It is once again that time of year, where those of us with no money are punished with videos of all the awesome stuff that happens at America's biggest music festivals. This week it is videos of Coachella, and let me tell you, the threat of California heat BARELY softens the blow of missing these acts.

The following list is loosely arranged by my level of sadness having missed these acts.

1. Pulp really knows how to build up the tension in a crowd. I was getting pretty antsy just watching the complete video stream and I had the option to skip through the pre-show. But had I done that I would have missed out on the hilarious word play that happened, when the screen posed the question "are you ready for your just deserts?" Get it? Jarvis Cocker was just as charming as he always seems, throwing "confectionary" into the crowd and asking them to join him in having a laugh. And they put on a great show. What more could you ask for?

2. Radiohead turned the desert into a veritable ocean. Huge panels projecting blue and aqua and other abstractions and Thom Yorke moaned and falsettoed his way through a strong two hour set. See for yourself in the complete video stream posted below. As a note, Thom Yorke has a ponytail now. Huh.

3. The weirdest/coolest/most surprising moment of the weekend came during the bevy of guests brought on stage by two of the biggest legends in the history of hip-hop, Snoop and Dre. Not only did they bring Eminem, who pounded through his songs, Wiz Khalifa who lit a up a fat blunt as he is wont to do, Tony Yayo, and 50 Cent, but a guest appearance was made by a hologram of the late great Tupac Shakur. I'm not one-hundred percent on my feelings about it, but damn was it impressive.

4. Childish Gambino, dropped an AMAZING set, and even more impressively, he bopped effortlessly around the stage with a broken foot. You can catch the whole stream here or just watch my favorite video, Heartbeat, where Gambino gets wildly intense for the last couple verses, and then gives us a special present right at the end.

5. Swedish House Mafia's set made me long for the days of the laser light show (I realize these still exist, but not within my vision in this second). I mean seriously, watch the video. Besides the sick music, the smoke and pyrotechnics and lasers will blow your mind. The only thing that would have made it better would have been dogs.

Here are five other awesome Coachella videos for you to watch so later you can pretend you actually went:
1. Bon Iver (with a rare appearance by the lower half of Justin Vernon's face)
2. The Black Keys and their Giant Discoball
3. Destroyer
4. Miike Snow
5. M83. Just kidding. Too bad M83 called copyrightsies on this one and it isn't available anymore, because when I watched it, it was SO GOOD.