The legend of Johnny Cupcake continues to build steam and momentum. The one-time entrepreneur of the year stopped through San Diego while I happened to be there. Of course I made the effort to see the shenanigans first had. What I saw was both mesmerizing and inspirational, imagine hundreds of crazed graphic t-shirt enthusiast lined up en mass to see a true maestro. Doors opened at 7pm at 5&A Dime (one of my favorite boutiques on the west coast) and people had begun lining up outside days earlier. I’m not one for lines so I grabbed a brew (or two or three…) across the street and waited out the line. I was told that Johnny would see everyone that came out no matter how long it took…evidence below.
That’s me (right) and the MENG! It was well past 11:00pm by the time I actually got to do the meet and greet, lets just say he was looking kinda tired, but he didn’t dissapoint…just look at that goofy as pose!
And so, I never got to see the infamous Sly Stone, quite frankly I’m only slightly upset by that. Can you blame me? That cheap focker had no intention of playing ontime…or close to it. But, that’s neither here nor there, what’s more important is I saw perhaps one of the great music legends of our generation directly following Phoenix, and approximately one hour after. I didn’t bother running around the polo grounds in an attempt to find another fashionista to photo capture; finding another show in that hour gap was not as important as scouting out a better location (word to the wise: you want the hear the music the best at a live show? Stand as near to the sound/mixing board as possible).
I’d go on and on about seeing Thom Yorke Live at Coachella 2010, but words don’t really do the experience justice–my words anyways–so I’ll let you peruse the ridiculously long video I took of Eraser and Analyse. Oh but before I forget, Thom played the entirety of the Eraser LP from start to finish along side super bassist Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame.
I have certain feelings about one Mr. Sly Stone that are less than flattering. On Sunday, the last day of Coachella, I was on my grizzly grind, shooting pictures of people and artists on a meticulously crafted schedule. The legendary Sly Stone was set to perform about thirty minutes or so before the start of the Phoenix show. My plan was to catch as much of Sly’s show before I made my over to see Phoenix.
Brief aside: I had a mentor in college who repeatedly expressed his frustration over lingering memories of the flakiest performer of all time, SLY STONE. I’m going to pick up the tempo a bit, I was chatting with nice dude about all things Coachella and music while patiently waiting for the appearance of Sly Stone. Sly’s band had already warmed up, I mean they were jamin for like five minutes…still no Sly and its about twenty some minutes after he’s supposed to have started. The conversation with said dude turns from “such and such was great did you see so and so?” to, “the last two times I’ve seen Sly he was hours late to the stage.”
Phoenix is due to perform in fucking minutes and still no Sly…his drummer approaches the stage to cheers, whistles, and applause: “Excuse me COACHELLA! HOW YOU FEELIN?? alright we feelin great. Okay Sly is not going to perform right now he’ll be back in a few hours.” HA! Sly eat me nuts I’m going to this here Phoenix show, go fuck yourself for messing with my schedule!
More Coachella 2010 updates all week! I have to say, this was one of the more entertaining shows I had the pleasure of seeing. Matt and Kim, the duo from Brooklyn, New York, really know how to turn a party out. It was a blazing hot afternoon, the shade provided by the tent only served to incubate the warmth generated from a million steaming fans jumping and wailing to Terror Squad’s Lean Back as Matt and Kim stepped on stage. They had me at hello, errr, “Where Brooklyn at?” and after that they could have recited beatnik poetry for all I cared the energy had all ready been delivered and it wasn’t coming down anytime soon. Blammo! enjoy!
Yes, plenty of good shows to attend, but amidst the hustle and bustle between shows I couldn’t help but be pleasantly distracted by what people were wearing. Most of us were simply trying to beat the desert heat–in an effort to conserve our energy (needed for going wacko and freakin-out to the tune of a gazillion amazing musicians)–still others played the part of desert fashionistas, with eccentrics and creatives thrown in for inspiration.
The idea didn’t really strike me until late in the day on Saturday, but I plan on making this a more frequent column on this here bloggy, ya dig? Without further adieu…
I’ve got soooo much media to upload and organize from my Coachella excursion. As you may well know Flying Lotus is one of my favorite artist right now (see “tag cloud”). I got the chance to catch his show at Coachella…two weeks ago now, and, needless to say it bassy, raucous, loud, and absolutely fucking amazing. That being said, with so many ridiculously good musicians jam-packed into one weekend, I don’t even think FlyLo was my favorite show. It should be said the homey Gaslamp Killer (Low End Theory resident DJ) shared the stage and enjoys a call out in the video from the maestro). Enjoy!
Feelin like a rockstar are we? I got your fix! Frankie B premium Denim launched a video lookbook for their Fall and Winter 2010 collection. Check it out. I”m debating on where or not I should post the pictures too (strapped for time). Check back later for those! ** Update- those pictures now follow the jump-off
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