While I did catch a glimpse of the mound of confiscated drugs at the venue’s entrance, it’s undeniable that a fair amount of mind altering substances made it past the double doors—if the sea of completely uninhibited, barely clothed dancers was any indication.

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Buy Coachella 2010 Tickets Here Friday, April 16th: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, [...]

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Eclectic tutued and tattooed teens, people in sparkly bikinis, tails, whisker painted faces, and 12-inch sole, stilt-esque boots swarmed the Hollywood Palladium to see Deadmau5 perform. In the first two hours, while the crowd thickened and peeled off their fabric layers, the Palladium was the site for a dance party, simply put, a “Rave,” reminiscent of the late ninetees. People with latex glove glowing fingertips bounced around and moved their hands in front of other mesmerized people who were sitting legs crossed in the middle of the oval dance floor. Out in the hall near one of the four bars, I heard a female security guard ask an off balanced male propped against the wall why he was sucking on a pacifier. He responded, “I’m rolling. Get with the fucking times, lady.”

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