April 29th,2006 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, CA

Holy Shit! What a weekend! For those of you who attended the event, you are well aware of the ordeal we all went through to get there--sitting in traffic on the 10 freeway for 5 hours...waiting 2 hours to go 4 miles (just to get into the parking lot!!!)...and then waiting again to get tickets at the will call. All in all that part of the day was a fucking nightmare. I vowed to myself as i finally walked into the venue that I would NEVER go to another outdoor festival again! But once inside, everybody's spirits were lifted. The energy was palpable...60,000 souls in the middle of the desert brought together by a common love of music.

We only caught 3 acts. First was Franz Ferdinand. Those scottish boys kicked ass! Next was Jane's favorite--Depeche Mode!!! I had a lot of fun singing along to Personal Jesus and prancing in the grass to Enjoy the Silence...good times. But the highlight of the evening had to be Daft Punk's soon to be legendary closing set! They blew my fucking MIND!!!!!! By far, the BEST live DJ set I have ever seen in my entire life! I am not exaggerating! I have never been so happy...and we were sober! (except for little Dusty!) I felt incredibly lucky to be a part of something so amazing...more than 30,000 people packed the dance tent to see them...truly an amazing feeling! (if you were there, you know)

Thanks to Pete from Depeche Mode for putting us on the list (and Brandon) And thanks to Jane, Jacki, Katie, Lee, Dusty, and Erin for making it such a memorable night!!

Here are a few pics from the night...ok there are a lot!!!!