John was on the Coachella documentary premiere…
Sorry for the late update, guys and girls, I was pretty much ill on Friday and Saturday.:cry:
Anyway, John and Anthony were guests on the premiere of the documentary about Coachella festival (remember, RHCP headlined that in 2003) in Los Angeles, so, here’s the text from The Desert Sun and two very nice pictures borrowed from One Hot Globe’s picture-finding-wonder-woman, JuliaCher:
“Coachella” finally arrived on Broadway on Thursday.
The long-awaited documentary on the history of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival made its world premiere at the ornate Orpheum Theatre on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, complete with klieg lights and a roped entry for featured artists to make their way past reporters and photographers.
Paul Tollett of the L.A.-based Goldenvoice promoter said there was supposed to be sod on the entryway in keeping with the Coachella tradition, but it didn’t work for women wearing high heels.
The film attracted stars from the worlds of film, popular music and the alternative scene that the Coachella festival champions.
Seen walking down a make-believe red carpet into the Orpheum were Red Hot Chili Peppers members Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante, TV actor Danny Masterson of “That ’70s Show” and Coachella DJs Cut Chemist and Z-Trip, who said he was excited to be part of the hoopla.
“Really excited. After doing three Coachellas, it’s really kind of cool to see how it evolved.”
“Coachella’s picked up a lot of dust on the festival scene,” said Cut Chemist. “We’d like to see Coachella move coast to coast, and hopefully this will be the next step.”
Director Drew Thomas also made his appearance on the “carpet.”
The setting was most unlike the expansive, green, open-aired setting of Indio’s Empire Polo Club that the Coachella calls home.
The Orpheum is a luxuriously upholstered, ornately designed 2,000-seat theater in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Judy Garland performed a vaudeville act there in 1933.
The film, as reported on thedesertsun.com, features 25 of the 500 acts presented at the Coachella since its 1999 debut. Past headliners include Bj’rk, Oasis, Radiohead and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
It features a performance by the Pixies that was credited with launching their comeback and showing modern audiences the link between the punk acts of the early 1980s and the grunge movement of the early 1990s. It reveals Arcade Fire as a band on the brink of a commercial breakthrough and Iggy Pop and the Stooges as still vital proto-punkers 30 years and numerous drug addictions after anticipating the Sex Pistols. 
Tollett said the point of the film is to capture the feel of the Coachella, and this film achieves that through footage of its interactive art work, its classic Southwest desert backdrop, and its unique concert goers as well as its concert stars.
Insightful commentary was provided in interviews by the likes of Beck, Mos Def and Perry Farrell, the Jane’s Addiction frontman who is the only individual to have performed at all six Coachella festivals. Palm Desert native Josh Homme, who has performed at the Coachella with Queens of the Stone Age and his Desert Sessions band, also talked about the Coachella, albeit without the emphasis on a desert native’s perspective.
Tickets are $10, but get them quickly, they are on sale via TicketMaster.
