The Rolling Stones play a surprise gig Saturday at Echoplex in Los Angeles. (Luis Soto, The Rolling Stones via AP)
Yep, you read that right. Echoplex. Continue Reading
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George Jones died Friday as artists prepared to open the Stagecoach country music festival in Indio. Here’s what Stagecoach 2013 artists are saying about “Possum”: Continue Reading
Whether you loved or hated the art at Coachella 2013 — the giant snail, mechanical praying mantis, ever-changing shade structure and high-flying balloons — I think we can all agree that nothing quite approached the weirdness of giant, inflatable dog poo.
That’s one of the blow-up artworks staking out the future home of Hong Kong’s museum for visual culture: Continue Reading
DJ Alf Alpha performs at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs on March 30, 2013. (Wade Byars, The Desert Sun)
Alf Alpha is set to perform at the artists’ reception for the annual COD student scholarship exhibition, which also serves as the closing reception for the Desertscapes exhibit. Continue Reading
Have you heard of Coachella acts Dr. Schlomo and the GI Clinic, The Obesity Epidemic and The Chelsea Clintons?
If so, you or someone you know may have been fooled by “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Continue Reading
Fans raise their arms as Eric Prydz performs Sunday at Coachella. (Brian Indrelunas, The Desert Sun)
The closest I came to hearing Eric Prydz‘s “Call On Me” performed this month was when a poolside DJ at the Ace Hotel played “Valerie” by Steve Winwood — despite the fact that I was at Prydz’s Coachella set from the beginning to the bittersweet end Sunday. Continue Reading
Grimes performs Sunday, April 21, in the Gobi tent during Coachella 2013 Weekend 2. (Brian Indrelunas, The Desert Sun)
Don’t get me wrong; I enjoyed Grimes’ music. I just wasn’t ready for it this afternoon.
I’m into the deep instrumentation and sweet, often ethereal, vocals the artist otherwise known as Claire Boucher brought to Coachella, but that’s the kind of thing I like to listen to after the sun sets. Continue Reading
Just three weeks ago, horses trod where a giant snail now inches along.
Having seen the Empire Polo Club during Sunday polo matches makes Coachella seem a little less vast than when I first set foot on the grounds for the music festival three years ago, but the scope of the transformation never ceases to amaze me: Continue Reading
The Sahara tent is where I plan to wrap up my Coachella. (Brian Indrelunas, The Desert Sun)
Here’s what’s on my agenda today: Continue Reading
(Brian Indrelunas, The Desert Sun)
The $2 disposable bottles on sale at the festival probably won’t break the bank, but if you’re down with tap water, using the water refill station can save you some cash — and save a little piece of the environment too, I suppose.
I finally found the faucets Saturday night, tucked between the Yuma tent and the bathrooms, although as soon as I posted a photo to Instagram, I saw the refill station is also a Foursquare location that I could’ve looked up in that app. Better late than dehydrated, eh?
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