Over the past weekend, hipsters have been flocking in droves to the high desert to see the latest electronic dance crazes, college radio chart toppers and countless others. There's no mistaking it, there are always lots of really great bands at Coachella, but lately the big festival has been angling towards becoming the music industry's top itunes sales tool.
But there was no need to travel all that distance and sleep in the dirt-plenty of time for that later. You could have just ventured out to the Blue Lamp on Alhambra last Saturday night and had your world rocked all kinds of ways.We had a double-dose of madness and magic all in one little room last night.
First, the highly anticipated debut of Brubaker, named for the 1980 Robert Redford film. To describe the show, I'll attempt an analogy from another 80's movie-"Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Do you remember the scene where the kids leave Cameron's dad's babied 61 Ferrari 250 GT Spider with the dubious looking valet, who says "You guys have nothing to worry about, I'm a professional?" Then, instead of parking it, he proceeds to go for a roaring joyride through the streets of Chicago. Brubaker was the sound of that car and the attitude of the valet. There was no pussy-futting around. They took that thing out on the road, punched it up to high speeds and drove it like it was supposed to be driven. Brubaker nailed it! Fasten your Goddamn seatbelts and hope they play near you soon!!
Ironically, headliners Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, had just played Coachella the previous day and were in fine form as well. They blasted through a great set, sounding punk as hell, with Jello occassionally indicting everyone from Ba"Rock"Star" Obama to the greedy money addicts running the Wall Street. Wonder if the eletctro dance kids in the desert knew that "California Uber Alles" was originally written about Governor Jerry Brown??
See what a finski can do to a guy's attitude?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVACbEHkV2Q
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