Chkchkchk were really really good. I had low expectations because of the sound being pretty bad at Animal Collective (that low end vibration that the whole stage area does drives me insane) but they somehow had great sound. They have really taken it to another level as a band. They're seasoned pros. I like the dual frontman aspect with John Pugh and Nic. The highlight was when these three highschool marching band drummer kids from the area who played on the record got up and did percussion on a song and they were so stoked! It was a total Tusk moment. Speaking of Tusk, have you given it a listen lately? Listen again to Tusk for the first time. I heard that a friend has a theory that Fleetwood Mac and one other band (the name escapes me right now, maybe he'll post it) invented the 80s and I'd like to make a case that Homzee's aunt and uncle had a big hand in inventing the 80s too. They had the design firm that designed the packaging for Tusk, which has some of the weirdest packaging ever. There's a lot going on in there. Woah, I was just looking for stuff about their design firm (Vigon Nahas Vigon) online and I found a Tusk paperback? What is it, the novelization of the album? As you can see here, they won a grammy for the packaging in '80. Oh, and guess who designed Tom Petty's logo?
That leads me to musing about style, and I have heard a report that the new east coast style is New Rave (this is probably not that new, just new to me). This involves a lot of oversized neon and tight pants, all rounded out with neon nike airs. And skater type cuts, right? And this is the look for dudes, I don't know if it's the same for ladies. Intriguing. I myself will not be wearing any neon but I guess I should never say never. It's amazing how something that I thought looked like crap will start to look good to me if I see other people wearing it in a good way. The style report from Coachella via Brew was: short shorts with suspenders (a la Lohan) and that the Cobrasnake girl was just wearing facepaint and a one piece bathing suit? Sweet. She also related a story whereby har mar was trying to get Giovanni Ribisi to get them backstage at the Chili Peppers. Think about THAT for a minute.
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If I had to say what the #1 most popular fashion statement at Coachella seemed to be, I would definately say:
Shirt with no pants.
Baby, that ain't a dress, and we all know it.
Willy watched a young thing, so attired, go up to Vincent Gallo (whom Willy described as being dressed like a pervy 1970's grandpa) and try to chat him up.
I've never seen so many almost naked white kids in all my life.
-Ella
yeah, short shorts are it for sure. that's why me and fergie are working on our fitness (jk i'm not wearing them).
You and Fergs don't need to be working on your fitness (I'm your witness). There were THOUSANDS of people there who were not wearing any pants with their long-ish shirts who really needed to be up in the proverbial gym! Oh the skank! My eyes!!! Arrrgh!!!
I though it was funny when I saw two girls just quietly sitting next to us, taking photos of this supremely skanky girl who was about 6 feet tall, 100 lbs, wearing a dirty, stretched out (crotchal / buttoxal areas flapping) kid's onesie. At least she was wearing underwear under her kid's underwear. OH, and a pink baseball cap.
-Ella
could i unite the styles of both coasts by wearing neon diapers with suspenders?
these comments are hilarious in light of the New York Times story headline (re: the festival).
"A Rock Festival Whose Hallmark Is Taste"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/arts/music/01coac.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Unite them! As long as you were also wearing some rainbow face paint, a giant gold early hip hop-esque chain and were dancing across a field somewhere.
Oh god, the prancing! So much frolicing! It was like watching footage of the haight in 69, where you are kinda wondering, "gosh, did people really skip around prancing like that, with flowers in their hair, telling strangers that they love them?" I guess that stuff was real, and somewhere a wasted UC Riverside freshman is still doing it, and not wearing any pants.
At this one point, me and W got trompled by this pack of kids frolicing past at high speed. They were skipping and twirling and acting all magical, waving their hands in the air and they were SUCH DORKS! I felt bad that I witnessed it, bad for them, 'cause one of them gave us a look like he knew, that we knew, and he was going to be feeling the pain of that moment for years to come.
-EC
i love jim reid's line in that article! and kiedis' look!
oh my god, jarvis looks so good! i guess he can never ever look bad.
From the LA Times yesterday:
"Bicoastal party band !!! captured this unifying spirit most charmingly, blending punk's spastic aggressiveness with disco's sexy posing. Vocalist Nic Offer recalled a would-be Will Ferrell with his corny poses and ridiculous swim trunks, but his fervor outshone his goofiness."
-ec
check this picture
http://www.thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/hotcoachella/IMG_0945.html
and here with the face paint! she does look pretty cute
http://www.thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/cornflakes/IMG_0252.html
and this one with kelly osbourne! i like that you guys celebrity sighting ran the full gamut of blist celebs from danny masterton to kelly osbourne
http://www.thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/teargas/IMG_9664.html
but you didn't see tara reid, right?
http://www.thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/teargas/IMG_9728.html
Nope, and we didn't see Paris Hilton either, but she was there too. The golf cart road backstage was crazy. We didn't get to drive our own, like those fancy people did. Trying to see all the people inside the other carts wizzing by was fun, because it was like "oh there's Ian MacKaye and was that the guy from the Clash? There's Gorman."
-ec
Jarvis was AMAZING on Saturday night. Dancing, ruling, telling dumb jokes, pretty much living up to every jarv-fantasy of mine.
-Summer
OK, I can't let this thread sneak by without saying WHEN THE FUCK DID PEOPLE START CARING ABOUT FLEETWOOD MAC AGAIN? Jesus h christ, they are one of the total shit bands of all time. absolutely overthunk coke-flavored crap. the Mac is one of only about three bands ever that made Mitch Miller sound good in comparison. Rhiannon, my ass.
was there ever a time when people STOPPED caring about fleetwood mac? i hope not.
>was there ever a time when people >STOPPED caring about fleetwood >mac? i hope not.
A whole golden mac-less era, from about 1990 - 2004. i'm tearing up just thinking of it...
They're no Herman's Hermits, that's for sure.
-miller
what about those of us who cared about the mac a long time ago and then were embarrassed about caring and now care again? does that mean i'm even worse than the people who newly care?
omf, i'm not sure you can de fleetwood-mac me at this point but i'm open to hearing your gripes against them.
another thing. not like i want to dress how i dressed in the early/mid 90s all over again. but, there's something to be said for how modest it was. you know? i didn't show off my skinny ass legs back then or wear super tight clothes. sometimes i regret that cuz now i'd look so effing dumb in them. but, still, at least photos of me at age 20 - 21 are more about what's above the belt and less about my baggy-ass pants.
ok, also, is the pants-less look kinda like a porky pig look? or is it a new breed of no-pants? i really wish i had an image to look at to clarify.
look at those cobrasnake pictures i "linked" to
i'm seeing a long ass shirt posing as a dress and some chicks in hot pants. neither one is very appetizing.
Re: omf, Fleetwood Mac.
Though there is obviously some Vinn diagram-like overlap between Fleetwood Mac and the "cocaine sound" that sent rock into rehab in the 1970s (e.g., the Eagles, "Gold Dust Woman"), it seems to me that they sometimes transcended their milieu. The bass work on Rumours is quite inspiring.
Fleetwood Mac just seems the epitomy of indulgent self-importance that characterised that era. Everthing from the songwriting to the production seems bloated to me. Plus it sure seems like they were spoiled rich assholes. maybe that's just my lefty bias coming out...
So you're not a good lefty if you like fleetwood mac? I am not overly fond of the rich to put it mildly but the world needs rich rockstars because they do funny things with their money like buy hovercrafts.
you Dem loosers ned to take your meds lol.
-miller
Please Please PLEASE tell me that somebody in the mac owns a hovercraft...
ha! no, the owner of the hovercraft was a man that i'd dare say you probably have some affection for, one mr. KEITH MOON!
naw, my affection for mr. moon (along with the rest of the who) ceases circa 1967. After that it's just too depressing to watch the spirals.
But, i do have to give him credit for buying a hovercraft... THAT wouldn't have sunk when he drove it into the pool.
This comment could either be on my feelings on youth fashion (dump it!)
or my feelings on Fleetwood Mac (bump it!)
Both would show how set in my ways I am and how much like a 55 year old woman I sound. (bump it?)
I will spare you.
-Natalie
Don't bag on my favorite scarf-twirling-cocaine-produced-septum-having-practitioner of-wicca. When Dave Smif and I were getting the '74 VW Thing serviced in Tuscon, who's orange VW Thing also happened to be in the same shop? Why, Stevie Nicks' witch-mobile of course!
Pres,
SASSF
^ ^ ^
Make that "cocaine-produced-hole-in-the-nasal-septum-having" blah blah blah.
Pres,
SASSF
Keith Moon only owned a hovercraft so he could run over people without killing them. And the only good thing about Fleetwood Mac was that they inspired the creation of the Schlong "Tumours" 7".
"Good thing" and "Schlong" should never appear together in the same sentence.
-- Patrone
PS - "Monday Morning" fucking rules.
Right on Patrone! It's 2007, maybe we can all be punk enough to enjoy the Mac...who knows maybe even the Beatles. Whatever they represented in the 70's is not as important as the sick ass music they produced. And really one can't fault those beards..exellent!
AND....guess who picked 'Rumors' as the greatest album of all time? A little guy I like to call...IKE TURNER!!!!
-- Patrone
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