Below, he shares some of his highlights.
I was never allowed to celebrate Christmas.
This void in my childhood left me on a decades-long search for a holiday I could call my own.
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And unlike Christmas, this one had good music (all apologies to Mannheim Steamroller).
It was called Coachella.
It is, at times, unbearably hot, incredibly crowded, and nearly impossible to navigate.
Here is a look back on some Coachellas past.
YEAR ONE:The journey to the first Coachella was like landing on an exotic undiscovered island.
To me and my friends, it was love at first sight.
Not even this temporary heartbreak could get in the way of my new long-term relationship.
It was epic and unforgettable, and remains the high-water mark of all Coachellas.
Their performance was an incendiary proclamation to all witnesses a major new band had arrived.
No one could match their numbers, or their passion.
BEHIND THE SCENES:We wrapped the first season ofThe OCin April, 2004.
To celebrate, I convinced some of the cast members to attend their first Coachella.
They loved it, until after the concert, when we discovered wed been abandoned by our taxi home.
The gridlock exiting the parking lot meant it would be hours before a new ride could rescue us.
Instead, an impromptu game of stickball was organized, one that made the time fly by.
One of my favorite memories from theOCexperience.
What if she hated it?
Could the relationship handle it?
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