{"id":2295,"date":"2009-04-30T00:26:59","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T05:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2009-04-30T00:41:17","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T05:41:17","slug":"coachella-2009-heating-up-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/coachella-2009-heating-up-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Coachella 2009: Heating Up the Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"firstletter\">I<\/span>&#8216;ve never made it to a musical festival before (largely because I didn&#8217;t really get into festival-type music until a few years ago), but when this year&#8217;s Coachella featured several of my favorite bands I decided to spring for it, since it&#8217;s the biggest festival close enough for me to drive to rather than fly. And even though everything&#8217;s overpriced, it&#8217;s hotter than Hades, and I ended up only seeing full sets from seven bands rather then the eleven or twelve I wanted to see, it was worth it. The downside is I think I&#8217;ve caught the festival bug &#8211; I&#8217;m drooling over the Lollapalooza lineup Andrew posted the other day, and though I won&#8217;t make it Lolla this year, I&#8217;m seriously trying to work out getting to Austin for Austin City Limits.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s a recap of my subset of Coachella, which woefully underrepresents the available audio overload. Especially since I skipped Sunday altogether &#8211; fewer bands I wanted to see meant I didn&#8217;t care to spend the money for the extra day and night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/89855080@N00\/3456817206\" title=\"View 'Silversun Pickups @ Coachella 2009' on Flickr.com\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3539\/3456817206_d28b1ff1b2.jpg\" alt=\"Silversun Pickups @ Coachella 2009\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/morepop.rowthree.com\/2009\/04\/coachella-2009-heating-up-the-desert\/\">Row Three: More Pop<\/a> to read the rest of this entry. It has pictures and .mp3 files, so I promise it&#8217;ll be worth it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8216;ve never made it to a musical festival before (largely because I didn&#8217;t really get into festival-type music until a few years ago), but when this year&#8217;s Coachella featured several of my favorite bands I decided to spring for it, since it&#8217;s the biggest festival close enough for me to drive to rather than fly. 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