Coachella Day Two - April 21, 2012

Me looking back (not in anger).

Feeling hot hot hot! So day two - it's still hot as hell, but we expect it now so we're coping. Still no caesars for breakfast though ha. Sure, there's a little guilt for neglecting the 60 of vodka we bought for 20 BUCKS but we've gotta be responsible irresponsible adults sometimes. I'm pumped for today. PUMPED! On my must see list are the likes of Manchester Orchestra, Noel Gallagher, Kaiser Cheifs, Jeff Mangum, The Shins, Bon Iver and Radiohead. Yeah, that's right, Radiohead. But more about that later....Now I don't want to spend too much time bragging about this day. I mean, anyone who knows me can probably guess just how special this day was to me. Halfway into the day I lose my friends, never to find them again until the end of the night. This might sound bad, but looking back - I don't think I would have it any other way. Of course, sharing this amazing day with friends would have been top notch, and being alone made me long for the love of my life more than any other time on this trip - however, he was there with me in my heart and I know he knew how important every moment of that day was to me. Also, I was surrounded by thousands of people who were just as full of love for music as I was - so I was not lonely. Watching and hearing Noel Gallagher sing Don't Look Back in Anger was something I could only dream would happen - and it did. You could have turned the heat up to 50 degrees and I wouldn't have noticed - thanks Noel Gallagher for that. Hearing In The Aeroplane Over the Sea - one of my all-time favorite songs live was perfection - thanks Jeff Mangum. I must have looked like a crazy person walking around alone with a shit eating grin on my face the entire day. 
 "You ain't never gonna burn my heart out" 'Don't Look Back in Anger' -Oasis

Just a few thousand kindred spirits. 

Mind you - everyone there had that same grin really. The Shins covered Crosby Stills Nash and Young's 'Helpless', and my heart sang along. Everyone swayed together - hearing these classics in a new light always made me smile straight from my heart. Skinny Love by Bon Iver - another favorite - surrounded by thousands of others who also know all the words. Beautiful. And then....the moment I've been waiting for for as long as I can remember. Tom Yorke. Radiohead. Finally. DID YOU HEAR RADIOHEAD MIGHT BE TOURING IN CANADA?! Every song was a work of art that resonated beautifully and then glided effortlessly into the beginning of the next. Everyone listened graciously, harmoniously. Tom Yorke danced madly around the stage engaging everyone in the audience. Entranced, my body moved with every beat, my smile widened, occasionally tears moistened my cheeks. 'Weird Fishes' took me to a whole nother level. This is a song that had never really stood out to me before this day. But the melody and lyrics to this song entered my ears, made their way lovingly through my heart, and landed at the core of my soul where they remain today. Thank you. Every song was done perfectly imperfectly. Karma Police sounds so much better when sang by thousands of people in unison - who knew. The set wasn't long enough - are they ever? Everyone agreed so we were blessed with an encore. "This is off In Rainbows" brought us into 'House of Cards'. Thank you thank you. And then 'Reckoner'. Thank you thank you thank you. And then 'Bodysnatchers'. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. What a show. I was euphoric. What a perfect day. This could not get any better.....except that actually it could...a second encore? Wow. What's better than euphoria? Tom Yorke singing 'Exit Music for a Film' right before your eyes is better than euphoria. And then hearing 'Paranoid Android'. I may spontaneously combust. I can now die happy. I glide home with the masses, reunite with my friends at camp, and drift asleep peacefully after the most perfect of days. 
"Everybody leaves, if they get their chance to leave. And this is my chance"  'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi' - Radiohead