- I didn't make it to any shows tonight, but I did watch Burn After Reading and it was absolutely hysterical. It's like a grittier A Fish Called Wanda or The Whole Nine Yards. I had giggle fits for the entire last third. Those Cohen Brothers are some messed-up d00ders.
- I loved Ann Powers' Coachella analysis. And she makes an excellent point: Coachella always pays tribute to hip-hop but has yet to have an major African-American hip-hop act headline. I've seen Kanye, Blackstar, The Roots, and Pharaoh Monch absolutely kill at Coachella. Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, or Outcast would all make a terrific Saturday addition.
- The more I think about The Coachella lineup the more I think The Killers could pull something off. My theory has always been that Brandon Flowers, who writes some great songs, writes songs to be recorded and not to be played live. But he's got flamboyant sensibilities and I wonder if maybe The Killers will try to pull a Stop Making Sense with all kinds of stage spectacle. Get a 40 person gospel choir for "All These Things That I've Done," etc. That could take their otherwise underwhelming live show and make it something really memorable.
- The odds of a SSPU secret warm-up show the second week of April have got to be pretty high, don't you think?
- I neglected to mention another "missing" rumored act: Blur. If Blur turns out to be a Saturday addition then all three days have something really worth paying for.
- Kevin Bronson gets quote of the week: "And I deviate from my dislike for exclamation points for this: Leonard Cohen!"
- I cackled with glee when Ted Haggard was exposed to be a hypocrite. Watching him on Oprah, now I just feel bad for him. Like William H. Macy's character in Magnolia, he has love to give, he just doesn't know where to put it. He's a gay (or maybe bisexual) man and his fear of god's rejection prevents him from loving himself as a gay man. Haggard could be a wonderful person if only his church could see the truth, and if he could let go of his fear, hate, and self-loathing.
Of course, if gay men and women were allowed to marry they wouldn't have to fear rejection so much, would they? Huh!
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It WOULD be amazing and easier to travel to, but there's no way that Blur is gonna give the U.S. the first crack at a Blur reunion show.
Your blood will be the Purell I cleanse my hands with after brutally pummeling you at Galaga.
that last comment was meant for the spaceland/galaga post, but the threat still stands.
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