Duran and the kid said, "FCVK NO!". "I am here for The Strokes, why are you?". The Ohio guy (was maybe 40 something) was a bit embarrassed to say after the way the kid answered him. For the guy not to feel a bit silly, I said "I am here for DD and I cannot wait to hear the new stuff live". The Ohio guy felt a bit relaxed when I said that. Sure enough, when Duran Duran came out, the kid was taking photos. I tapped the Ohio guy and pointed at the kid and told him, "look, I thought he said "FCVK Duran Duran". We both laughed. $H!T like that brought me back to my childhood when I was picked on and called names for liking DD. I cannot believe some people are ashamed of liking them still. Get over it or you could be questionable.

Duran Duran opened up with "Planet Earth" and I felt like a teenager for about an hour. They played my song "The Chauffeur". I was hoping for "Save a Prayer", but no. WTF!!! They did play, "Girls On Film", "Hungry Like The Wolf (not a fan of that song, never was)", "Rio", "Notorious", "A View To A Kill (HELL YEA!)" and a couple of new ones. They brought out Ana Matronic (from Scissor Sister) for the song "Safe" that she sings in with Simon Le Bon. Did Simon Le Bon get a face left? It kind of looks like he did or did he just Botox his forehead? He looked a bit pulled, but other then that, Duran Duran Kicked a$$! The crowd was mellow and friendly, until DD played there last song. Kids out of nowhere started to rush and push to the front. The grown ups where trying to get out, but it was CRAZY if you where trying to leave. Some started calling the kids names and some pushed them. Welcome to peace and loving Coachella.

The Strokes where up next and I was still on my same spot. Once the rush of kids came, I just stood my ground. I did not see anyone who was here next to me for DD. The crowd has shifted to young. Once The Strokes came out, the madness started. I have never seen so many crowd surfing in less then 10 minutes. Bodies after bodies passing over my head. There was still people trying to push themselves to the front, but it was tight. I couldn't move. Some kids around me where giving up and ended up leaving. It's crazy how a band like them with so much energy in there music, just stand around and play there instruments and gets this crowd insane. They sounded amazing and "Games" (my favorite track on the New album "Angles") sounded...Awesome! After The Strokes, it was a mission to get out because Kanye was up next.

I headed to the Mojave Tent to catch The Presets. They don't hit the stage until 11:05p and it was 10:50pm and they still have not cleared the stage after Leftfield. I caught the last 10 minutes of there set and it was good. They had really cool visuals. The tent was not to crowded. Perfect. It was easy for me to get up front. I was 5 feet away from the stage barricade.

The Presets hit the stage around 11:35 pm and they KiLLED iT! Once again, they did not disappoint and the beats where, SiCK! I FCVKn love this band. All three days I did not dance until now. If you have not heard of them, you should. If you had and have not seen them live, you are missing out on a great show. They played two new songs and they sounded very promising (can't wait). Someone behind me talked about Kanye's performance. That it sucked a$$ and he was worse then Cee-Lo, ouch! Thank God I scratched him off my list. That reminds me, I have not heard anything about Ms Lauryn Hill. I heard she got slammed in the papers about her concerts in New York City. So that turned me off and I scratched her off my list. I came close to doing the same to The Presets because of the time. I just did not want to be stuck in bumper to bumper traffic leaving the Coachella grounds. That $H!T is a nightmare, but it was the last night and it's The FCVKn Presets. They speed through there set with almost no breaks. One song after after the next, mixed in perfectly. I was happy to hear them play "This Boy's in Love" (my favorite track from them). Nice.

It's 12:30 am and The Presets ended there set, nooooo! I wanted more but that was it. Coachella has come to an end and The Presets (for me) ended this year's festival in a high note. So many great bands this year compared to last year. Can not wait to do this again and again and again. Until next year. Peace.

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M!X.49.(the.Playlist)

.01 "Barracuda"_____drug cabin

.02. "Solo Impala (Take the Money and Run)"_____The Fashion

.03. "Big In Japan"_____Alphaville

.04. "Don't Stop The Music (Long Version)"_____Yarbrough & Peoples

.05. "Do It Again"_____Holy Ghost!

.06. "Get Over It"_____Solid Gold

.07. "Frozen Moments (Nite Jewel Remix)"_____Silk Flowers

.08. "Between Love & Hate"_____The Strokes

.09. "Best Friend"_____The Drums

.10. "E.S.T."_____White Lies

.11. "Surfing On a Rocket (Joakim Mix)"_____AIR

.12. "West End Girls"_____Pet Shop Boys

.13. "Sun God"_____Cut Copy

.14. "Jerk"_____Muscles

.15. "Music"_____Madonna

.16. "Someone Great"_____LCD Soundsystem

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Lollapalooza.2010 (Friday)

I can not believe how clean Chicago is. It's a bit like San Diego but better. This is my first time here and I am here for Lollapalooza w/my friend Samy and my new friends Raquel and Elaine. The hotel is only 30 minutes from Grant Park, walking and it was not a bad walk. We got to explore the city. When I woke up in the morning, it was humid. When we came out in the afternoon, it was over cast and humid still, but tolerable. We left the hotel room around noon and we arrived to the fest around 2pm.

When we arrived, I was blown away. I liked what I saw. They had a huge inflatable Lollapalooza sign in front of the park and to get in, it was fast and quick. No hour wait like Coachella. They have it together here. Even the bag search was quick. I think I can get use to this. We where inside in less then 7 minutes. LESS THEN 7minutes, COACHELLA! Once inside, I looked around and this reminded me a bit like the Detour Festival in downtown Los Angeles. You get to see cool bands surrounded by the city scape. It looks amazing.

We walked around a bit to get to know the venue. I can not believe how huge Grant Park is. We walked passed The food court and the selection they had was really good and cheap. They even had deep dish pizza here. That takes about an hour to cook. We had deep dish pizza the first day we arrived and it was......GOOD (Gino's babe ROCKS!). We walked to the South Side of the park to catch The Big Pink. When we got there, the view was........Amazing. Then I noticed they had two stage sets here facing each other from a distance and I was wondering how that was gonna work. I did not look at the program carefully, hold up. Let's talk about the program. That thing was a pocket size book. It had pictures and a small bio on every band that was performing, with the set times and map. This place is winning me over. So impressed. Back to the stage set-up......The way it is set, one band plays first and when that band is over, the other band goes on at the opposite stage. It's the same set up at the North Side of the venue.

The first band we saw was The Big Pink and they where good once again. After that we went to see Devo. While we where waiting for them, I saw this guy stop in front of us and I was looking at him for a bit. Then it hit me, that is Erol Alkan! I took a quick pic of him. Cool. Devo went on and they where AWESUM! What a great performace from them and they had really cool visuals. For pulling 50 something, they sounded great and so much energy. They even had 4 costume changes. Right on......Devo. I need to see this show again indoors and at night. After Devo, we walked around and It's a walk the the North Side.

I wanted to checkout Neon Trees and I was not having them. Let's move on. We went back to the South Side to catch Hot Chip and once again, they killed it. They are dressing so nicely and well gromed. Check them out. No more baggy shirts and pants. Everything all nicely tailored. They don't look like geeks anymore. I miss that. After that we left to get some food. We passed by Chromeo and they opened up witha new song that sounded promising. We ate and headed to catch Lady Gaga. Now it was only Samy and I. His sister and her friend went to catch Erol Alkan. We did too and he was good. But once Tiga went on stage and he was playing a lame set. What is he doing? I liked the stuff he use to play back in 2003. So we decided to leave after 15 minutes and headed to see Gaga. We arrived and the place was getting full with Gaga Monsters. She went on time but she sang behind this huge curtain projecting her shadow on it. The curtain was lefted almost half way through her song. The stage was cool. It looked like a Broadway musical. She had her dancers and I leaned over to Samy and said, "is that Grace Jones?". But of course I was kidding around. We only heard 3 songs and left to catch The Strokes. Boy was that a SHOW!

This is my first time seeing The Strokes and they Kicked A$$. They had this really cool old school Jumbo Tron on the background that displayed simple visuals in red. What a differance from Lady Gaga's outragouas stage. Simple sometimes is better and it showed here. The Strokes played the hits and from what I hear, Mr Casablancas was a bit tipsy. Rock Star. I did not see the person helping him (Julian Lead Singer) back on stage when they did the encore. Thats what Samy told me. ROCK STAR! Other then him being a bit messy, they sounded great and I would not mind seeing them again in the future. Day 1 is over. A-

JULiAN.CASABLANCAs (LiVE!) @the.PALACE

"This was not what I Xpected" said a girl w/her girlfriend exiting the venue. I was on that same boat. I was bored and the people around me was 2. I only saw 3 people next 2 me dancin 2 the most undancable songs from the album. Am I the only 1 not drunk here.....or is this BORiNG!?! I was ready 2 walkout but I was in2 the back drops. Loved it and the visuals. Almost evry song had a diff background......that was cool. When he sang "11th Dimension" & "Left and Right in the Dark" felt if I was watchin that 70s show...."the Partridge Family". Not bad. Thank god I stayed. Now lets talk about the venue.....LOVED iT! I want more concerts here. Love the old theaters in downtown L.A. They need 2 fix them up just a bit like the.PALACE here. Still has that old charm. Beautiful murals, ripped curtains, chipped paint, dirty carpet and bathroom (but it's not that dirty) original paint from the past and so on. I was LOVIN the place. I like this. Its not like the.ORPHEUM. But it can B and I hope not. I think the.PALACE was an old movie theater. They sold alcohol where they use 2 sell popcorn and candy. LOVE iT! They sold the shirts outside of the venue. AWESUM. It felt so good 2 have this in L.A. Is old downtown Broadway the new Lower Eastside? FCVK SilverLake and Echo.Park.....this is the place.What I also loved was that they flicker the lights 2 tell U that the show is gonna start. AWESUM! I looked around 2 C the people....WOW! American Apparel just threw up in here. $H*T! A couple of Strokes shirts. Did I C a winter coat and a scarf....what the FCVK. its not that cold. 2 funny. But the cool thing....what a perfect place 4 Julian 2 play @. It felt so New York City. He opened the show w/ "Ludlow St". Fits perfect here. Is he wearin high water pants 2 show off his shinny leather red/black boots.....LOVE iT! Wait...was that a Heuy Lewis & the News song he just played.....funny. Enough of me slammin on him. He did all right.....i guess. But I hope he is bettr w/the.STROKEs. I have nevr seen the.Strokes live. It took me awhile 2 get in2 the music. Now I am a fan. I hope he has more charm w/them. Other then the DRUNK person yellin @him next 2 me sayin, "Julian! I bought Ur shirt" he needs 2 move around 2 his music that he created or is he just collectin a pay check from us. Cum on JULiAN....show me the 11th Dimension.

ViDEOs:

"11th Dimension"

"Left & Right in the Dark"

not bad what so ever.

I am not a huge fan of this band but once i heard the new album....i was....very surprised on how well this album is made. PHOENiX new album is a MUST. Love the title. And love “1901”, “Fences”, Lasso”, “Girlfriend” and it just keeps goin. get it. U well not B disappointed. Have I ever been?