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Cherry-coloured Funk

Cocteau Twins reunion at Coachella? Must be part of the cosmic conspiracy to further torment me. It’s bad enough that year after year I miss out on SXSW and CMJ (not to mention loads of local shows), but when these long-time all-time favorite bands of mine decide to do reunion shows with the whole ONE NIGHT ONLY limited time offer thing, well it’s just maddening. Plus I fell for it with Bauhaus back in ‘98 and bought tickets to the Palladium show and airfare to L.A. only to find out later that they were really just testing the waters and wound up touring and coming here anyway. Where I didn’t even see them (because I saw them twice more in Chicago). The Cocteau Twins’ official site proclaims that, no, we’re not kidding around here, this is really it. Maybe. So how trustworthy is that? I just don’t know. But obviously I’m not going to drag the little man around some music fest all weekend, and I can’t leave him home either, as the husband is a creature of the night and all, so I’m screwed. Yeah. Need more coffee…or some soymilk to cry in.