Another day...

No, we did not win big, but we did decide to stay an extra day. Nice,
relaxing time...

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More vegas photos

More from the frontlines of fun...

We won! Well, sorta. The better half won 120 bucks! We have been
steadily winning, when we play the machines, that is. But I managed to
drop 70 bucks on roulette. It sucked. Luckily, I won 40 back on video
poker.

We ate sushi at a place called Hatchi. It was yummy. We also went
bowling. I love this resort, cause there is a theater, bowling alley
AND spa!

It is really cold here, so we took a ride to the strip so we could
casino hop. So much for the cabana by the pool!

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Vegas, baby!!

We are having an awesome, drunken time. We are staying at the Red
Rocks resort, and it is gorgeous. We got in last night, and stayed up
till like 3am. We are headed dancing tonight, after winning about 160
bucks today! But first, sushi!

Eugene Hutz

Gogol Bordello played coachella last year in one of the tents, I *
think * it was mojave. They blew the roof off so hardcore that they
were given mainstage status this year. It is an earlier time slot,
around 6pm or so, and I expected the stage to be too big for them.
Boy, was I wrong! They are 30 mins into their set and they are still
attracting a crowd.

If you like flogging molly, check out gogol bordello

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Swervedriver

Deadmouse

Deadmouse kicked ass. Not typically my sound- he is a DJ and really
does a great job of building the audience up. Good stuff. Now we are
at swervedriver and they are really good, guitar/lyric driven shoe-
gazer rock ala Seattle early 90's. They have a very grunge feel to
them, but they look very much like average joes. Will post image in a
few min.

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Coachella, day 3

We started the day with a two mile hike and mqages to snag two vip
wristbands. We ran in. Peed and now at deadmouse. Good stuff

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Racial profiling at Pizza Hut

I know I am brown skinned, but does that make it ok to give me a menu
in Spanish? Apparently my lack of speaking my "native language" has
transcended to my dining experience as well. Oi vay.

Hot Chip

Pretty good show, but we left early to catch Death Cab for Cutie at
the mainstage. It is finally cooling off, and I finally have a few
down moments to type. Today was too hot. Tomorrow is supposed to be
just as bad, if not worse. I suspect we will not be coming till later
in the day. I will say, everyone in my group has done an awesome job
taking care of me during my over-heated moments. I obviously travel
with a good bunch of guys. I suppose being the only girl in the group
helped. LOL.

Stephen Malkmus

The guy has some witty banter going on with the audience. He makes me
giggle, particularly when he makes quips about shitty Soundgarden. We
also caught some of devotchka, who just didn't do it for me. They put
on a neato stage show with girls climbing up fabric, but otherwise it
was just too jam band rific for me.

We saw a bit of 120 Days and they were good, too...

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Mgmt

I am digging these guys. Good music, fun...very much about anthems
with subject matter that shouldn't mean much to me, now solidly in my
thirties. And yet, it is refereshing and surprisingly uplifting.

Day two...

Hot as hell. We got here early to catch Mick Jones' new band, called
carbon/silcon. Good stuff. Better than I think he deserves to be at
this age. He can still play, surprisingly.

She said, he said...

Me: you guys were so great, I nearly came!
Him: My pleasure.....

Cut copy was doing a signing so I had them autograph a cd for me. Nice
fellows.

Jack johnson makes me...

Gag. Seriously. There are at least four stages between the two of us,
and jack is still making bile rise in the back of my throat....

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The verve made me cry...

Because they were so brilliant. Perfect song selection, it was almost
as good as Jesus and Mary Chain last year.

Shredded wheat

Ok, as I was waiting doe goldfrapp's set, I noticed they really like
shredded wheat. Their backdrop is like three, giant sized pieces of
the delicious cereal favorite. Now I am suddenly hungry...

Dan deacon

The guy is amazing. He plays his set amongst the crowd. Funny, smrr
elctronica. Plus, the gobi tent is muggy, but cooler than the
blistering sun. Hooray!

Battles at coachella

Ok, so granted u can barely see it, but we caught a few minutes of
battles. They rocked. Yay. I am hot.

Peeing

The only problem with being the only girl is that I must endure the
line for the bathroom all by myself. This blows.

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Filter pre-party

My new favorite drink? The atomic jerry! It is vodka, sugar free red
bull and some sort of grapefruit izze. Delicious, intoxicating and
wonderful. In my drunken state, I can only say that this coachella is
going to be the best. Ever.

Viva coachella!

The lights...

As we came over the hill, off on the left we saw a slew of spotlights
shining from the empire polo fields. Only one word can describe
it....beautiful. Viva coachella! I cannot wait!

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