We won't debate that when we first started putting together yesterday's Instagram roundup of the Stagecoach Festival, the all-country weekend that came after Coachella at the Empire Polo Club, it was mostly a joke, a way to get some cheap laughs at the expense of a bunch of rednecks. But we've got to admit, the crazy good times that these wacky guys and gals are having is kind of making us think fondly of the whole thing, despite having seen more cowboy hats and Confederate flags than your average left-leaning Jew is entirely comfortable with. Now if someone could just explain to us what a "Brad Paisley" is. More»

It must really save Goldenvoice a few bucks on the Ferris wheel deposit to string their weekends together like this, because while organizing, running and keeping the peace between hipsters, scenesters and bros at two straight weekends of Coachella would seem to be enough work for just about anyone, GV rallied to deliver a third straight music festival at the Empire Polo Club this weekend. Of course, this time around, at the all-country-music Stagecoach Festival, the place felt subtly, but unmistakably, different. Let's investigate. More»

There is generally no need to look beyond L.A. for a full dose of horrendously bad decision-making in nightlife. But sometimes you have to venture beyond the Blue States to find something so staggeringly ill conceived that it makes you question the entire concept of nightlife altogether. Today, I'm talking about The Rose Supper Club in Montogomery, Alabama, and their breathtakingly bad idea to celebrate Food Stamp Friday which gives patrons free shots and a reduced cover charge for flashing their food stamps at the door. More»