Well April rolled arou
nd and my Coachella vacation was upon me. And this time I was determined it was going to be SPECIAL cuz I turned 50!…on the first day of the first weekend and not only was Sex God going with me and spending an entire week in the condo… but Tongue God was going with us.
We did everything right. All parties carpooling with us came over Thursday night for an early start. I had arranged for someone to cover me at work and be with the kids on nights when I had all three. The food for the week was purchased and packed and we left RIGHT on time!
Sex God, Cesar and I … on the road!
And on the way there Tongue God calls to tell me his daughter (who is also on depression meds) is having a melt down on him going for the weekend. He got an emergency apt with the shrink so we all crossed his fingers he’d still make it. Sigh… he did not. Paid for ticket in hand he had to just toss aside. So I didn’t get my “walk around Coachella with two men on my arms” 50 year birthday celebration that I’d wanted.
What I DID get was my wonderful Sex God for an entire week. 3 days of relaxing music with sooooo many of my Indy Rock bands there wasn’t a moment I wasn’t enjoying seeing a new band play my favorite songs. Or loving seeing an old band play!
Cesar wins Best of Hair & earns the nickname Princess by the amount of hair products and shower time.
On Day One we saw Modest Mouse, Of Monsters and Men, The Neighborhood and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And the highlight of that day was Blur. I’d never really seen them nor known a lot of their music. And I liked them! The day itself was pretty relaxing. All of us spending most of the day decompressing from the journey, from work, from life in general. The way you should when you’re on vacation.
On Day Two we kind of wandered more but we did see Franz Ferdinand and The Postal Service. We really enjoyed Violent Femmes. They’ve always been Sex God’s favorite band and they were thoroughly energetic live in concert! We did a bit of dancing on the grass with them because we kind of lazed about listening to the band before them. On that day I also discovered the coffee flavored ice cream… yum!
This guy sat on my hand for 10 minutes!
On Day Three we’d almost had it with the weather. lol Breezy is nice, but strong winds picking up dust from the desert is no fun! We managed to see Social Distortion & The Lumineers. But the highlight was my favorites, Vampire Weekend. Silly losers were over at the Wu Tang Clan stage (where the crowd looked very scary!) so we were able to get real close & STILL have plenty of room to dance. Oh they didn’t disappoint one stitch! Rostram lost weight and looked great. Ezra was sporting the sexiest Cub hairstyle!! I just wanted to fuck him right there on the stage! I’d have thrown a bra… if I’d been wearing one. And Chris Baio STILL does the BEST bass guitar geek dance I’ve every seen on stage! I sang myself horse & danced to keep warm cuz that wind was getting colder as the sun slowly set!
We ended the night huddled in the largest Beer Garden overlooking the Main Stage to watch Red Hot Chili Peppers. I’m a so-so fan of RHCP but Sex God loved them so we were staying for him. By now the weather was a full on icy cold dust storm! The band started up a tune everyone knew and it was all I could do NOT to laugh. Everyone around us began singing the well known song and singing so loud that no one could hear the performance of the band! As soon as all the memorized lyrics were sung THEN I could hear the band sing the rest of the song… until the chorus! We lasted three songs and called Coachella over.
At which point we began the hilarious trek through car camping to the parking lot. INTO the wind that was picking up speed and more dirt from the desert. Covering our faces as much as possible we were laughing and joking as we saw the wreckage that was the camping site. Tents and canopies down EVERYWHERE or rippling in shreds. As a matter of fact we had to dodge the poles of one canopy that gave up the fight and tumbled with the wind toward us! I wanted to take a pix of the pup tent we saw plastered sideways on the chain link fence, held there by sheer wind force, but at that point we were desperate to get to the car! Tanks and short and flip flops do not much protection make!
Cesar had a friend driving from LA to pick him up & take him home so within 30 minutes of making it to the car we bid him adieu. We had energy for a quick shower once in the condo before we collapsed. That Monday we would begin our REAL relaxing vacation.
But that’s another blog ;D