CoAcHeLLa...a long day, a long blog

I went to my third Coachella about six days ago, every time I go it gets a little better. This year I had to go! For a hundred bucks I would have been satisfied to see Paul McCartney alone. But, for my money they threw in M. Ward, The Black Keys, Conner Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Crystal Castles, freaking Ghostland Observatory (so awesome), and Morrissey. So very much worth my money. This year had a really nice theme with these artists. They all sounded better then their albums. Seeing them live gave me the tingles. Our first person on the list was the "oh so adorable" and extremely talented M.Ward. Of course being on the second stage he had some audio trouble, never fails on that stage. But it didn't break him, and when it got handled he put on such a great show.

He had a professional whistler in one of his songs, I think I just found a new career path for my dad...
Next up was The Black Keys... I was really excited for this one, a sexy sounding bearded guy who plays an amazing rock/blues guitar. The drummer is really awesome too. They were really good!Although I was a little sad they were on the mainstage. It's a two man group and they were too small on that huge stage. They don't have a big enough show to fill the stage, so they got lost a little. I would love to see them again though, smaller setting.
After the blues mood was set we headed back to the second stage for some Conner Oberst and the Mystic Valley band. I wasn't as familiar with his music, I just know him as Bright Eyes. But a friend we were with loves him so we checked him out. I was impressed! His songs were really good to listen too and fun. He talked a little spacey and I wasn't on anything to be able to understand what he was talking about, but his songs made me happy and so did his Omish hat.

This guy also made me happy...

After Conner's set, we went to the Sahara tent to catch the last half of the Crystal Castles set. They were good, but they were probably the only artist we saw that I actually like the album more then the live show. But they weren't bad by any means. By the time we got there the tent was jammed. I couldn't take any pictures or video because it was so packed tight you couldn't see anything. After them came Ghostland Observatory... AHHHH!!!! Ghostland Observatory... Not much to say...the music, lasers, keyboard player in a cape, and american indian lead singer that has moves like Freddie Mercury, speaks for itself. Hands down one of the most entertaining shows I've ever seen. (warning:on some of the videos are pretty shaky at times...very hard to stay still during this set)

After the most amazing set with Ghostland we headed to the main stage to catch the end of Morrissey. He was really good too, it was a little hard for my adrenline to come down so low after ghostland's set but I really enjoyed him. I was amazed how good he sounded and looked for his age. At one point he took his shirt off and I was a little stunned by how good he looked with out it. He ended with "How soon is Now" which was really cool. I was kind of sad I missed the whole vegetarian whine I heard he had going, that pissed so many people off.

And after that was the king of music himself, Sir Paul McCartney. I got goosebumps watching him. It was the best concert I have every seen. The man is in his late sixties and he played 35 songs. It was incredible, words can't describe it. He is so genuine and silly and fun. I love him! He sang everything, our camera's couldn't capture how great it really was nor every song we wanted to film. My little camera said kaput in the middle of his set. But we managed to capture some of the magic. Only a percent of the greatness we witnessed.

Sadly there isn't enough time to really see all the cool art and sculptures they have around...but heres some fun stuff

I never miss the tesla coil...

Once again proving no need to use a flash when I'm in a picture... At the end of the night I have to admit we were one of the thousands who couldn't find our car. In our defense, they don't make it easy. Coachella third time round was so much fun!