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April 28, 2008
What You Missed Over the Weekend Part XVIII
This weekend had so many festivals going on that both Navel Gazing and Heard Mentality were working through the weekend. First, we had Luke Y. Thompson pulling double duty blogging his little heart out at the Newport Beach Film Festival AND attending his big movie premiere in Hollywood. While Dave ... More >>
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May 5, 2008
What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XVIIII
On Saturday, Luke Y. Thompson headed to OC Weekly photographer John Gilhooley's art show at Memphis in Santa Ana, featuring a slew of OC Weekly covers beautifully displayed on a chartreuse wall and printed on glossy, over-sized paper (oh, the glory of glossy!). And across the street from Gilhooley's ... More >>
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October 6, 2008
Coachella, Stagecoach Dates Announced
Goldenvoice announced today that next year’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival - the world famous annual haven of indie rock, electronic music and sweating at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio - will take place Friday, April 17, Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19. Yes, that's the third we ... More >>
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September 21, 2000
Wondering About Nocturnal
Notes on a discarded dust mask
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January 25, 2001
Coachella Rumblings
Notes on a discarded dust mask
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May 8, 2003
Hella Coachella
Notes on a discarded dust mask
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March 11, 2009
Incoming: Silversun Pickups at the Glass House
The Glass House's pre-Coachella week--already boasting Jenny Lewis, TV on the Radio, Conor Oberst and The Black Keys--has added another Coachella artist playing a pre-festival gig, LA's Silversun Pickups on Sunday, April 12. Tickets are $12.50 and go on sale this Friday, March 13 for $22.50. Silvers ... More >>
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March 23, 2009
OC Weekly faves land Glass House gigs
Like any local fan, I'm always excited to see bands we've written about in the Weekly get some solid recognition elsewhere. Okay, so maybe Pomona is not too far elsewhere, but the April calendar at The Glass House has great OC/LB talent opening up for some Coachella caliber acts. The jazzy jam artis ... More >>
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April 7, 2009
A Blast from Bishop Cirilo Flores' Child-Abuse-Condoning Past!
See no evil, hear no evil...no evil!Blessed are the anonymous sources, for they bring justice to the little ones...Turns out newly ordained Diocese of Orange Bishop Cirilo Flores has a proud past of defending and condoning child abusers--and I'm not even talking about his treatment of numerous Orang ... More >>
Music
April 9, 2009
[Coachella 2009] Everything New Is Old Again--and Vice Versa
See no evil, hear no evil...no evil!Blessed are the anonymous sources, for they bring justice to the little ones...Turns out newly ordained Diocese of Orange Bishop Cirilo Flores has a proud past of defending and condoning child abusers--and I'm not even talking about his treatment of numerous Orang ... More >>
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April 17, 2008
Hotter Than the Temperature at Coachella? Black Lips, Animal Collective, Duffy and 43 More
See no evil, hear no evil...no evil!Blessed are the anonymous sources, for they bring justice to the little ones...Turns out newly ordained Diocese of Orange Bishop Cirilo Flores has a proud past of defending and condoning child abusers--and I'm not even talking about his treatment of numerous Orang ... More >>
Music
May 5, 2005
DESERT STORM
See no evil, hear no evil...no evil!Blessed are the anonymous sources, for they bring justice to the little ones...Turns out newly ordained Diocese of Orange Bishop Cirilo Flores has a proud past of defending and condoning child abusers--and I'm not even talking about his treatment of numerous Orang ... More >>
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May 1, 2003
Flower of the Desert
Coachellas sonic supermarket
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April 16, 2009
Coachella: Paul McCartney; Morrissey; Leonard Cohen; My Bloody Valentine
Coachellas sonic supermarket
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April 16, 2009
Rad Local Shows for Those Staying in Town This Weekend
Don't feel like sweating your balls off? Or dropping 269 bizones to get the opportunity to sweat your balls off? Weird, but you've still got options around OC if you're not heading out to Coachella.
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May 27, 2004
Eight Days
Don't feel like sweating your balls off? Or dropping 269 bizones to get the opportunity to sweat your balls off? Weird, but you've still got options around OC if you're not heading out to Coachella.
Music
April 23, 2009
[Sound Guy] The Indio Index: Coachella By the Numbers
Don't feel like sweating your balls off? Or dropping 269 bizones to get the opportunity to sweat your balls off? Weird, but you've still got options around OC if you're not heading out to Coachella.
Music
April 27, 2006
Get Out!
April 27 - May 4: the Slaughtahouse
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May 9, 2002
Letter from Coachella
April 27 - May 4: the Slaughtahouse
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September 6, 2001
Raving In Wonderland
Electronic music goes mainstream
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October 21, 1999
Vacation, Baby
Electronic music goes mainstream
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April 16, 2009
To Do Tonight - 4/16
The Black Keys, 7 p.m.Arguably the world's most talanted musical duo playing today plays Pomona's Glass House before heading out to Indio to play the Coachilla Valley Music and Arts Festival. The Glass House, 200 W. Second St., Pomona, CA; 909-629-0377South Coast Apartment Association, 11 a ... More >>
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April 21, 2009
Late Coachella Sets = Big Time Fines?
Here's something interesting from the OC Register's Soundcheck blog via Palm Springs local news station KESQ: Apparently, Coachella promoters Goldenvoice are liable to be fined $1,000 PER MINUTE for every minute sets went past midnight this past weekend. Yipes.Sure, there's a reason why shows, espec ... More >>
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May 13, 2009
Hang with Peter Murphy? Who Wouldn't!
Usually "VIP packages" are shameless ripoffs, but here's one that's seriously enticing: for Peter Murphy's June 8 show at the House of Blues Anaheim, $100 will get you not only a seat in the loge section (alright), a "limited edition poster" (yawn) and early entry into the venue (eh), but also a mee ... More >>
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April 24, 2009
THIS WEEKEND: Another Festival in the Indio Desert (Stagecoach)
You may have heard that something called Coachella went down last weekend at the Empire Polo Field about an hour and a half from here in Indio. This weekend, the ground will once again be plagued by people and water bottles, as it's time for the third annual Stagecoach Festival, affectionately known ... More >>
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April 9, 2009
Puff Puff Passing at Coachella
I've been to one Coachella and that was in 2003. Although the motive behind the hellacious trek from Long Beach to Indio was to see the first Stooges gig in nearly three decades, I ended up witnessing something way cooler than a shirtless Iggy. Elephants. You heard me. I saw a train of circus elepha ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
Morrissey
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December 7, 2009
Eat Local, Recycle Your Food Waste Miles and Miles Away
Not to be outdone by their North County counterparts, who recycle sewage into drinking water through the revolutionary Groundwater Replenishment System, South County communities are banding together to turn food waste into compost.While the regional pilot program sounds meritorious, one thing abo ... More >>
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January 19, 2010
Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz, Pavement, Muse, Thom Yorke, Faith No More to Headline Coachella
Let the rumors end--finally. The Coachella roster has been confirmed. Jay-Z ranks as the biggie for the fest that takes place April 16-18 in the desert/aka Empire Polo Field, Indio, but the rad reunions go to Pavement and Faith No More. As for blasts from the past, we're stoked to see Sly and the Fa ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Coachella Curfew Pushed Back an Hour... Small Comfort for Robert Smith
Beth Stirnaman / OC WeeklyHe looked better with the lights out.Coachella ended abruptly last year, with the Cure getting the plug pulled in the middle of their third encore at about 33 minutes past midnight. The sounds went out, the band kept playing, and then the lights shut off. Our reaction wh ... More >>
Music
April 8, 2010
Where's Water?
[Coachella 2010] Finding these items in the illustration may be easier than finding them at Coachella
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April 16, 2010
We're at Coachella(ish)! You?
Beth Stirnaman / OC WeeklySo much humans. Check that picture of having-funners to the right. That's gonna be us soon! And hopefully, many of you, too. But if not, that's okay. You can pretend to be in the desert, watching Thom Yorke get a sun burn, by following us on Twitter. Our handle? OCWeekly ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
Icelandic Volcano Kills Several Coachella Performances
Andrew YoussefCoachella dwellers won't be seeing the Cribs today after allIt looks like Thursday's Icelandic volcano eruption is causing a few of Coachella's European acts to cancel their performances. Bummer.
Blogs
April 21, 2010
Watch: Local Natives at Coachella
Andrew YoussefLocal Natives, big success.It's been less than 72 hours since we left Indio, and already nostalgia's creeping in. Luckily, there's YouTube with which to relive the highlights. One of those highlights: Orange County's own (well, kinda) Local Natives. After the jump: Watch them close ... More >>
Culture
April 22, 2010
Getting Dressed for the Fest
[Trendzilla] Say yes to cotton, no to bikini tops
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December 15, 2010
Caifanes Reunite to Play Coachella?
The Spanish-language music press is abuzz with news of a confirmed Caifanes reunion in 2011. The legendary rock en español band from Mexico City has made amends after fifteen years apart as they set to perform at the huge outdoor Vive Latino music festival in the D.F. Tensions between singer Sa ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Anthrax's Scott Ian to Skip Touring Due to Birth of First Child
Scott Ian, Anthrax's rhythm and lead guitar player, just announced he's not going to be touring with the band he formed 30 years ago due to the upcoming birth of his first child. He said, "This decision to miss these shows was a deeply personal one. I co-founded this band July 18, 1981, and for ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
How to Score Coachella Tickets, Even Though It's Been Sold Out For Months
Vickie ChangIf you missed your chance to buy Coachella tickets for the six days in January that they were still onsale, you're in luck. This late in the game, we found a couple of ways to score tickets. Price tag? From free to $975 !
Blogs
April 14, 2011
[UPDATED with Statement From Staff Pro] Coachella Security Uniform for Sale on Craigslist (!)
UPDATE, April 14, 9:58 a.m.: In a phone conversation, Suzanne Thoreson, Chief Operating Officer of Staff Pro (the company whose uniform is being sold online) said that the said uniform was stolen, the logo trademarked and that an investigation is ongoing. Further than saying nothing like this has ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Nochella! Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Learned to Love Not Going to Indio (i.e., Stuff to Do Around OC While Everyone Else is at Coachella)
We feel your pain. Not the pain of all of you about to head out to Indio in order to see the antlike figures onstage from a distance play an amazing unexpected cover version (that will be on YouTube five minutes after they perform it), while some very drunk individual pours a combination o ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Coachella: And We're In!
There's a ton that's different at Indio this year. The wristbands, for one--while members of the press got to check in at Indian Wells, a site about five miles away from the festival, almost everyone else got their wristbands mailed to them. That meant no clusterfuck at the gate, and a wait in tr ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
DOs and DONTs at the Big 4 Festival
Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly On Saturday, metal legends Slayer, Anthrax, Metallica and Megadeth will share the stage for the first time ever in the U.S. at the Big 4 Festival at Indio's Empire Polo Club. While the ninnies in your life will warn you that the punishing (yet cathartic) volume of each ... More >>
Music
April 21, 2011
Big 4: Let There Be Metal
Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeath and Slayer on one bill Really.
Blogs
April 25, 2011
What You Missed: Big 4, Railroad Revial Tour, Paw Pawty, Robert Plant
What'd you miss this weekend? It was a long one for us: We headed out to Indio (again!) for the Big 4 Festival with Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer; then we checked out the Railroad Revival Tour, which stopped in San Pedro with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Mumford & Sons. ... More >>
Music
April 28, 2011
A Field Guide to the Metalhead
[Mental Notes] How to find them without thrashing
Blogs
May 27, 2011
What's Odd Future Doing in Indio in June?
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyOdd Future just announced a few more California dates on their Tumblr, squeezing in a stint at the Indio Performing Arts Center and San Diego in between stops at Spain, Australia and Belgium.
Blogs
September 30, 2011
Jeffrey Thomas Sackman, Facebook Rape Suspect, Hands Down Ugliest Police Mugshot of the Week
Jeffrey Thomas Sackman, 44, of Cathedral City, is accused of posing as a 17-year-old Italian boy on MySpace, mbuzzy and Facebook. You can imagine the visions of " Giovanni Antonio Corsentino" in the head of a 15-year-old Buena Park girl who unwittingly met Sackman on social networking sites two ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Stagecoach Announces Lineup: Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean and Blake Shelton Headline
The Stagecoach Country Music Festival today announced its full lineup, with Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton headlining. The sixth installment of Coachella's country counterpart will also have old-school crossover favorites such as Kenny Rogers, Chris Isaak, Alabama a ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Stagecoach Sells Out in Advance for the First Time; Where To Get Tickets Now
According to a post on Stagecoach Festival's Facebook page, Stagecoach 2012 is Sold Out. The caption to the photo posted above says, "Thank you to the fans that have joined us in the desert and the new ones who will experience Stagecoach for the first time this spring. Without you, this ... More >>
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