On the plane ride back from Coachella I was reading a book of poetry from Nikki Giovanni. She has been one of my favorite poets since I began reading poetry. I would say that one of the main reasons that I admire her so much is her courage. With the courage comes a sense of adventure....some I read from her stuck with me...."If you buy something and you go broke they can take it from. Buy yourself a trip or a hundred dollar meal and it's yours forever". After I read that quote I realized that I enjoyed reading Nikki more for our kinship. In other words, we think the same way.
My coachella trip was just as much about the journey itself, as much as it was about the music and other stuff (you can fill in the blanks here). It was about not knowing what to expect; not planning too much, being free; chillin out. You know....the hippy way. If the hippy way means chillin in a very nice house with a golf course view in a gated community. The spot was dope....or to quote Rueben, the very talkative, very friendly local who we found to taxi us around all weekend, "the spot was bomb"....I love learning new ebonics! Anyway, The homie Jig and I went to 3 days of Coachella and I wanted to recap the music and the fun of the days on this blog. So today's post is going to be about what transpired on day 1. To begin with the homie jig and I decided to go to Coachella after our friend (whom we met on Blip) Lordy told us that her and her friends were renting a house. They were gracious enough to allow two dudes they didn't know get in on the action. We arrived in Palm Desert on Thursday night and met the whole crew. Scott, Jen, Alisha, Alex and of course Lordy. Everyone was cool as fuck. Jen and Alisha had me cracking up as the had their talking Tom app saying shit like "What up bitch!!". So later on that night we were all discussing what acts we wanted to check out. I found out that Alex was a big Wu-Tang clan head, as I am too. They didn't play until Saturday tho. The homie Jig and I had a pretty specific plan with a lot of hip-hop on the schedule for day 1.
I woke up about 7am the next morning because I couldn't adjust to the Cali time....everyone else in the house was asleep as they were all used to it.....I was also so stoked that I couldn't sleep. I woke up and started drinking beer (that's what I do when I'm excited). Soon enough the house was up. The rest of the crew had been to Coachella before so they weren't in a hurry to get there. We ended up getting cabs to the venue at around 3:00pm. That kinda sucked because I missed Dam-Funk....but he played extra early. The Coachella grounds are just beautiful....palm trees everywhere, the iconic Ferris wheel, all the weirdo westcoastys....it was all love yo. The walk from the entrance to the grounds was brutal tho.....I'd say about a mile and a halfer....When we finally made it inside the fest, we immediately went to the beer garden; more on that later; 18 dollars and 2 beers later we arrived at the Alt J show. I had honestly never heard of them, but the rest of the group was stoked to see them. They were pretty good....like their name would suggest they were a little alt rock. It had me moving but I can't remember anything really specific. They did have a decent crowd and the crowd was feeling them. After that show Jen, Alisha, Scott and Lordy ventured out to a tent where some electro Djs were playing....I saw the line to get in there and I shot them the deuce. Jig, Alex and I went to see TNGHT. I have to admit that I'm not really into Dj sets, but these guys were bumping. The bass that they added into their set was deep and heavy....also, bye this time I was getting pretty full....Next, Alex wanted to see another DJ set. Their name was Modestep. I apologize for these very nondescript reviews but alot of this time is blurred in my mind because bye time we saw Modestep I was like a walking zombie, the heat, the boos....the whatever else, I had overindulged. The excitement of the event had gotten the best of me. This wasn't good because the people that I really wanted to see weren't until later on that night....so what did I do. Of course we went back to the beer garden for two more expensive ass brews!!! I downed them hoes and I was feeling good, so I thought. The next show on the list was one that the homie Jig was very excited to see; Modest Mouse. Right when that set started is when it happened.....I woke up sitting in gate with a cup of water in hand. the only thing going through my mind was "What the fuck did I do?" Apparently, I passed out and almost got kicked out for the weekend, cuz if they have to call the paramedics you can't come back son. Luckily Jig and Alex convinced them that i would be cool and I basically recovered...kinda. I was hazy and all I can remember from the rest of that set is that lead singer talked a hella lot....hella lot. I was walking slow and everything but I was starting to regain all my senses and shit. Good thing because up next was I group that i was waiting to see, Jurassic 5! Let me just start this off by saying the show was too dope. They played all their standards Concrete streets, quality control....when they dropped what's golden the crowd went bananas...it took me back to the times I saw them in the early 2000's in Dallas at Gypsy Tea Room. All the vocals were on point and the rhymes were tight. As usual Charlie Tuna rocked the mike to 10th degree. All three of us were into it. I remember thinking that this is what it is all about....crazy shit, good times, good friends and tunes, and that no one could ever take that memory from me, it was mine "forever".
-tshurn
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