I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t know what Coachella was until this morning.  If you guessed “a giant music festival/jamboree of some type in oh so sunny California,” then well done. And how do you put an end to such a behemoth gathering?

Roger Waters brought Coachella to a close with an epic two-set performance that included playing all of “Dark Side of the Moon” and unleashing a giant inflated pig into the night sky.

Ok, but how do you make the space-pig relevant for all the kids with their youtubes and facebooks?

The pig, which was led above the crowd from lines held on the ground, displayed the words “Don’t be led to the slaughter” and a cartoon of Uncle Sam wielding two bloody cleavers. The other side read “Fear builds walls.”

The underside of the pig simply read “Obama” with a checked ballot box alongside.

As Waters drew the song to a close, flame bursts exploded on the sides of the stage and the swine floated into the night sky. Waters said sadly and comically, “That’s my pig.”

Sphere: Related Content

This entry was posted on Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 12:27 pm and is filed under Election 2008, Music, Puppets. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Related Posts

• IndieArts Fest heads into night - July 19th, 08
• who needs air when you have music? - July 19th, 08
• "speed-freak bounce" - July 18th, 08
• The People's Convention - July 16th, 08
• Ewoks: a controversy - July 15th, 08