Coachella

Well the drive was he worst part of the trip. 9 1/2 hours to Chris and Natalies in Santa Monica. We just chilled there and had dinner and a few drinks. It was great to see some old friends I hadn't seen in some time. Its nice to see people who kow you for more than just a few years, it makes things seem as they should be. We got up early (kinda) and headed east on hwy 10 and got to Indio around 1 oclock. As allways you see people from Sac everywere you go, we pull up and its Brian McCenna parked next to us and we have a little tailgate with some Cazadores and beers. The will call line was pretty insane but Char snuck into it and we only had to wait for about an hour. We saw Katie, Karl, Banno and some other friends while waiting in line. At first we jus got our maps and schedules and watched Perry Farells new bad band. Hot Chip, John Bjorn and john and who knows who else. Day one was kinda a blur because we were so tired from driving and the 108 degree temp.
We ended up camping off site for $15 a night and they had a pool, nice showers and ice! It was the best decision we made the whole trip. Day two included Regina Spector, Peeping Tom, Amy Whinehouse, Good Bad and the Queen, Red Hot Chilli Peppersand so many others. Peepeing Tom was my favorite from the entire trip. Absolutely amazing and Danny Devito introduced them to boot. Oh yeah and I ran into my old nieghbor Amber at the beer garden!
On day three we had about had it from the heat and we sat in a coffee house and talked Amerian politics with these nice guys from Sweeden. We got beers and Vodka at a grocery store and went and hit the parking lot!Well we ended up sitting in the parking lot for a couple hours just hiding from the heat and having some cold ones. When we made it in we headed over to get food and we ended up getting VIP bracelets from the pizza guys! So we watched MAnu Chow and Rage Against the Machine from thi amazing vantage point and had no lines for drinks! Needless to say I ended up drinking a wink to much, and slept outside our tent in the dirt! I deserved it for sure.
All in all we had a great time and would buy tickets for next year!