[Coachella 2015]

How about that lineup, though? AC/DC and Steely Dan on the Friday?It *almost* makes me want to go again.

(a slight digression here: I *have* been to Coachella.Once. Several years ago. I went on Saturday. There were a lot of bands that I wanted to see.. but quite frankly, it's the kind of thing I can say I've done *once* and be happy with that. It's hot, it's out in the middle of the desert, there's a lot of walking involved(I had a blister by the end of the day. Also, we booked our hotel last minute so it was a bit of a drive from Coachella(which is in Indio) to the hotel but it was worth it.)

The prices are what keep me from going every year.That, and I really don't want to go all 3 days. This year,Sunday is the only day without any bands that I'm particularly interested in. There's a couple of bands(Belle and Sebastian who I've seen live..sort of..I had to leave the show early because I didn't have a ride home..it's a long story..)and Ride, the shoegazing band from the 90's.

(Digression numeros dos: Back in the early 90's I was a big fan of the Britpop/Shoegaze etc. bands from the U.K. I would devour anything I could about them from Melody Maker(r.i.p) and the NME. I was a Ride fan, and I bought pretty much everything they put out there for a while. They got a lot of play on Rodney Bingenheimer's show(he's always been a Anglophile, and played all of the latest  music from the UK, sometimes even before the record stores got it.)

Ride had a good erm, ride for a few years there.Then the shoegazing thing was not as big of a deal as it had been before.By I think, 1994 or so,they weren't as popular as they had been. I remember seeing them at the ballroom at UCSD and I always rate that show as one of the worst shows that I've gone to.

Ride broke up not long after that, I remember reading that in  the NME and not being a bit surprised. The band members were not very friendly at the time I met them and that could have had something to do with inter-band issues. Also, their support act had a really nice tour bus and Ride had..a church van. Yes, really.

(Digression numero tres: One of my favourite bands is Travis, from Scotland.They are the sweetest, loveliest guys you will ever meet. I have been spoiled for meeting other bands after meeting them.Seriously.)