your girl in music is a self-identified Festival Junkie, & as spring begins, signaling the start of 5 months of the heavy festival season, more and more email chains begin to resemble the below.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Canada To: Ses; M
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:55 AM
Subject: The Coachella line-up has changed
HAHAHAHAHA! So true…
Ah, it’s hard being a hipster.
From: M To: Canada; Ses
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:06 PM
LOL! Well now that I know That One Band From That Commercial is playing, I HAVE to go to Coachella!
M | Jr Promoter
From: Ses To: ‘M’; Canada
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:28 PM
Really M, that’s the clincher for you? Cause for me – well, we all know I’m a sucker for ANY & EVERY handful of talentless well connected f***s…
-xoSes
From: Canada To: Ses; Miss M
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:36 PM
All of those bands are winning! Can’t wait. I hope they add ‘Tigerblood’, ‘Sheenis Envy’ and/or ‘Warlock and the Trolls’ to the line-up. Fingers crossed.
– Canada
From: Ses To: Canada; M
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:51 PM
I just hope that Warlock and the Trolls aren’t playing the stage next to Warlock Trolls like last year: AWKWARD!
-xoSes
& THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY…
From: Canada To: Ses; M
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 2:22 PM
Subject: For real — Coachella line-up changed
F!!!! The Klaxons just cancelled their North American dates! Dammit. I really wanted to see their set at Coachella. Hopefully someone good like British Sea Power (who will actually be in the area) will get their time slot.
Let the guessing begin…
From: M To: Canada; Ses
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 2:27 PM
Baaaaaaaahhhhhh!
M | Jr Promoter
From: Ses To: M; Canada
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 2:36 PM
I am coming back to LA Saturday with my entire family to see my Irish band Lluther play their first LA show at the Viper Room. Canada, that means you and all your damn canadian entourage are also coming back Saturday night. Yes, that’s correct. I know I am crazy. I promise that we wont miss the duran duran/strokes guitar hero duel over Amanda Decadenet, ok? M is excused cause she’s got 2 shows here to worry about and is out for chella this year.
-xoSes
From: Canada To: Ses; M
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 2:38 PM
You’re obsessed. It’s sweet. They better be good, but then again, you surely didn’t let me down with the Local Natives referral, etc.
& THEN AFTER THE WEEKEND:
From: Ses To: Canada; M
Sent: Mon, 3/21/11 12:40 PM
I’ve seen all the Saturday artists in much better venues way too recently or often – the only thing I regret on Saturday is maybe Bright Eyes, but Bright Eyes has never acknowledged his undying love for me or the fact that he’s like 3 years late as of today for when he was supposed to propose. Not even as Monster of Folk or any side project. So who needs him?!
From: Canada To: Ses; M
Sent: Mon, 3/21/11 12:45 PM
Someone needs a watch! The nerve!