Where’s Waldo? At weekend one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
As we pack our bags to go back into the desert for a second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, I want to ask you a favor: Don’t be that guy.
I’m not talking about the guy wearing the shirt of the band they’re going to see at the fest or even a Coachella shirt itself. I don’t want you to be the guy with the giant Donald Trump head.
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People are embracing the idea of carrying weird objects held up high to find friends. I saw David Hasselhoff’s head attached to a green pool noodle, a stick covered in flashing multi-colored LED lights for the evening hours, and so many balloons.
The most unique item I saw: A mannequin head for wigs impaled on a stick and the whole thing was covered in gold glitter.
Get creative, but please try to be respectful and don’t hold the giant Donald Trump head cutout above you during a set if you’re in the middle of the tent. Just go to the side with your Donald Trump (or anyone else’s) giant head.
Another option: Dressing up might work for you–you couldn’t miss the panda in the mosh pit during Dropkick Murphys last week. However, it was a little frightening when he stripped to just the panda head and a speedo after the pit.
There was also a gang of Waldos, as in “Where’s Waldo?” that surrounded me at one point. And then there was a penguin parade. Only at Coachella.
As we get ready to cover the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this year, we’ll be using the #PECoachella hashtag on Twitter and Instagram. If you want to send us photos, musings and more, we’ll give you some love here in the Audio File blog. Just use the hashtag!
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