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Coachella Will Happen Twice In 2012: Will It Be Half As Cool?

Coachella Will Happen Twice In 2012: Will It Be Half As Cool?

We never held out much hope for a Coachella East, and while many festivals can boast a stellar, eclectic bill, they're not in the desert. If you refused to shell out airfare and the mildly outrageous $269 weekend pass this year, you're in luck: according to its website, Coachella is going to be set over two weekends in 2012, April 13-15 and April 20-22. That's right, "that means same lineup, same art, same place, different people," and double the money for Coachella and its parent company, AEG Live. more ›

Williamsburg: Not Just for Wealthy Hipsters

Williamsburg: Not Just for Wealthy Hipsters

Did anyone really think that it was only trust fund kids living in Williamsburg? NYMag is on a myth-busting mission in this piece that looks beyond the hipster population in the neighborhood. And it turns out there's even more than just hipsters and those who want to slash them with machetes, there's also "a community of people mostly struggling to get by." The piece contains some informative stats for those who look at Williamsburg as solely a trustafarian paradise—did you know in the last 12 months the median income for the area was $39,663 (the city median is $48,631). Of course, talkin' about food stamps, Trinitarios, and Drano Bombs doesn't exactly move luxury condos (or grab headlines, as the site points out). more ›

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