Coachella People Watching
Friday, April 22nd, 2011Each April, music lovers, fun lovers and well… love lovers alike flock to the desert of Southern California to bask in the glory of the Coachella music festival. The stories that festival goers write (or email, or blog or tweet #eraoftheinternet) home are usually along the lines of “WOW- Justin Vernon’s two guest performances!” or ”rubbing shoulders with Paul McCartney at Afrojak”. I’m going to argue that those who know how to be real voyeurs of Coachella do not focus on the celebrities (maybe this claim stems from a place of jealousy of those who did actually get to rub shoulders with my aforementioned idol) but rather on the attention-seeking underdogs.
Of course Katy Perry is in the roped off area at Chromeo, that’s a given, I realized that watching the other crazies who don’t have a guaranteed paparazzi is a lot more fun. Those looking to launch their careers as outrageous personalities, or the few who genuinely are as bizarre as they look, all intermingle and make for the most fantastic people watching. Allow me to share with you my two favorites.
Exhibit A:
