![]() And parking was poorly organized and chaotic, with little direction to help make sense of the madness. For a festival so devoted to environmentalism, the lack of public transportation options was surprising. Getting to and from the site was a nightmare, as traffic overwhelmed the small town of Indio. There's still plenty of room for improvement. And despite the fact that two of the three headliners were the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine, the annoying frat presence was pretty easy to avoid. The programming was as diverse musically and culturally as one could possibly desire. Rather, there were tables for left-leaning social and political causes, displays devoted to alternative energy, and a free bottle of water for every 10 empty bottles delivered to certain recycling stations. There was no overwhelming sponsorship presence, no corporate banners on stage or Army recruitment stations. ![]() Nonetheless, it's the kind of thing everyone should experience once, if only to be able to tell your grandkids that when you were young and free, you fashioned a hat out of the lid to a recycling bin and laid in the grass watching Scarlett Johansson duet with the Jesus and Mary Chain as the sun set.Ĭoachella 2007, which took place Friday, April 27, Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif., did a lot of things right. You get surprise collaborations, celebrity sightings, and bikes that charge cell phones, but an ice cream bar costs $6 and you have to walk two miles to find your car in the parking lot. You get to see all your favorite bands perform all your favorite songs in front of a gorgeous backdrop of palm trees and mountainsides, but you have to endure 105-degree heat. ![]() The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival isn't heaven and it isn't hell.
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