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Tiny Coachella photo diary

Highlights: Refused, The Black Keys, Azealia Banks, Tupac hologram during Snoop and Dre’s set, friends from school, friends from home, friends of friends who are now your friends, old friends, sun, churros, dancing, moshing, laugh attacks, band reunions (hello, At the Drive-In!), Florence’s voice (of Florence and the Machine), big pillows, free rental car upgrades

Lowlights: N/A (maybe the rain on Friday but that’s it)

COACHELLA - Where to start? Three days of playing in a desert wonderland. As Dangerous said, “Keep turning around, because any direction you look, 360 degrees, there’s something awesome to look at.” I have to admit that coming back to reality - and crashing straight back into intensive schoolwark - was jarring and painful. In pictures above please observe my homemade vest and headband. The skull shirt is this sheer long thing that I got for 10 cents in China about 4 years ago, fit terribly, and that I have always packed with me wherever I go because I truly believed it had potential. Well, there you fucking go. All I had to do was slice it. 

My personal favorites were The Chemical Brothers, Arcade Fire (halfway through their set this large black rectangle was hoisted over the stage and hovered there for a few more songs, leading me to think that it might be accidentally dropped on the crowd in some sort of freak accident, but it turned out to be full of giant color-changing beach balls which were dropped on the audience. Also, they closed with Sprawl II, my favorite song), Death From Above 1979, Duck Sauce, and Trentemoller. The tempeh sandwiches from the vegetarian food booths were also to die for. And it doesn’t hurt that all of our friends are super rad, making for a weekend truly full of good vibes..

PS - H&M’s eco-conscious free water refilling tent was truly a lifesaver. Thank you guys.

Things I made last night. Vest is from Meggles, Ghostbusters patch is from New Orleans Comic Con when I went with Beezy, and then fabric paint and old makeup brushes did the rest. Headband is from target and studs are from eBay. It was tricky to make the studs stand erect (ha) but astronaut glue did the trick. It also made the metal on the studs white-hot. Frightening chemical reaction.

Better pics later! :)

I’m leaving New Orleans at 3:05 pm on Friday and landing at John Wayne airport at 7:30 PM. John’s lovely parents are going to leave his vehicle at the airport for me. I’m going to hop in it and drive straight to Coachella. Poll: Do you think I can catch the Chemical Brothers?