Jesus and Mary Chain at Coachella!

HOLY CRAP - Friday night the Jesus and Mary Chain will be headlining at Coachella! The Jesus and Mary Chain! And some other bands! Woo!

Looking at the lineup, I'd say Friday and Saturday are the strongest. Rage is reuniting for Sunday, which makes me want to stay the hell away from the crowd that will be there for them. Friday with the Jesus and Mary Chain (that's three times I've mentioned that now) is a for sure thing. Let's see, I'll probably catch:
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Bjork (Mobbed, I'm sure - plus the tickets will fly)
Interpol (Still haven't seen these guys live)
Sonic Youth (WAIT A SEC, THEY'RE NOT HEADLINERS AND ARCTIC MONKEYS ARE?!)
Jarvis Cocker (Wish it was a Pulp reunion)
Tokyo Police Club
Maybe El-P

Saturday is also strong, but what's with the Chili Peppers? Not that they can't be amusing, but couldn't we get My Bloody Valentine to reunite or even 3rd Bass or something that won't fill Empire Field with Rage AND Chili Peppers fans. Will probably see:
The Arcade Fire
LCD Soundsystem
The Rapture (Man... Hated their last album, but their live show was great a few years back)
Blonde Redhead
New Pornographers (Neko coming?)
!!! (Their last Coachella performance was one of the best)
Hot Chip
Sparklehorse
Cornelius
Andrew Bird

Sunday has some good artists, but I don't really care about the headliners much. Okay, Air might be worth checking out (never have seen their live show), but the rest, really, not my thing and Rage is a cheap cash-in. If I were to go Sunday, it'd only be to see:
The Roots
Explosions in the Sky
Ratatat
Junior Boys
CSS
Klaxons
Tapes n Tapes
Lupe Fiasco

Sure, I'd wander around and walk into whatever sounded good, and sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised. Unfortunately, I bet most of the artists I'd go for would with my luck be playing at the same damn time or in the case of most Coachellas, cancelled after I bought tickets (fuck you for cancelling, Cocteau Twins, even though I still love your music). And I only stay at Coachella as long as there are bands worth fighting the crowds, traffic and unreasonable hotel rates for. This lineup still doesn't seem as strong as previous years, possibly because they've stretched it into three days. Nothing will ever beat the day I saw the Pixies and Radiohead and the Rapture and Kool Keith and MF Doom in the same night (and the Flaming Lips the next day). As I've said to many people before, I would pay a grand for tickets if they just got My Bloody Valentine to reunite. Dammit, Goldenvoice, make my dreams come true already!