Coachella Nation

How are you?

It's Monday.

I'm freakin' stellar. Thanks for asking.
The official 2006 Coachella lineup has been announced. It's a doozy. I regret to inform you that I will not be in attendance this year. Tickets are $85 for a single day or $165 for the two-day pass. They also went on sale last weekend. I counted a total of 90 musicians/artists performing across both days this year. That, my friends, is a mere $2 per band. Granted you cannot possibly see all 90, but here are some of the top acts performing this year:

Depeche Mode ~ Yeah Yeah Yeahs ~ Bloc Party ~ Scissor Sisters ~ Daft Punk ~ Sigor Rós ~ Matisyahu ~ Franz Ferdinand ~ Atmosphere ~ Ladytron ~ Mogwai ~ Sleater-Kinney ~ Tool ~ Paul Oakenfold ~ Digable Planets ~ Carl Cox ~ Joey Beltran ~ Imogen Heap ~ The Walkmen ~ Tosca ~ Cat Power ~ the Go! Team ~ Jazzanova ~ Coheed & Cambria ~ and absolute loads more.

The festival will be held April 29th & 30th at the Empire Polo Field in beautiful Indio, CA. Get your campsite or hotel reservation immediately. Hotels and resorts book up fast. For all the info. and history on the Coachella Music & Arts Festival, click on the logo above.
The Coachella movie premiered across selected theaters late January and continues to play in selected theaters throughout the country. The film is a documentary featuring highlights from the last six Coachella festivals and features performance clips from the artists listed above. Not a bad flick if you appreciate documentaries. If you have participated in any Coachella experience, I recommend picking it up. You will laugh. You will cry. Just kidding...don't cry. It's not that serious. Do check it out. If you haven't attended a Coachella event, it will perhaps entice you to go. If you have, perhaps it will help you remember. For theater listings/showtime info., go here.

Remember Folks....Mardi Gras is just around the corner so dust off those beautiful beads.

Until next time...