Coachella Day Two at a Glance

Day Two at a Glance:

HOURS AT THE POLO FIELD: 12 hours (11:15 a.m.-11:45 p.m.)

TEMPERATURE: A high of 99 tempered by a frequent cool wind beginning around 3:30

ACTS SEEN: 14

THE BEST: Cafe Tacuba

RUNNER UP: Carbon Silicon

MOST INSPIRED: DeVotchKa

THE DISAPPOINTMENT: Portishead

BALL CAP ROUNDUP: Not sure if it's a sign of team spirit or regional representation, but Major League Baseball caps far outdistanced the number of NBA and NFL caps. Observed between the hours of 2 and 6 on Saturday were these: 10 Dodgers; eight Giants; five Angels; three each of Red Sox, A's, Blue Jays, A's and Padres; two each for Pirates, Cubs, Cards and Tigers; and one each f Yankees, Nationals, Orioles and Brewers (me).

RANDOM THOUGHT: The '70s are everywhere.  Most obvious are the bookings of Kraftwerk and Mick Jones' new band with Gen X's Tony James, Carbon/Silicon. But it's in the Pink Floyd-style relationship between soothing vocals and intricately weaved instrumentation of Minus the Bear; the Elvis show band  style of Dwight Yoakam, the  CTI Records meets Terry Collier soul-folk in Cinematic Orchestra; and the irony free cover of the Bee Gees' "How Deep is Your Love" by the Bird and the Bee.

Posted by Phil Gallo

Comments

[JB]

The Disappointment: Portishead? Are you F'in deaf and blind. You should get a new job.

[phil gallo]

Have to write something to raise some ire. Actually, Beth was in great voice as I said in my review. The overall performance was good but I have questions about the material and I really had a problem with the way the new and the old fit together - specifically that they did not. Pacing is a part of giving a great show and this was too jarring too often. Considering that the only people who knew material were file-sharers with pre-release copies of the music, it seemed like it would have made more sense to play the album straight through. Disappointment refers to meeting expectations.