{"id":1960,"date":"2008-04-30T11:02:44","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T19:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2008-05-05T08:58:50","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T16:58:50","slug":"swarm-rocks-coachella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2008\/04\/30\/swarm-rocks-coachella\/","title":{"rendered":"SWARM Rocks Coachella"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got back from Coachella<\/a> Monday morning. The weekend was tremendous fun.<\/p>\n

High-points:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kraftwerk – I’ve heard bits of their music for years but their super-low-key on-stage performance was enthralling.<\/p>\n

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Prince – He’s an incredibly talented guitarist, an incredible singer, terrific on the piano, an incredible showman and choreographer, a fantastic songwriter, and incredibly expressive and sexy on the largest stage. He even transposes cover songs to be his own phenomenally. (and I’ve had a crush on Sheila E since like 1988)<\/p>\n

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\"brett-dennen\"<\/a>Brett Dennen – If she is on my top 3, I obviously don’t belong at Coachella but a folk festival. She should headline one.<\/p>\n

Walking around with an orb following me – Marcus drove the orb while I interacted with people interacting with the orb. This one lady kept asking how they worked and I strung her along until she demanded “I am an Electrical Engineer. Tell me how it knows where it’s going!” She was crushed when I told her it was remote controlled though I tried to console her with our plans of full autonomy. I also thoroughly enjoyed driving the orb while Marcus played with people.<\/p>\n

\"serge\"<\/a>Serge Tankian’s performance was fun if inaudibly loud, standing about 5 rows back with Marcus.<\/p>\n

Fatboy Slim is such a presenter, I loved the first several minutes of the show. Then he turned the bass to 11 and I couldn’t bear staying in my spot 250 yards from the stage :-(<\/p>\n

Low-points:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roger Waters – The music sounded too similar to how it did 20 years ago, I’m not a fan of stagnancy or living on your laurels. And I have to admit Floyd reminds me of some difficult times in my life. His new song “Leaving Beirut<\/a>” was…. it wasn’t a song but a 4 page high-school essay on what he did on his summer vacation. And he read it as such. Apparently, Pink Floyd’s members make better music together than apart.<\/p>\n

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