Brief, Belated Coachella Musical Commentary

Miike Snow's fans were among the more irritating, but it was still a fun set.



Hot Chip was a good dance party even though they were on one of the big stages


Devo was hysterical


Major Lazer reminded me of the Sahara tent when I first went to Coachella in 2007. It was fun and rambunctious without being an entirely Bloody Beetroots-fueled rave. I saw a group passing around a bullet with no attempt at discretion. Party on.

Take my bike, please

Just don't shoot me first.

Espresso Victory

I successfully made espresso using Jessica's fancy machine and I didn't even have to watch the instructional DVD!

Dining Out for Life

If you're planning on eating out for lunch or dinner today, go to one of the particiapting restaurants to donate part of your bill to Project Angelfood

Eko "Searching for Love" Hot Toddy remix

Another great find from the Beats in Space podcast.

New Hatfields

Less rustic than the old Hatfields. Food and service were great, decor was unfortunately similar to the womens' knitwear section of Neimans. Bonus: run-in with the Bennetts!

As soon as we were seated, I witnessed a woman and her date photographing their dinner plates. The LAT was onto something here!

Semi-related: there is currently an exhibit of food photography at the Getty.

Last night I made this, which was tasty after a healthy dose of parmesan cheese. My concern is that Trader Joe's pasta has a sweet taste, which makes the whole dish taste like creamed spinach with too much nutmeg. Am I going crazy over here?

Nurse!

Thank you, Old Jews Telling Jokes.

When I am ready to spend $200 on a bathing suit

it may be this one.

I really need to stock up on water and canned goods

And put running shoes in my car

Ladies Love It

Via

No Lesbians

Did you know that some college basketball teams have a No Lesbians policy? Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face!

Viva Eastbound and Down

Season 2 in Mexico!

Crabs and Porn

Here is an essay about imagining you have crabs because you are crazy and depressed, here is an article about watching porn because you work at he SEC.

Fine Cinema of the Early 90s

They just don't make 'em like they used to

The Committments

Kindergarten Cop

A League of Their Own


Big would be on this list too but it came too early (1988).

Grapefruit margarita

I would like at least 2.

Liberation Yoga in LAT

Christine is featured prominently in this piece about correct yoga technique. I haven't been to Liberation much recently due to scheduling and pilates but it is still my favorite.

Analogy

This guy : his sandals :: Mike and I : Coachella wristband



Eventually we all prevailed!

Some people want iPads real bad

bad enough to rip off someone's finger.

Not my imagination

Coachella really was way more crowded than usual.

I mean they had to make room for these people:

84 people have been transported from Coachella to the hospital this year. That includes drug overdoses, a broken neck, a private security officer who fell off his horse and a naked man under the influence of "unknown substances" who smashed out the windows of parked cars with his head before he was tasered by police. (from LAT)

More sweet pics here.

Working out to get fat

If exercise won't help me get thin (as TIME and the NYT mag say), I can save the money from my Pilates membership and spend it all at Yogurtland.

Dude, I feel you

Dance Yrself Clean

Reebok EasyTone

The commercials for this product are so pervy!



Can someone tell me if these shoes work?

Leather shorts at Coachella

Are you kidding me, whowhatwear? Refinery29 is more reasonable, though no one wants to see me in another vest. I also like what they have to say about cute clothes for biking.

Also I am ready for some new sunglasses.

Cynthia Vincent at Target

Will the collection look cute or cheap? (Pic via, more here)

Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

We all have days like this.

TRUE PREP

I die.

Someone should throw a Rites of Spring party to celebrate!

Strawberry Dumplings

Tonight I made this recipe. The dumplings were fairly bland, but maybe that is the point. With whipped cream they made a decent dessert, and tomorrow I am adding Greek yogurt and calling it breakfast.

Save the Peak

Less than 3 days left to help the campaign to prevent the land where the Hollywood sign sits frombeing developed for private homes.

Donate here to add the 138 acre site to Griffith Park and keep it as public land.

(pic via)

Last night I made mayonnaise from scratch!

For this salad.

Thirsty

New drinks at Tar Pit. Bourbon drinks at Thirsty Crow. Beers at Burger Kitchen.

I want to go on Spring Break.

New Le Cresuet color

Lilac!

Balling: Moustaches edition

Costume idea for Halloween 2010:


Butler's Matt Howard with terrible moustache.

FIPS has a list of terrible ways men alter their appearance. I particularly agree with the assessment that moustaches can only be worn by asshole bartenders at Gjelina, and that pointy-toed shoes are off limits.



Cool comeback Tiger. The goatee makes it legit.

Personal traits used to screen airline passengers

Does drug possession count as a personal trait? Bad hair? Smelling like a bomb?

iPlahd

I have been reading a fair amount abotu the iPad because I want to be persuaded to like it.

Up to this point I believe that there are people who surely want it (Macfags and gadget early adopters) and peopel who surely don't (people who are irritated by Macfags and those who would rather spend money on food, drinks, clothes, etc.). I am waiting to see who is in the middle, and if anyone can be pulled from one group to another, and I haven't figured that out yet.

Here is a real fanboy piece with nice pics and an optimistic look at the creative future as guided by tablets (but I don't think this piece successfully argues that iPad is THE tablet for the job).

This is a piece about how the iPad will eradicate th eneed for any other kind of computer device.

Here is a more tech-oriented argument against the iPad, and moreover against Apple's DRM-heavy business model that encourages one to buy more, not create different.

I have a question about the way that the tablet is supposed to save print media: how? I thought the issue with print is that lots of advertising revenue has been lost, primarly in the classified pages, and papers, magazines, etc. cannot make up for that revenue with online ads. So how is the iPad supposed to help? By increasing the number of peopel who will subscribe? So that advertisers will pay a lot to get in front of their eyes? Or the subscription fees are supposed to make a difference?

Please, someone explain this part to me. Update on 4/9/10: Oh, iAd.