Coachella Fest
This is our zine on Coachella, the annual music festival that takes place on an immaculately groomed polo field outside Indio, California. Here you’ll find “live” updates from the show along with interviews and behind the scenes coverage... [more]
This is our zine on Coachella, the annual music festival that takes place on an immaculately groomed polo field outside Indio, California. Here you’ll find “live” updates from the show along with interviews and behind the scenes coverage of Coachella 2008.
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With four to five bands playing at any given time, all you do is accept the fact that you can’t see everything and just pick your knee-jerk favorite acts and go. It’s helpful, if you don’t know a group, to pull up a couple YouTube videos of them so you can make a more informed plan. It also helps if your pals with the show’s organizers and they can give you guidance (not to mention all access passes). Here are some pictures and videos from day one. The overall mood of the festival on...
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All rumors of attendance being down from last year were dashed as droves of music fans flocked from all corners of the world to see, or course, Prince. I’ve been to every Coachella but one and today’s attendance is, by far, the most I’ve seen at an event. In 2007, Coachella sold 62,212 tickets which puts attendance around 180,000 over the course of three days. Seemed like there were that many people on site Saturday alone. In a word: Madness. In the celebrity-friendly VIP drinking area...
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Gogol Bordello, the part Ukrainian, party New York gypsy punk band set things off at sunset on the main stage with a bang. If you haven’t heard this band, they’re like the Clash but with a fiddle and an accordion, and singing in broken English. Sometimes you feel like they’re going to go into a metal song, then a funk song then something else unexplainable, but it’s always this manic gypsy-themed sound that makes you want to drink vodka and break something. They were the highlight of the...
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Wearing white pants and a loose white shirt with glittery fringes, Prince took the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival just after 11 p.m. Saturday and gave fans something to remember for years to come.
"You are the coolest place on earth right now!" Prince declared to the thousands attending the three-day festival in Indio, Calif. Organizers had been trying to book the performer since its inaugural outing nine years ago. It didn't take long for the singer to prove that...
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Known mostly for its music and last minute surprise headliner additions, Coachella fosters a pretty rich visual arts community. Phil Blain, the show’s curator and someone we’ll likely interview more in depth down the road, has amassed an incredible collection of installments this year. Here are some pictures of them going up before the crowds arrive on Friday. This is some crazy semi thing. I want to drive it. They're trying to load this monster on that pole. I hope it shoots fire. I...
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A man is on the run following a stabbing in Coachella. Authorities say 41 year old Felix Navarro Rodriguez of Coachella stabbed a man Sunday night on Calle Verde Street.
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In this weekly feature, The Desert Sun spotlights valley firms performing good deeds.
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Front Page City of Coachella announces new Planning Commissioner to fill vacated position By Staff 08.AUG.08 COACHELLA , CA- A new Planning Commissioner for the city of Coachella has been appointed to fill in ...
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INDIO , CA- A Coachella man has been arrested in Indio in regards to a shooting/robbery that took place Thursday night, and his accomplices remain on the loose as of Friday.
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General manager Donald Gomsi's future with the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District was discussed behind closed doors at the district board of trustees meeting Tuesday.
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Indian Wells City Council voted 5-0 today to give the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership $50,000 for the organization's operational and planning funds for the 2008-09 fiscal year.
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Two minors are in Juvenile Hall after walking into Fast Trip in Coachella Wednesday night, grabbing some beer, and running out the door without paying.
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COACHELLA, CA- A Thermal man is behind bars as of Thursday for an attempted murder in Coachella.
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Police have found a man who forced his way into a Coachella woman's home and sexually assaulted her.
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The National Weather Service has also issued a flash flood watch for Apple and Lucerne Valleys, Coachella Valley and the Riverside Mountains until 8 p.m. tonight.
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