Who ordered the scrambled brains?

Been so busy lately. So busy. Been planning and testing my server migration, dealing with some “professional administrative matters”, and all the usual work and reading…

But today I damn nearly fell out of my chair, my chest exploding with ecstatic shock, and I must share this: the Coachella’s line-up has been announced, and a grip of my top bands of all time are going to be there:

• The Good, the Bad, and the Queen (the new band of Blur’s Damon Albarn)
• Travis
• AIR
• Felix da Housecat
• Rufus Wainwright
• Björk

My only complaint while I was reading that announcement was that Julieta Venegas wasn’t going to be there. But moment’s later as I read through the extensive list

• Julieta Venegas!

The organizer’s couldn’t have picked a better line-up if they had surgically removed my brain and interrogated it with a torture probe from the future. I can’t get enough of Julieta Venegas right now, so this is especially poignant.

Of course, those are just the tip of the iceberg. Nothing short of an another planet colliding with Earth will stop me from seeing those bands, but additionally I will try to see: Arcade Fire, Happy Mondays, Decemberists, Manu Chao, the Roots, Placebo, Sonic Youth, Lily Allen, Peeping Tom, Ghostface Killah, and Cornelius.

Following that second tier, I’m sure all of the rest will be good acts. You just can’t plan Coachella too much. As it is, I’m pushing it with that second tier list. Still, it doesn’t hurt to come up with some strategy. So in that vein, my third tier of notable standouts are: Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, DJ Shadow, Faithless, New Pornopgraphers, Crowded House (for that one song, ha!), Damien Rice, Brazilian Girls, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Fountains of Wayne, the Kooks, Blonde Redhead, Gotan Project, Sparklehorse, and of course, the Arctic Monkeys.

Despite Julieta Venegas’ serendipitous appearance on the announcement, I still wish The Streets were on the list. Natalie worthily pines for another Basement Jaxx showing. Maybe they’ll get added. Coachella, after all, has a pretty solid reputation of adding a major act three weeks before the show. Other info: April 27-29 (yes, three days now, not just two) and $249 for a 3-day pass. Wow, it’s almost been a year and I never even got around to writing up the full wealth of experiences from the last Coachella! Ah, that’s life.

Ok, going back into–3–blog stealth mode–2–Hope to be back soon!–1–Oh yeah, one more thing–0–

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