Thursday, May 29, 2008

Cypress at the A1A Dive Bar Fort Lauderdale

Update: Cypress is playing tomorrow night Friday May 30th at the Dive Bar in Fort Lauderdale. Check em' out. Come back and leave a comment as well telling us what you thought. !










Formed in May 2006, Cypress has a little of everything you'd expect from a great rock band. Creating "down-to-earth songs with original and infectious vibes" (RAG Magazine), Cypress is spreading their roots from Miami to Palm Beach. With influences ranging from 60's Rock & Roll to modern Reggae, Fusion, and Metal, every song takes on its own life and identity becoming a single peice in an ever growing puzzle. Beginning with acoustic campfire jams in Ochopee, FL, and small house parties in Fort Lauderdale, Cypress has matured into a serious electric act branching out to Bars, Clubs, and Festivals all over South Florida and the fanbase just keeps growing. Their mix of Rock, Funk, Reggae, and Jazz lends itself to virtually any ear and their infectious energy will get you out of your seat and dancing till night's end. Believing music to be the greatest unifying force, Cypress brings an eclectic group of friends and fans to every show, all of them just looking for a Good Time and some great music. "...Each member of Cypress possesses a powerful drive and an unmatched passion for their groovin' music." (RAG MAgazine) With that drive and passion, Cypress delivers an steadily growing repitoir of timeless originals speckled with an occasional cover tune and promises memorable shows for many years to come.




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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

National Lampoon presents Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo!














Go behind-the-scenes of one of the biggest tours the jam band world has ever seen in "National Lampoon presents Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo." It's the first film directed by world-renowned singer/bassist, Les Claypool, who makes his acting debut in the film. National Lampoon presents Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo is a hilarious mockumentary that gives viewers a glimpse into the entertaining world of jam bands while following one group, Electric Apricot, on their journey to discover musical enlightenment. The DVD features hours of never-before-seen footage, including actor and director commentaries, deleted scenes and bloopers, cast interviews, theatrical trailer, easter eggs and more!

Featuring rock legends such as the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, Phish's Mike Gordon as well as Warren Haynes and Matt Abts from Gov't Mule, this clever and entertaining film also features classic cameo appearances from Seth Green (Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Italian Job) and "South Park's" Matt Stone and was produced by Jason McHugh (producer of debut features for Trey Parker from "South Park").

Watch an Interview with Les: www.roxwel.com
Read a Review: www.filmthreat.com
Watch the Trailer: www.electricapricot.com
Order NOW!!

CULTURA 2008: Friday May 30th at TOBACCO ROAD




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CULTURA Festival '08


Presented by Oski, Queen Of The Scene & Alejandro

May 30th @ TOBACCO ROAD

30 bands, 4 stages, vendors, artists, a Massive drum circle & Musician Jam and other special performances. THIS & ALL TOBACCO ROAD EVENTS are 21+. This includes band members/performers.

SCHEDULE:

PARKING LOT STAGE:
COMEDIANS 8:30PM-9:00PM
ShuFly 9:30PM-10:00PM
VIZERAL 10:30PM-11:00PM
MESS ANGER 11:30PM-12:00AM
ORIGEN 12:30AM-1:00AM
BACHACO 1:30AM- 2:00AM
BIG GRIZZLY- 2:00AM-2:10AM

There will be an Open Jam Drum Circle @ 2:15am on the PATIO.
Bring your Djembe's or other percussion instruments and join in!

PATIO STAGE:
POPPA E 8:00PM-8:30PM
RAGING GEISHA 9:00PM-9:30PM
VIAJEROS 10:00PM-10:30PM
AMEREIDA 11:00PM-11:30PM
JANUARY 12:00AM-12:30AM
PHIsonica 1:00AM-1:30AM

There will be an Open Jam Drum Circle @ 2:15am on the PATIO.
Bring your Djembe's or other percussion instruments and join in!

UPSTAIRS STAGE:
CAUTION AUTOMATIC 9:00PM-9:30PM
ACHO BROTHERS 10:00PM-10:30PM
REBEL 11:00PM-11:30PM
EPHNIKO 11:40PM-12:00AM
TAKIS 12:00AM-12:30AM
MI PLAN SECRETO 1:00AM-1:30AM
GRIFFIN ANTHONY 2:00AM-2:30AM

There will be an Open Jam Drum Circle @ 2:15am on the PATIO.
Bring your Djembe's or other percussion instruments and join in!

DOWN STAIRS STAGE:
LEDO Y LA VAINA 9:00PM-9:30PM
KAROLINA SALAS 10:00PM-10:30PM
THE FLY KINGDOM 11:00PM-11:30PM
STILL ALIVE 11:30PM-11:45AM
MAKING MOVIES 12:00AM-12:30AM
HUMA ROJO 1:00AM-1:30AM
BULLY PUSSY 2:00AM-2:30AM

There will be an Open Jam Drum Circle @ 2:15am on the PATIO.
Bring your Djembe's or other percussion instruments and join in!


SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL: ART & ROCK & ROLL SINCE 1967








THURSDAY, MAY 29th @ MOCA: MOCA presents the opening for their new show that runs all summer "SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL: ART AND ROCK AND ROLL SINCE 1967"!! Come out for music, refreshments and more. 7 to 9pm, RSVP required to rsvp@mocanomi.org. 770 NE 125th St. North Miami. www.mocanomi.org


SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL:

Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967
May 29, 2008 through September 7, 2008
The first major exhibition to explore the relationship between contemporary art and rock music over the past forty years.

The exhibition, whose title is culled from the Rolling Stones song that invites the listener to “have some sympathy and some taste” charts the intersection of the two cultural genres through art, album cover design, music videos, film and other materials, and examines the convergence of traditionally serious visual art and rebellious and irreverent rock music

Beginning with Andy Warhol’s legendary involvement with Velvet Underground in 1967 and culminating in a major new installation by British artist Jim Lambie, whose background as a rock musician and DJ heavily informs his sculpture, Sympathy for the Devil provides a serious and comprehensive presentation of art work arising form the intersection of these two worlds.

Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and curated by MCA, Chicago Curator Dominic Molon, Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967 includes over 100 works of art by 56 artists and artist collectives, explores the varied ways art and music interrelated and overlapped (or in some cases not) in six geographic centers: New York, West Coast/Los Angeles, Midwest, United Kingdom, Europe, and “The World.” The emphasis is not on the aesthetics of rock, but on singular and significant works of art in various formats and media, that were created as a circumstance of the two cultural genres coming together.
New York

New York City has served as the pioneering leader in the merging of art and rock music from the mid-1960s to the present. In the late 1960s, Andy Warhol’s studio, known as The Factory, was a center of New York’s underground cultural scene. Warhol collaborated with musical artists who were far from the pop music mainstream at the time and provided them greater visibility and opportunities to further unite rock music and art. The exhibition features Warhol’s Screen Tests films with Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, John Cale, and others. A decade later, punk, New Wave, and No Wave bands shared stages and gallery spaces with visual artists who often participated as performers.

New York artists presented in Sympathy for the Devil include Tony Oursler, Richard Prince, Dan Graham, Christian Marclay, Adam Pendleton, and Jack Pierson. Eight portrait prints by Richard Prince feature notable art and music figures such as Brian Eno, David Byrne, Amos Poe, Dee Dee Ramone, Peter Nadin, and Laurie Anderson, as well as photographs from Richard Kern’s provocative New York Girls series and film stills from Submit to Me Now; and Slater Bradley’s film Year of the Doppelganger that examines the masculine identity through the comparison of musical and athletic types.

Christian Marclay layers a gallery floor with vinyl records and a large-scale commissioned work by Adam Pendleton is comprised of 90 black-and-white silkscreen fragmented post-punk figures and symbols. Jack Pierson’s sign lettering sculpture, Phil Spector, is strongly reminiscent of the ransom-note-like graphic style of 1970s punk rock and recognizes the once-renowned and currently maligned rock producer, Phil Spector.
West Coast/Los Angeles

The relationship between art and rock music on the West Coast was not as close knit as in New York. The West Coast scene consisted of disparate elements such as San Francisco’s psychedelic culture of the 1960s and Los Angeles’ anti-establishment figures such as Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and Raymond Pettibon. Among the works featured in this section are Raymond Pettibon’s drawings for flyers and album covers that he created for the bands on his brother, Greg Ginn’s, independent record label, SST; Los Angeles artist Mark Flores’ drawings of Iggy Pop and Jayne (formerly Wayne) County, and Jason Rhoades’s neon sign installation, Velvet Underground/Perfect World; along with works by Marnie Weber, Rodney Graham, Thaddeus Strode, Dave Muller, The Residents, and Mungo Thomson.
Midwest

A number of Midwest artists and musicians embraced the avant-garde scene, drawing inspiration from the likes of the MC5, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, and Pere Ubu. Midwest artists include Ed Paschke, Maillo Tsuru Bell, Pedro Bell, Karl Wirsum, Jim Drain, and emerging Chicago artists Melanie Schiff and Josh Mannis, whose works are inspired by vintage rock and roll culture.
United Kingdom

The relationship between avant-garde art and rock music in the U.K. was greatly nurtured by art schools that supported and promoted an active creative exchange. Rock figures Pete Townsend and Keith Richards and bands such as Gang of Four emerged directly from art schools. U.K. artists featured include Richard Hamilton, Savage Pencil (Edwin Pouncey), Scott King, and Douglas Gordon. Gordon’s installation of videos from his Bootleg series, feature slowed and manipulated footage from concert videos of the Smiths, the Cramps, and the Rolling Stones. Cosey Fanni Tutti, a member of the transgressive performance collective COUM Transmissions, which became the Industrial music pioneers Throbbing Gristle, is represented with ephemera that documents her own activities as well as those of two musical groups. Jim Lambie, the visual artist, DJ, and ex-member of the popular Glaswegian band, The Boy Hairdressers, which went on to become Teenage Fanclub, captures the energy and spirit of rock music with his sculpture floor installation incorporating multi-colored electrical tape.
Europe

Although the European crossover between art and rock and roll was a continent-wide phenomenon, much of the most important expressions took place in Germany. The Düsseldorf and Cologne art and music scene produced experimental Krautrock music groups from the 1970s such as Kraftwerk, Neu!, and Can; and musically-inspired visual artists in the 1980s and 1990s such as Martin Kippenberger and Kai Althoff. Among the other European artists featured in the exhibition are the important female music and art figures Jutta Koether, and Pipilotti Rist, and Alexandra Mir.
The World

From Japanese POP artist Yoshimoto Nara’s drawings, to Mexico City’s Daniel Guzman’s noir rock-themed drawings, Thai-born artist Rirkrit Tiravanija’s plexiglass recording studio, and new large-scale graphic collages by the Brazilian artist collaborative assume vivid astro focus, many different countries explore and celebrate the fusion of art and rock music.

Many art-rock music videos will be presented including videos by Art & Language and the Red Krayola, Mark Leckey, Pipilotti Rist, Richard Kern, Robert Longo, and Tony Oursler.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is located at 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami, FL. For information, please call 305.893.6211 or visit www.mocanomi.org. Museum hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm; Sunday noon – 5 pm, and last Friday of each month from 7 – 10 pm. Admission is free for MOCA members, North Miami residents/City employees, and children under 12; $5 non-members; $3 seniors and students with ID.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

BURN ONE DOWN / WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS

BEN HARPER






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THE HEAVY PETS

Rolling Stoners
The Heavy Pets jam down at Tobacco Road.
By Eric W. Saeger
Miami New Times
Published: May 22, 2008

On a recent Sunday, instead of trying out my awesome new driver at the golf course, I'm trying to herd THE HEAVY PETS into making just a little sense for the sake of a phone interview. Because, man, are they wasted. So stoned that their manager, Alex, handles half the questions. And he's stoned too.

They're on the road to a "Jeff and Mike acoustic set" at The Dive Bar, a steady gig near their Fort Lauderdale lair. When I ask them what bands they might be compared to, they balk, insisting I give my own take. "Okay," I tell Mike, "I'll compare you to someone super obscure so that I can look cool and hip."

That was a lie. They're sort of like Phish, sort of like Particle. Jazzy, bluesy, folksy at times, tinted with reggae and prog-rock — your basic latter-day jam band but a lot better than what you're probably picturing. Just to scare them, though, I ask them if they'd rather be stuck on a desert island with either (a) an Animal Liberation Orchestra album or (b) a Wedding Present record.

"The Wedding Present?" Mike sputters, power-exhaling his smoke. "Is that a band?"

"Never mind," I retort. "A.L.O. or Dave whatsisname. Dave Matthews."

"That's like choosing between beer and weed," Mike drawls.

In the meantime, THE HEAVY PETS have been playing everywhere — at SXSW, where they performed at Club 115 with New Monsoon; the Langerado festival; and Gathering of the Vibes. Getting those gigs, along with accomplishing other goals — including the creation, marketing, and distribution of their 2007 full-length album, Whale — has happened without anyone's help. They're a self-managed juggernaut, and because of it, they're probably going to be huge someday.

And judging by their website (www.heavypets.com), it seems they have a quaint, Monty Python-esque view of life. Then there's the bizarre mechanical drawing for the cover of Whale. Are they, you know, big on Da Vinci — stuff like that? "I prefer De Vito," says one of them (I forget who. See? It's contagious!). "And the fact that the original score from Throw Momma from the Train is no longer available on vinyl makes me a bit nervous." He pauses, and I can hear the hamster that runs his brain redlining the tachometer and begging for food pellets. "Do those music biz yahoos really think these 'cassette' things are gonna last?"

Why me, O God? I try. One. Last. Time. "Mike, what was your favorite toy when you were a child?"

Silence. Total, fricking silence. For a long time. I snort into the phone to hear if we're still connected.

Finally: "Count Chocula."

Damn dirty apes. If I were the Hawaiian Five-O, they'd be so arrested.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-05-22/music/rolling-stoners/print



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Monday, May 19, 2008

When We Bang The Drum




When we bang the drum and break the doldrums open
with shots like pistols from Poseidon's personal arsenal
we set the self in motion and change our position.
We ply open the playing field to secure a potion-
a panacea which will stop the repetition-
which will mend our condition and show us salvation.
It's time for undulation!
Float on waves of understanding with ears open eating everything-
every angelic sound from key and string.
If you are not blessed with coordination
you can still understand the condition
and make the decision to tap the river gently.
You can bring your skin with no rhythm-
You are not unwelcome!
We are all danceless until our legs start moving
and the blood starts flowing
and the synapses start exploding-
That's when the realization hits the ground running
and you can see in your stride
what it means
to drum the dream of freedom.


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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Sir Jimmy Page to be featured in 'Cannes Documentary film' + Other subjects

Davis Guggenheim, director of "An Inconvenient Truth," has recently completed filming his next documentary, titled "It Might Get Loud." The film will follow "the story of the electric guitar" and how it changed in the hands of three different guitarists: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Edge (of U2), and Jack White (of the White Stripes).
> >According to Variety, Guggenheim chose these three axe handlers above all others "for their impact across three different generations – from Page's 1960s days as a session musician and a member of the Yardbirds into the Edge's unique sound developed in the '80s through White's current work." Each guitarist will discuss his own method of playing, and the film will even include a jam session between the three. > >Has White already had enough of an impact on the music world to stand next to Jimmy Page?
Maybe, maybe not, but I guess they've got to tie it into the present and appeal to the kids somehow. Thomas Tull produced and financed the film that shot in Dublin, London, Nasville, and L.A. The Little Film Co. will represent the picture at Cannes.

***In other news, Page has been working on new material in secretfor the passed few years, waiting to insert it in the right musical setting, with the right musicians. Rumour has it that Jimmy, John Paul and Jason Bonham were jamming in a secret London studio last month. Are they waiting for Plant to finish his current project with Allison Krauss?! One thing is for sure, the experience the "J's" had in preparation for the O2 Reunion Concert was exhilarating, inspiring and metaphysical. Page surely wants this material to be in a Zeppelin setting, as opposed to a solo project.***

Now a little "Since I've Been Loving You" from the O2 Reunion Concert in December

Friday, May 9, 2008

The 7th nnual Jammy Awards

The Winners

Live Album of the Year: Umphrey's McGee, Live at the Murat
New Groove of the Year: Cornmeal
DVD of the Year: the Disco Biscuits, Progressions
Download of the Year: Phish, "Headphones Jam"
Mimi Fishman Award: Rock the Earth
Song of the Year: Keller Williams, "Cadillac"
Tour of the Year: the Disco Biscuits/Umphrey's McGee, D.U.M.B.
Grahmmy Jammy: Lee Crumpton, Homegrown Music Network
Archival Release of the Year: The Grateful Dead, Three From The Vault
Studio Album of the Year: moe., The Conch
Live Performance of the Year: Gov't Mule and Guests, Bonnaroo
Lifetime Achievement Award: Phish

Although hopes were high that with the Phish fellas in the house we might get a reunion, it didn't happen. Although Phish didn't play any music, they did give emotional speeches upon receiving their Lifetime Achievement Award.

While there was no Phish, there was plenty of other great music and interesting collaborations. Highlights included co-hosts Warren Haynes and Grace Potter along with keyboardist Booker T. Jones, bass player Will Lee and Sir Joe Russo on drums performing classic hits like CSNY's "Find the Cost of Freedom," Fleetwood Mac's "Gold Dust Woman," and Al Green's "Take Me to the River."

Rose Hill Drive jammed with Mountain guitarist Leslie West and Potter on "I'm Going Down" and "Mississippi Queen."

Keller Williams performed his Jammy nominated song "Cadillac" before being joined by Chevy Chase, who at one time, way back when, played drums with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker before they formed Steely Dan. Chase played piano with Williams on a unique version of "(You Made Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and a medley of "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Take the Money and Run."

Page McConnell led a jazz outfit that included bassist Christian McBride, drummer Roy Haynes, saxophonist James Carter and trumpeter Nicholas Payton through a couple of his own Phish compositions including "Magilla" and "Cars Trucks Buses."

The Beatles tribute act the Fab Faux performed with Joan Osborne on "Come Together," and Trey Anastasio joined the fray for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Trey remained onstage for the rest of the Fab Faux's set, which included a "Bungalow Bill" tease and "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey."

And while Phish didn't play any of their songs, some phans did. Disco Biscuits bassist Marc Brownstein and guitarist Jon Gutwillig, along with The String Cheese Incident's keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth, Umphrey's McGee guitarist Jake Cinninger and The Duo's Joe Russo performed a series of Phish covers under the name the HeadCount All Stars. They jammed on "Wilson," "Run Like An Antelope," "2001," and finally "Maze," which also featured Disco Biscuits keyboardist Aron Magner. MUSIC BINDS US ALL.

From: Jambase.com

Friday, May 2, 2008

Robert Plant and His Raw Love/Passion For Music







Led Zeppelin singer and insatiable rock ‘n’ roll warrior Robert Plant bounds into his management office in North London brandishing a new CD. “Look at this,” he exclaims, pointing out a track he’s found by one of his heroes, soul legend Arthur Alexander.

After a few minutes in Plant’s company, it’s easy to see why last year’s Zep comeback lived up to the phenomenal expectations. His raw enthusiasm for music is undiminished by either his advancing age or the enduring success he’s achieved. And since Zeppelin laid waste to London’s O2 Arena in December, his focus has returned to his collaboration with country goddess Alison Krauss which produced the mesmerizing hit album Raising Sand.

“I went to Soul Jazz Records yesterday,” Plant, 59, continues excitedly, describing his excursion into the West End. “It’s like the 11th station of the cross. Going to places like that is spectacular - my pupils dilate!

“I’ve got all the symptoms of a major cocaine overdose, but in fact what it is causing it is seeing all this great New Orleans funk, Barrington Levy, dub and soul gathered in one fantastic place. They are also near another shop selling Led Zeppelin bootlegs on vinyl which are very nice too. I bought two copies of the Paris Theatre show, from London in 1972.”

But Robert, you’re the lead singer. You shouldn’t have to buy Zeppelin bootlegs - don’t you just claim ‘em?

“Well, they looked a bit sheepish,” he smiles. “When they tried to charge me full price, I said, “Don’t do that or I’m gonna send Jimmy Page round!’”

When we meet, Plant is preparing to depart in a few days for Nashville where he is rehearsing for the tour with Krauss. But despite his rock god status, he refuses to play the big star. “They phoned to make the arrangements for me to arrive,” he reveals. “It was suggested that the band might warm up for a few days before I got there. F*** that! I’m gonna be there right from the start.”

Recording Raising Sand with legendary producer

T-Bone Burnett was an experiment that turned into a unique meeting of minds and talent - the hairy Britrock beastie and the lovely, gifted harmony singing bluegrass belle. Robert cherishes the memory.

“When we got together, I didn’t even know which key to sing these things in,” he admits. “Within three hours we were off and we’d virtually got a track down. I was so at home and it was very, very, very unusual.

“I wanted to try something where I had to be free to fail and walk away. Four days we’d given ourselves, and then we’d just go and say goodbye. But everyone possessed this adaptability and the whole dynamic.

“T-Bone was in the middle of the room with his huge 6ft 4in frame, his hands and fingers moving, insinuating beats, rolling backwards and forwards. Alison and I were in the vocal booth trying not to burst into hysterics because it was so great. It was really one of the best things I’ve ever felt.”

Speaking on the phone from the other side of the Atlantic, Krauss, 36, confirms that the appreciation was mutual.

“Robert has incredible confidence - which I guess is to be expected - but he is all about what is happening right there in the studio, not living off his past,” she says.

“I enjoy the process of being in the studio, but he’s all about getting it in one performance. I thought, “What have I been doing all these years? This is great’. I’d never recorded that way and now I don’t think I’ll ever go back to the way I did it before.”

Once Robert and Alison’s world tour concludes later in the year, the clamour for Zeppelin to play more gigs will again be unrelenting. Plant certainly won’t dismiss the possibility, but he is adamant they’d have to maintain the phenomenal energy of their O2 show.

“I think it’s a conundrum,” he muses. “How do you do it again? Not will you, but how? That’s more the issue. Because it would be dreadful to reduce it to just going round and round, because then we wouldn’t be what we were. I don’t think the natural progression is to go and do it lots of times.”

The excitement at O2 was certainly unlike that at any rock show in some time.

“Before we went forward onto the stage, there were just the four of us in the half-light,” recalls Robert. “And, of course, nobody was big enough to deal with the moment. What could you say? Words didn’t mean a thing, so we just stood there. You could feel the place going “Whaaaagh!’.”

But, when it was all over, Robert could sit back safe in the knowledge that Zeppelin were still a world-beating band.

“The Gallaghers came by the dressing room and leaned on the door,” laughs Plant. “And Liam said, “You’re the f****** business you are, aren’t you? You’re the one’. And I said, “Of course I am, I always knew that. It’s just that you never switched on. You need the next door - down there on the left’.”

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Missing Pig, Found Pig












Missing Pig

COACHELLA ORGANIZERS OFFER $10,000 REWARD AND 4 FESTIVAL TICKETS FOR LIFE
IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF THE INFLATABLE PIG THAT ESCAPED DURING ROGER WATERS' SET
COACHELLA organizers are offering $10,000 and four festival tickets for life in exchange for the safe return of the two-story inflatable pig that broke loose during Roger Waters' set on the final night (Sunday, April 27) of the 2008 COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL. The pig escaped and floated into the desert sky just prior to the intermission between Roger Waters' back-to-back sets - marking the only back-to-back COACHELLA sets by one artist in the critically acclaimed festival's history.

Anyone with information on the lost pig, should email lostpig@coachella.com.



Found Pig

Following up on our story from yesterday (see below), Roger Waters' helium filled pig was found after floating off from his Coachella performance. Two different couples found pieces of the pig in their La Quinta, CA yards, a few miles away from the Coachella Festival grounds.

The Coachella organizers had offered a reward of $10,000 and four tickets for life to the festival, the two families will split the booty. The pig featured the words "Don't be led to the slaughter" and a cartoon depiction of Uncle Sam clutching two bloody cleavers. The other side read "Fear builds walls" and the belly of the beast read "Obama" with a checked ballot box for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.






[Published on: 4/30/08]