LA Weekly: Music: Live In L.A.: Coachella 2004

I edited out the ?s in the above story, but not for this one. Deal with it.

And btw, all of these postings about Coachella are meant to a) inform you, the reader, and b) taunt Kate for cancelling. 8)

LA Weekly: Music: Live In L.A.: Coachella 2004: "You and whose army?
Two days, two vibes ? that?s what defined Coachella in 2004. The festival?s now-familiar musical vision of providing one venue to a diverse constituency of pop outsiders may have remained unwavering throughout the sun-baked weekend. But it couldn?t mask the disparity between Saturday?s historic music for the masses and a Sunday stroll around a nice city of little communities. Don?t believe me? Ask the scalpers who were short of tickets on May Day but couldn?t give them away 24 hours later.
Which goes to show that, as great a reputation as Coachella organizers Goldenvoice have developed for throwing together one of the world?s premier music festivals, its true secret weapon is a discerning audience that knows and acknowledges what it likes to see on a Grande stage. On Saturday, that audience united for the headlining triple bill of the Pixies, Radiohead and Kraftwerk ? to the point that N.Y. punk-disco revivalists the Rapture and ageless indie drone-pop auteurs Stereolab rocked their respective stages but had no crowd to show for it. But you couldn?t blame the audience for missing these performances ? they were too busy participating in Events."