Coachella Music and Arts Festival 2009

I love going to concerts and seeing live music, and this past weekend I drove out to Indio, CA, aka the middle of nowhere, for an unbeatable festival experience. I am getting chills just thinking about the amazing acts that I got to see live and to top it off, the venue was surprisingly quaint. I was only about 30 feet away from Airborne Toxic Event and the Ting Tings and a couple hundred away from Sir Paul McCartney (the reason I have always loved the bassist more than the lead guitarist), who is, let's face it, a legend!

Sadly I was only able to make it for Friday, but next year I am vowing to attend the entire thing, and definitely NOT drive home that same night, or should I say morning. . . we left Thousand Oaks for Coachella (180 ish miles away) at 10 am on Friday and got back at 6 am on Saturday, pretty intense, but DEFINITELY worth the exhaustion I am still feeling.

Here are some choice vids from the festival . . .

Paul McCartney


This song is one of my all time favorite Beatles tunes, simply amazing. I didn't know what to expect because I haven't been totally up on all Paul's new stuff, but the man ROCKS even in his 60's!

The Airborne Toxic Event


The violinist and lead singer were adorable, this band was so appreciative to be at the festival and it was fun see how much they enjoyed performing, definitely a highlight of my day.

The Ting Tings


This was really cool to watch also, we got super close to the stage. I love the singer's outfit and accent, she was great fun. She knocked over the drum during the last song and got on top of it to finish singing, classic rock star move!

The only downside was that with the number of awesome acts and the time we had to run from stage to stage it's just not possible to see them all. A little disappointing, but what we did see was freaking amazing!

Coachella 2010 here I come!

I Heart the Keytar!

New Favorite Band

Noah and the Whale





To see more videos and hear more songs visit the website:

http://www.noahandthewhale.com/index2.html

Never Too Late

So it's been months, but . . . I really think we were onto something with our goat cheese pizza/limoncello/wine inspired colloquy.

So here it is, "The List," a place where we can write down all the music, movies, books, thoughts, quotes, etc. that we feel MUST be shared.

Now, if only we could find the original sheet of paper that started it all . . .