FALCADIA

I just returned from attending my second year at Coachella. If you haven’t heard of this festival its a gynormus outdoor festival with way to many bands and 183,000 people. They have it in the West Palm Desert CA (by Palm Springs) on polo fields surrounded by palm trees. The fields are covered with a tough grass which makes it quite nice to walk on and reduces the dust. There are 5 stages and a few smurf villages with DJ’s for all night trippers. Also, there are a bunch of art installations to play & climb on or just stare at.

To get to my point it’s all a little overwhelming. Even my second time I still was overcome by the magnitude of this festival. I even had a plan of attack to hop from stage to stage to catch a glimpse of the bands I wanted to see but that fell apart the first day. I maybe caught 20% of the shows on my schedule. It was just to hectic to get to a stage on time. After drinking 3 or 4 $7 Heineken’s you need to find a port-o-potty which is an ordeal. Then trying to relocate your friends can be a whole another mess since there are 180 K peeps trying to text their friends at the same time. The signals were getting all jammed up for sure. After the show you are exhausted and then you need to find your car to wait for an hour to get out of the parking lot.

Anyway, maybe I am just getting older and less adventuress. If I was 18 again I would camp out for the 3 days and stay up all night long. Rave till the sun rises over the misty mountains. Either way it’s a life experience I am glad I have under the belt. I saw a ton of good live music, saw some crazy and cool people and was living and walking on the Earth. That’s what it’s all about.

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