So, for those who you who didn’t read or don’t want to read my last super-long entry, here is a summary without spoilers..

Mike got up and struggled to make himself breakfast, despite the fact that everything was already prepared. He got a crappy cell phone and headed out to the festival, where he had a great time seeing so many artists. Coming back from the festival, he got into a very bad spot that he feared he would struggle to get out of.

So with that out of the way, on with Saturday at Coachella.

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Just before I start - I wasn’t intending for this to come out so late. Real life gets in the way of blogging sometimes, and I hate that it does. I also warn that this is badly put together over several days, so it’s probably not the easiest read. Regardless, let’s get on with the show.

Friday April 27 - today was the day. Sure the trip to America was a big deal for me, given all the extra stuff I was getting up to but really Coachella was the reason I went. Just about everyone that I talked to thought I was crazy for making this trip, hell I still thought I was crazy. The time was finally here - Coachella 2007. But I decided that it was too hot for music, and when I saw someone asking to buy tickets I got rid of them cheaply and decided to head back to my air conditioned room. I was able to watch the festival on the net and all was well.

Oh come on, you and me both know that this did not happen.

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$40,000 Guarantee played over two days. 7:30pm Start.

The Simpsons Movie is an upcoming 2007 animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. It has been produced by Gracie Films for 20th Century Fox, with animation produced by Film Roman and Rough Draft Studios, and is scheduled to be released worldwide by July 27, 2007. The film has been produced by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, and Richard Sakai and has been written by eleven of the television series’ most prolific writers: Scully, Jean, Brooks, Groening, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, and Jon Vitti. The film is directed by David Silverman, a former Simpsons supervising director. The film stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, and Tress MacNeille.

Melbourne?s Something For Kate will pull the varied highlights of their five album, 11 year long recording career together for a Best Of, The Murmur Years, to be released on Saturday 18 August. The two-disc set, named for the Sony Music imprint they signed to back in 1996, will feature 33 tracks and opens with a new tune, ?The Futurist?, which goes out to radio on Monday 16 July. The Murmur Years will be supported by a national tour, with tickets going on sale Thursday 5 July.

I’ve been meaning to write the rest of my Stateside trip, but I’ve just been far too busy with everything.

In the meantime, enjoy this video.

“Coincidence. Kizmet. Destiny. And so it was that a casual conversation between the members of Sum 41 and Yellowcard led to the discovery that both bands would be in Australia to launch their respective new albums at the same time. Within minutes plans were hatched to join forces and put on a couple of shows Australian fans are unlikely to forget.”
After a year of musical hibernation, Canadian multi-platinum pop/punks Sum 41 will return with a brand new album, ?Underclass Hero?. When asked about the highly anticipated ?Underclass Hero? album Whibley said, ?I asked myself all these questions and then just pulled up my own answers and started writing songs based on those themes. I wanted to make an album that meant something important from beginning to end. It’s a deeply personal statement that reflects the confusion and frustration in modern society.”
Yellowcard too have produced an album worthy of their reputation for “songwriting excellence” in ?Paper Walls?, hot on the heels of last years ?Lights and Sounds?, and is set to be released July 21, 2007.