Chillin in the beer garden
2011 Coachella Music Festival was as lovely as 2010. The wonder and surprised joy from 2010 wasn’t there because 2010 was my first experience AND my first long weekend with Sex God. This time was just as great because there were MORE bands I wanted to hear, Sex God was again going with me, and additionally we partied with 2 Michael’s & a Freddie.
Now, now.. minds, OUT of the gutter. I didn’t sleep with any of our additional friends, although LOTS of daring, dirty sex talk which is par normal for ANY conversation with me! But I really didn’t want to make the vacation uncomfortable in any way. Plus Mike is a family friend and Freddie has a girlfriend. Michael (Big Mike) we’d just met as he carpooled and rented the pull out.
So I was in a condo with 4 men, 3 of them luscious Latino’s… my favorite flavor. So yes, Sex God got worked! If I’d been anywhere near my extreme horniness of ovulation, I would have seduced at least one other man that weekend. But I digress.
Woodstock Style
I realized that there are several different ways to do Coachella. You can do it like Woodstock, or a Pit Concert, or a Rave, or an Expensive Club. Whichever way you want there is a venue for you. Mike and Freddie spent MOST of their time in the DJ tent rocking out to a 3 day Rave of House Music! The other Michael is 6’4″ and spent most of his time getting up as close to the stage as possible to max out his concert experience. The few times I’ve tried to do that.. my poor little 5′ 1″ runs out of O2! Plus I’m lucky if I can see the big screen much less the stage!
And we decorated the vehicle!
So Sex God and I spent more of our time doing Coachella Woodstock style. NOT in the crowd but on the fringes of it. Close enough to hear the music LOUD and see the screen, maybe a little of the stage and have the option of dancing with elbow room or sitting down & letting the music flow over us. If it was on a special or favorite band we would worm our way close and get the crushed-concert-but-close-to-the-stage experience.
Which we did for this band… and Oh My GOD that was soooo worth it!
Mumford & Sons – Coachella 2011
And on the last day we got even closer for THIS band.. which was one of MY primary reason for going!!
The Gorgeous Desert Sunsets
For the rest we mostly Woodstocked it. But I really enjoyed ALL these bands! Take into account most of these clips are from people’s camera’s! I love the quality of today’s tech!
For this band.. you REALLY need to be stoned! lol.. cuz they only have 5 or 6 songs and 40 minutes to play! So each song lasted FOREVER but had such a wonderful beat!
Foster the People Coachella 2011
Beautiful full moon every night!
And my new FAVORITE! I can’t believe I MISSED them sing last year WITH Florence of Florence + the Machine.. was I HIGH!!
Cold War Kids @ Coachella 2011
And there’s always a nugget of gold in the bunch of new bands that play throughout the day. This band is by far my favorite new find. WONDERFUL in concert! And THAT’s a difficult thing to find sometimes in a band. Jack\’s Mannequin @ Coachella … can you see me in the crowd! Hahahaha, I’m there but not visible on the clip!
This band was wonderful Woodstock style Arcade Fire the balls were the size of exercize balls and they began to light up and synchronize! Soo cool!
So all in all an incredibly wonderful time. Renting the extra space in the condo made that part free for us. And even through I couldn’t sell the camping spots to pay for the cost of the Festival Pass.. turns out I didn’t need to. Cuz I WON the 987 Contest giving away Coachella Tix. Yes! I couldn’t believe it either when I saw it. So I sold them and my vacation was only the cost of food and drink!
Now for next year… going to have to save a $1 a day! lol