Well that WAS the cool thing about Coachella. It has a more laid back vibe and you generally didn't get the frat boy set attending due to the absence of traditional big "alternative" bands. So it was very conducive to just chilling or else meeting non stupid people while enjoying cool up and coming or influential bands.
It certainly was no Woodstock where you had aggro alternative and dumb drunken college rapists trolling about.
the only time Coachella got out of hand was 2 years ago when these idiots decided to book Madonna to play in a fucking dance tent. That was the one time where you looked around and for the life of you couldn't figure out who these stupid jackasses were. And again last year on he 3rd day when they booked Rage Against The Machine. That day you did have the idiots that had drunkenness and stupidity in their eyes.
But when you have eclectic acts that have big buzz or are highly influential but have little radio airplay, it tends to weed out that element.
But as I said, this year has smaller bands that I've already seen play before and headliners who aren't that great. So i'll sit this year out baring some big revelation.
