The Coachella Experience

Oh Coachella, you are a magical place of wonders. Not only do you get the greatest bands to perform at your festival, you force all the normal people to dress up like hippies, and you bring out almost every single celebrity for one giant celebrity hippie fest.

Now, most people were not lucky or rich enough to snag a Coachella ticket. Tickets sold out in just a matter of 5 days. So if you are one of the many unfortunate ones, I'll tell you what you missed out.

First, open up Youtube. Coachella was streaming on Youtube for the whole world to see. Pretty cool, right?

Oh, I'm sorry. I need to talk Coachellan.

It was totally far out, man. If you didn't have enough bread to check out the groovy bands, Youtube streamed all the performances. So go watch the highlights. I recommend watching Mumford & Sons. It was so boss, dude. Ya dig?

This year's festival headlined Kings of Leon, Album of the Year winner Arcade Fire, everyone's favorite interrupter Kayne West, The Strokes, Black Keys, The Chemical Brothers, Bright Eyes and Mumford & Sons.

But of course, let's not forget the celebrities. A $300 dollar ticket is really a hundred bucks a day to see your favorite bands, plus celebrities frolicking through the fields of the ritzy Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. This year, quite a few celebrities were spotted. Vanessa Hudgens was caught doing drugs eating melted white chocolate from her fingers with her rumored boyfriend Josh Hutcherson. Emma Roberts and "Glee's" Chord Overstreet were spotted making out. Does this mean a new Taylor Swift song is in the writing process? Then there was Katy Perry waving a light saber because she's so extraterrestrial. Apparently Paul McCartney went incognito, and Jack Dawson Leonardo DiCaprio, Rihanna and Robert Downey Jr. all let their inner hipster come out. That's a whole lotta freaks in one vicinity.

But let's point out the totally rad drama that any celebrity obsessed dude would pay $300 for. Camilla Belle, plus Ashley Greene, plus Joe Jonas equals serious awkward tension. Who wouldn't want to be there to witness that? Seriously, where was Taylor Swift during this? Not only was her VMA interupter headlining, but her ex boyfriend, her "Better Than Revenge" inspiration, and last dating victim were all there.  You can't write that stuff. I'm sure she would have a gas writing all those songs. She could have had enough material to write her fourth album. But no, she has to be traveling for her sold out world tour. Only lame people do that...

And if you're a fan of getting loaded on acid (I disapprove, but some people live for that stuff) Coachella at night will make you double check your drink for any psychedelic drugs. This year, Coachella had an outta sight lit up display of dandelions, swans and cassette tapes, plus many more. Maybe this is the cause for everyone to magically turn into a hippie the second they walk through the entrance.

Now you listen to the music. Golden. You have the bread for a ticket. Winning. Oh shoot, we can't talk Charlie Sheen. I don't know if the Coachellan's accept that. Anyways, so how do you dress like a hippie a Coachellan? Simple.

1. A true Coachellan doesn't wear shoes. But if you're not a reg, flip flops and TOMS work just fine.
2. Girls wear headbands, guys wear bandanas--neon colored bandanas
3.  Hipster glasses. Ray-Bans, aviators, those sunglasses from the '90s. What are they called? I don't know, but you gotta wear them, man, if you wanna be hip.
4. Straw fedora hats, trucker hats, floppy hats, you know, hats not sociably acceptable anywhere else but California's Coachella
5. Flamboyant colors. Ditch the snooze fest white, black and grays. You need be a walking acid trip. Even if you're a straight cat or chick, it's all about the color. Bring out the neons and the flower prints.  Flower power, man. It's 1969 2011!
6. Glowsticks. Come on, you need to add to the overall trippiness.


So there you go. A Coachella wrap up in just one blog. And hey, you got to miss out on the scorching hot weather. Indio, California's average temperature for the month of April is 87 degrees. You know you don't live in the magical land of California when your state's average temperature is 35 degrees. Yay for real life.

Peace out and stay hip.