<![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:09:14 EST Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:09:14 EST http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3853015 The lineup is by far the worst they've offered yet, but ultimately, this reminds me of people bitching about the last two Pitchfork Festivals. There's just this whole "Little Room" element to anything artistic that pisses off a certain contingent of people when it gets presented to a mass audience. Yeah, they could definitely do some work to tweak it in the right direction, but acting like it's fucking Woodstock '99 is rather ridiculous.

StuntKockSteeev

]]> 33:347324:c3853015 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:09:14 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3851423 water is $2!!! And last year they gave it free if you returned 10 bottles. Recycling in action!

Also, the Internet is tailor made for people to shit on stuff they either a) don't know anything about or b) don't know about, don't care about, but still seem super fired up about in, usually, very negative ways.

Because at the end of the day the 50k people at Coachella don't care whats written on the Internet while they have a great/horrible time. Neither do the tiny minority of douches there (which in comparison to other fests, the Coachella douches are such a smaller percentage of the overall crowd you hardly notice them).

Swankster

]]> 33:347324:c3851423 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:28:01 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3840162 @slowburn & @Dan Gibson: Really, I promise I'm not as elitist or grumpy as I'm letting on here. I'm not sure why I have such a crummy view of Coachella, and I can't imagine what possessed me to go off like that yesterday. Anyway, I hope that everyone who goes has a good time, and really, I hope that Portishead puts on a good show.

the rich girls are weeping

]]> 33:347324:c3840162 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:25:11 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3829022 @therichgirlsareweeping: The water's actually $3, but, hey, don't let the facts get in the way of your elitist rant!

As someone who's actually been to several Coachellas (and enjoyed them without chemical enhancement, go figure), I guess I can't argue with a picture you saw on flickr at some point, but my experience has largely been of people from all over who enjoy the bands on the bill. Of course, like any musical event, there are a number of burnouts and scenesters, but if you're contending there's some musical Utopia out there without those sorts, draw me a map on a cocktail napkin, and I'll head that direction. Yeah, the beer's too expensive, it's hot during the day (but remarkably cool at night), and, this year, the headliners suck, but I guess I don't understand the need to shit on what happens to be a fun weekend for 50,000 or so people who didn't happen to catch Geoff and Beth at Brixton back in the day.

Dan Gibson

]]> 33:347324:c3829022 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:19:26 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3826706 Heh. Uffie got final billing.

pwbk

]]> 33:347324:c3826706 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:56:09 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3826686 @therichgirlsareweeping: Ssssh. The grownups are talking.

slowburn

]]> 33:347324:c3826686 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:55:29 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3826358 @Dan Gibson: Please don't get uppity with me about your provincial lifestyle choice. I lived in "flyover country" for 98% of my life -- and I still think festivals are LAME. And really, don't get me started on how living in NYC isn't all it's chalked up to be, live music-wise. In that regard, after a year here -- Austin wins this category, hands down. But that's a whole other kettle of fish.

I'm not sure where you live, but I thought that most of the crowd for Coachella was people who are in LA or SF anyway -- or people who fly in from other parts of the country to "party." And, while I'm sure there are plenty of other virtuous people there from smaller cities attempting to get tons of bang for the buck -- I hate the party-with-your-balls out festival attitudes (OMG! Let's get wasted and act like idiots! We're at a MUSIC FESTIVAL!), I hate the desert, I hate overpriced shitty food (BTW, I'm sure you're right Superunison, but I'll never forget someone's flickr picture a few years back of a $20 Coachella meal that looked like ... offal) and $5 bottles of water, and I generally, every year, I find the Coachella bill to be crap. And I'll not apologize for that.

the rich girls are weeping

]]> 33:347324:c3826358 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:43:59 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3824566 @therichgirlsareweeping: The food is actually reasonably priced for large gathering type events of this sort.

Swankster

]]> 33:347324:c3824566 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:43:50 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3823994 Following in Roger Waters footsteps, Jack Johnson will be performing his score to Curious George in it's entirety.

PontiusPirate

]]> 33:347324:c3823994 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:21:28 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3823913 @Seth: Kylie is this year's Madge if you believe the rumors. but Portishead (this after like five years of news they're going to be there) and Kraftwerk? not too shabby. good thing Jack Johnson's on friday. that will get your high going to ease you into the rest of the weekend.
what i really want to is how they're going to get Danny Tenaglia to just perform for under an hour. i pray that he gets to spin somewhere else until tuesday morning.

el smrtmnky

]]> 33:347324:c3823913 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:18:25 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3823489 i had a blast in 2005 when i went solely to catch my all-time fave band New Order play.. there is no real GOTCHA band for me in this lineup. there are a lot of cool groups in the 3rd tier, but nothing worth the trip across the country to see. i'll catch them when they pass through on their own club/bar tours.

the problem now is the resurgence of festivals they are diluting each other.

rainmkr

]]> 33:347324:c3823489 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:59:53 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3822239 @therichgirlsareweeping: Repeat after me: Coachella is a big deal for those who don't have the ability to see these bands on a regular basis. As much as I'd love to jetset off to see shows in NY or LA whenever the mood strikes, if I want to see two-thirds of these bands at all this year, Coachella (or a similar festival) is the best option.

Nothing personal, but that sort of "let them eat cake" attitude is why people in fly-over country hate you big city types sometimes.

Dan Gibson

]]> 33:347324:c3822239 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:09:15 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3821804 Same shit, different year. I mean, I've never understood why Coachella was such a big deal anyway -- repeat after me: sweltering temps and overpriced "food" just add insult to injury, really. And seriously, anyone not convinced that the headliners don't indicate some kind of serious shark-jumping for festivals in general needs to wake the fuck up.

And, not to be a total stick-in-the mud, but I saw Portishead at Brixton Academy in like, 1997 -- it was a phenomenal experience, and I absolutely will NOT sully that memory by queuing up for an hypothetical east coast reunion show unless they've got a REALLY strong new album to go with.

the rich girls are weeping

]]> 33:347324:c3821804 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:48:43 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3821398 also, lol @ people bellyaching that a mash-up DJ should be on the big stage.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:347324:c3821398 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:29:27 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3821224 It's all about Portishead, The Verve, Kraftwerk, MIA and Madness for me.

Sorry Roger, I'm sure Dark Side@Coachella will be one hell of an experience but you should have reunited again with the rest of Floyd for this.

Benovite

]]> 33:347324:c3821224 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:20:54 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3821125 Jack Johnson is as popular and as corny as most of the acts on this bill, he's just popular and corny in a different, less hip way.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:347324:c3821125 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:17:08 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3821019 I don't know...there are still plenty of bands here I would love to see, but in the middle of the desert? Madness makes me kinda happy. I just don't see me ever being that excited with festivals like this.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:347324:c3821019 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:11:53 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3820042 I prefer the fake line-up last week. Can we do that one? Please?

Kraftwerk are always beyond excellent, but Kraftwerk & Kylie would be stunning.

itmustbeken

]]> 33:347324:c3820042 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:16:14 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3819774 @Oldboy: Jack Johnson is the Jimmy Buffett of Gen-Y.

haha, I made this exact comparison on ILM! It makes sense that he's headlining a show in SoCal of this level.

Will happily catch Portishead and Verve on their follow-ups. (And they WILL follow up, I think.)

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:347324:c3819774 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:55:45 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3819203 am I the only one who is hearing the name Jack Johnson for the first time?

dog door

]]> 33:347324:c3819203 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:04:24 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3818811 Jack Johnson is the Jimmy Buffett of Gen-Y. Jesus, I thought Led Zep was touring this year.

Oldboy

]]> 33:347324:c3818811 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:32:09 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3818152 Portishead. I am pleased.

The HZA.

]]> 33:347324:c3818152 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:28:46 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3817974 The most disappointing thing is that past headliners could fill arenas, and this year's headliners could barely fill mid-sized concert halls. Roger Waters does "Dark Side of The Moon" all the time, I don't see the appeal of it happening in the desert, outside of the drug set. I think Jack Johnson has the biggest draw, but I don't think he could outsell Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, or any number of the headliners in year's past.

The fix is in! Goldenvoice wants you to save your money and go to All Points West instead!

Cos

]]> 33:347324:c3817974 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:43:24 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3817633 @michaelpop:

Agreed. How? What? Why? Did I miss the memo? Seriously? Jack Johnson has graduated from good mid-level outfielder into high wattage designated hitter (sorry, Deadspin). Wha? When? I am dumbfounded.

Bonnaroo? Maybe. (If Panic and DMB aren't playing) Coachella? Huh?

ShylaSmith

]]> 33:347324:c3817633 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:32:25 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3817612 I've been a bit of a Coachella apologist, but I'm canceling my hotel reservation for that weekend and buying a new TV with the money I was going to spend.

Dan Gibson

]]> 33:347324:c3817612 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:28:03 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3817527 So, it's CMJ in California, but with Jack Johnson? I wouldn't go to day 2 of this if you paid me. Roger Waters is maniacal, scary even. Gilmour would do better. Let's hope for better on the Atlantic coast.

GhostOfDuane

]]> 33:347324:c3817527 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:11:46 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3816838 @mlackey: Oh, wait. Are we passed making fun of Black Kids hype? Sorry.

mlackey

]]> 33:347324:c3816838 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:48:27 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3816822 Ooooh! Black Kids!!

mlackey

]]> 33:347324:c3816822 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:46:32 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3816442 If you go a single day go Saturday. Drive out there. Watch Grand Ole Party. Drive home. There are other worthwhile acts but catch them on their own tour. This line-up is heartbreaking.

justinduane

]]> 33:347324:c3816442 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:05:23 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815974 @science vs romance: Let's hope the organizers arranged to have Diplo and MIA's tour buses parked on opposite sides of the lot.

There are some very good acts in the fine print here, and both Kraftwerk and Portishead should be exciting, but Roger Waters and Jack Johnson are just.not.acceptable. They're casting a pall over the whole event.

slowburn

]]> 33:347324:c3815974 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:29:23 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815799 I'm too depressed to make a "Wilco wuz robbed" joke [you just made it, liar!!! -- Eds.], but I might've paid $$$ to see this bill, but the Roger-Waters-is-headlining news is just too-much-more depressing, so I guess I'll just stay home.

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:347324:c3815799 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:15:20 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815798 Jack Johnson also headling All Points West

strapsy

]]> 33:347324:c3815798 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:15:18 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815788 Wow, and Rogue Wave is fourth to last, too.

dollywould

]]> 33:347324:c3815788 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:14:11 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815663 the lineup is decent, but it hurts my soul a lot to see Jack Johnson's name set in a point size that's readable from space while I need to get out a magnifying glass to decipher that Diplo is on the poster.

science vs romance

]]> 33:347324:c3815663 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:04:41 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815632 @michaelpop: Ugh. I don't get the Jack Johnson love. He bores the shit out of me.

dollywould

]]> 33:347324:c3815632 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:02:13 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815598 Maybe Madonna will be a late add?

Seth

]]> 33:347324:c3815598 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:59:40 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815560 @michaelpop: You were definitely not the only person to notice that. This is the weakest lineup in a while, although I would love to see Portishead.

dana danger

]]> 33:347324:c3815560 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:57:19 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815543 @michaelpop: First thing I noticed, too.

On another note, Shout Out Louds get third to last billing?

gorillavsmarykate

]]> 33:347324:c3815543 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:55:59 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815285 Am I the only person who notices Jack Johnson's name in 128pt font headlining the first day? Repeat with me: Jack Johnson, headliner. I hear the words coming out of my mouth but they don't make any sense.

michaelpop

]]> 33:347324:c3815285 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:38:12 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815110 Actually, I saw Roger Waters do "Dark Side of the Moon" last year here in the Twin Cities and it was spectacular. (Even the first, non-"Dark Side" half of the show was pretty great -- EVEN his solo songs!)

Also, I'm a little surprised Love and Rockets is doing a reunion show. I interviewed Daniel Ash during the last Bauhaus tour and asked him about L&R. He was super dismissive about them ever doing anything together again. A musician would lie? To a journalist? Really?

raihala

]]> 33:347324:c3815110 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:25:08 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3815094 I only want to see maybe a third of the line-up...not worth it. Also seconding the motion that Portishead play more stateside shows.

Dick Laurent is dead.

]]> 33:347324:c3815094 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:23:56 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3814925 Come back...Julietta Venegas...come back.

mothrafairy

]]> 33:347324:c3814925 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:10:39 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3814549 The rest of that list makes me feel old.

dollywould

]]> 33:347324:c3814549 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:24:31 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3814471 Well, I'm very happy my best friend rented a house with a pool...

pettyhooker

]]> 33:347324:c3814471 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:14:29 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3814410 anndd... grand ole party!!! the spanish language radio station that broadcasted the press conference went over the poster handout aftewards and added some names...

catdirt

]]> 33:347324:c3814410 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:06:13 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3814327 How on earth did I miss The Verve reuniting?

And the Breeders, wowza.

dollywould

]]> 33:347324:c3814327 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:57:23 EST <![CDATA[Coachella Lineup Announced: Prepare Yourself For The Anticlimax]]> http://idolator.com/347324/coachella-lineup-announced-prepare-yourself-for-the-anticlimax#c3814293 I hope that Portishead only play Coachella just to spite you NYC types.

Nothing personal, Maura, obvs.

Dan Gibson

]]> 33:347324:c3814293 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:53:54 EST