-Vegoose was fly. If you want to see some pictures I took from both days, you can visit my myspace page. Click me. I’ll keep this short, and only touch on the dope shit.
Day 1.
Mastodon- I saw them this year two days after I went to Coachella. That show was pretty intense, but I was towards the back of the venue. My friend wanted to see a good metal band perform, so I made sure to be front row this time around. Huge Mistake. See, I forgot that white people usually get rowdy at metal shows. Within 10 minutes there was a moshpit directly behind me, and I was getting thrown around for an hour. The crowd went fucking crazy when “The Wolf is Loose” came on. That was when I decided to put my camera away. I had to hold my ground. The band did “Megalodon,” and “Seabeast” off of Leviathan, so I was happy about that. All in all, I had a good time even though I collected a few bruises and scrapes. Looking forward to the next time they’re in town.
Public Enemy- It’s really amazing to see these guys perform with so much energy after all these years. I mean, Chuck and Flav are both like 47 or 48. It’s crazy. It’s too bad they had to perform at the same time as Cypress Hill because I wanted to see them too, but hey, “Fight the Power” > “Illusions.” As they performed I was wondering if people watching them were actually there to see some good ass hip-hop, or to see Flavor Flav act like an idiot. It looked like people were enjoying themselves, so I’ll just go off of that. They did my favorite tracks, did some new shit, and I saw a Michael Jackson impersonator dancing in the back. Good show.
M.I.A.- I decided to venture over to the third stage about 45 minutes early for her set because I knew there would be plenty of hipsters at this one. I got a good spot towards the front. Plenty hipsters. I was stuck on watching her move around, not paying attention to her music because I don’t understand that wacky shit. She got it poppin’ though. Towards the end of her set, about 100 people from the crowd jumped on stage and started wylin’ out. That was pretty memorable. I wish I had figured out the stupid night-time setting on my camera. Every picture I took during the set was shitty.
Daft Punk- Wow. I barely got into Daft Punk earlier this year, so getting to see the pyramid for the first time was really exciting. I swear that was one of the best live shows I’ve ever been a part of. I recorded 10 minutes of the set on my camera, and took 100 pictures of it. I had a great spot. Not too close, not too far. I hate to sound like a lame, but there was so much energy during that performance. I don’t think I’m gonna see something that wild ever again. I think that was the last time they’ll ever perform with the pyramid too. I was there. Wild.
I saw some other performances that day like Battles, Lupe Fiasco, Queens of the Stone Age etc. Didn’t really give a shit about any of them. There was a sports lounge for both days. It was hard to enjoy football in a muggy tent with drunk white guys. Replace muggy tent and drunk white guys with shitty bar, and drunk Mexicans, and it’s a totally different story.
Day 2.
Pharoahe Monch- Front row for Pharoahe. The crowd was really small. Anyone who didn’t watch him perform is retarded. He did A bunch of stuff off of Desire, did his verse from “Oh No,” and “Simon Says,” but no “Agent Orange!” Then I ran over to see Ghostface.
Ghostface Killah- Ehhhhhhhh. I hate to admit this, but Ghost is not someone I can enjoy live. I love every album, and verse this guy has, but really..not something to see live. Sean Wigs was there..he didn’t do “Pokerface.” Ghost didn’t do a lot of stuff that I would have liked to see because he played with a live band. I felt like they limited what he could do. Wack. The best part about the set was the drunk white guy next to me dancing and chewing tobacco. He was fucked up. It was really early too.
I did nothing for 7 hours. Impossible to watch an NFL game in the muggy tent. Is it me, or do all white people smoke the same exact type of weed? I don’t indulge, but at least I know what good piff smells like. Yeah, I said piff. You crackers might be dipping it in something though..fuckin’ with that Sherman. I don’t know. Contact highs aren’t too fun. Making me eat when I don’t want to and shit. 8 dollar cheesesteaks. 5 Dollar slices of pizza. 3 dollar water. Fuck concerts.
Rage Against the Machine- Fucking awesome! So much better than when I saw them at Coachella and Rock the Bells. Zack was wearing the same clothes..hmm. That’s taking it to a new level. I recorded the first two minutes of their set. It was really awesome. They started things off with “Testify.” That shit was hyyyyyyyyyyyyype. Beaners and Crackers coming together. It was beautiful. I only stayed for the first hour of their set because I wanted to beat traffic. I had a nice little drive to Los Angeles ahead of me. I felt like I got my money’s worth just off of that one hour though. All in all, Vegoose was dope. Will I go next year? Maybe. It depends on who is performing, and how much money I spend at Coachella. Woo!
