Pink Floyd’s Inflatable Coachella Pig Crash Lands
Written by Professor Honeydew // May 1, 2008 // Donnyblurbs // 4 Comments
What goes up must come down. No one escapes gravity’s familiar pull, not even Roger Waters’ giant inflatable pig, the Pink Floyd staple that was used as a stage prop at this past weekend’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.
Goldenvoice, the company behind the festival, offered a $10,000 cash reward to whomever found the enormous balloon when it came down. It finally made its landing on Monday morning in nearby La Quinta, albeit in two large, shredded pieces. According to a Reuters report, two couples found the remains in their yards. “We didn’t even know what it was then, but that’s all I hear about now,” said Susan Stoltz, whose husband Steve made the discovery when he went to fetch his morning newspaper.
The Stoltzes and their neighbors the Rimmers (no joke, I swear) will split the ten thou and each receive four lifetime tickets to the festival. When pigs fly, indeed.
4 Comments on "Pink Floyd’s Inflatable Coachella Pig Crash Lands"
Finding Roger Waters’ gigantic pig deflated on your front yard has to be infinitely more enjoyable than having to sit through one of his sets.
Listen, toast face. You can’t talk about a real ‘set’ unless you’re talking about house music, and if you have trouble sitting through pink floyd i can’t help but question your intelligence quotient. Should i use smaller words? Pink floyd are brilliant. You are not.
Toastface Killa said:
”Finding Roger Waters’ gigantic pig deflated on your front yard has to be infinitely more enjoyable than having to sit through one of his sets.”
>> You can’t talk about a real ’set’ unless you’re talking about house music < <
Right. Because bands don't play off of "set lists" and dictionary.com doesn't define a "set" as "a group of pieces played by a band, as in a night club, and followed by an intermission; or the period during which these pieces are played."
>>Pink floyd are brilliant. < <
They aren't, but it's a moot point regardless since Pink Floyd didn't perform. It's like calling an Eric Clapton performance a Yardbirds concert. Another major difference is that Clapton, for better or worse, continued to make a mark on the music world after his initial success with the Yardbirds. The same can't be said of Waters post-Floyd.
>> if you have trouble sitting through pink floyd i can’t help but question your intelligence quotient <<
That’s like saying you can’t judge how enjoyable a screaming baby is if you haven’t sat through three hours of a baby screaming. I’m intelligent enough to get the point after the first few minutes.
Flame warzzz!
/popcorn