Monthly Archives: April 2011

Big 4 festival story

Note: This is a story about the festival and not a concert review. I’ll post my thoughts later. Continue to check our website for photos of the event.   The Big 4 festival, featuring Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, proves timeless … Continue reading

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Coachella people photos link

http://lang.dailybulletin.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1228728#id=1228728&num=0   Photos are from Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino

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Arcade Fire lives up to the hype

Arcade Fire really lived up to the hype as their set included everything from multi-colored balls that changed color to thanking (multiple times) organizers for giving them their break Saturday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. I saw … Continue reading

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Wiz Khalifa’s smoking Coachella set

Hip-hop star of the moment Wiz Khalifa brought a hazy audience with him at the main Coachella stage Sunday afternoon. Khalifa’s music celebrates marijuana and partying and the thousands gathered to watch him perform took the message literally as clouds … Continue reading

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Fistful of Mercy with Ben Harper entertains Mojave tent

Fistful of Mercy with Ben Harper, Dhani Harrison, Joseph Arthur and Jessy Greene gave an entertaining set at the Mojave Tent on Sunday. The acoustic and folk group performed songs like “As I Call You Down,” “Fistful of Mercy” and … Continue reading

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One Day as a Lion gives scorching set at Coachella

Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha gave a non-stop performance with drummer Jon Theodore and keyboardist Joey Karam as the group One Day as a Lion Saturday night inside the Mojave tent at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. … Continue reading

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Lil B has high energy set inside Coachella dome

Bay area hip-hop artist Lil B, who had one of the most memorable T-shirt designs with the phrase “Thank You Based God,” gave an energetic set inside the Oasis Dome Saturday night at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. … Continue reading

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Badu, Broken Social Scene at Coachella experiences sound issues

At the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, R & B artist Erykah Badu experienced some sound issues with her microphone that caused a lot of feedback during her music. Nearly every song she performed on the Coachella … Continue reading

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Coachella festival stages all have two large screens this year

The organizers at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival added something this year for those of us not able to make it to the front of stage: large video screens. Previously only the headlining Coachella stage and the Outdoor … Continue reading

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Price of random items at Coachella

Here are prices for random items at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival as of Saturday: Water is $2 Soda is $4 Chicken and waffles meal near entrance on Saturday was between $12 and $14 Most meals (pizza, hot sandwich, etc.) … Continue reading

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