Manny's Blog of Awesomeness

I’ve been meaning to post about this but I guess I’ve been so mad about it, I forgot.  Coachella is only selling 3 day passes this year.  There are no one day tickets.  So If I want to go to only Day 3 to see Pavement and Gorillaz, I have to pay $269 freaking dollars.  That is insane.  I really hope this new venture will fail miserably, but I know it won’t because concerts are no longer for actual music fans, they are for rich people who don’t even care what show they are going to.  I have seen more evidence to this fact when I do actually make it out to a show and I see more and more people talking and not even paying attention to the set, getting completely drunk so they won’t even remember the show, and other ridiculous displays of non-cool show behavior.  I am aware I probably sound like an old man ranting about this, but I really don’t care.  Live Nation and the big promoters are ruining live music as we know it.  I guess I’ll stick to the small local shows, but I really do miss the big concerts.  Perhaps if the fans stop handing these crooks their money by the bushel they would be forced to change.  One can dream.

Dudes, I am not a beach ball!

So the lineup for Coachella is starting to shape up and I am beginning to think I might brave the sweaty masses of humans this time around.  I haven’t been to Coachella since 2004 and that was pretty insane.  I nearly lost a chunk of my fin during The Pixies and someone thought I was an inflatable toy during The Flaming Lips.  But Devo is confirmed as well as Muse and Phoenix and if even a third of the “Heavily Rumored” bands show up, I will be in heaven.  If Pavement is there I will go no matter what.  Wowee Zowee indeed.