Coachella will be hot

As a teenager, the Coachella/Indio region held not much excitement for me.

Save for the restaurant, "EAT," that made for good people watching and doubled as a shower station and knife-sharpening haven for scary truck drivers, I viewed this desert spot as merely a means to get to Lake Havasu without starving. Just a stop on the itinerary.

Well, thanks to the lovely line-up announced today for the "Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival," Indio will definitely be a destination for me this April.

I'll be hitting the 10 East out there on Saturday, April 26, to see Hot Chip, M.I.A., Rilo Kiley and New Young Pony Club - and to sweat buckets. Join me in the revelry.

Apple + Blue Sequin Jumper = Fun

I took this Mediabistro course in LA a few months back on "Blogging Basics" taught by an editor for Unbeige, Alissa Walker (I highly recommend it, by the way and there is one coming up on March 29!) Ever since then, I've been reading Unbeige more frequently, and get a kick of Alissa's posts. Another thing I've done since then is feel bad I don't post more often like she advised. Oops.

Anyway, today Alissa posted the MadTV video spoof "They iScrewed Me Again," based off the Apple iPod Nano commerical featuring Feist, who I heart to death. It's pretty comical, and I'm certain it took them quite a while to match Feist's royal blue sequin jumper she wears in the video for "1 2 3 4." Also, I am kicking myself for not seeing Feist while she was in town with Spoon.

Anyway, for anyone who has experienced feeling obsolete by Apple's clever product release timing, enjoy! And here's a link to the original version.

Music to Fly By

I logged some serious frequent flyer miles in October. As you can imagine, all this air travel made me and my iPod BFFs. To keep my sanity, I leaned on my music playlist to avoid crazy people and potentially look asleep at times. I'm sharing with you all in case you ever have a marathon flight and need some tunes. Enjoy!

Popculturemadness says this is Britney's new single.

Say it ain't so.