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August 15, 2014 Vol. 7 No. 61
Splash House is Here to Stay
Chromeo djing at Splash House (Photo by Maria Elena Anda)
Southern California’s most beautiful people flocked to coolest pools in Palm Springs By Dan Marinelli Palm Springs – Move over Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival; you are no longer the only show in town. For the second time in 2014, and the third time since last year, thousands of music fans and party lovers flocked to the dance Fest that spanned over three different pools in
Palm Springs: the Hacienda Cantina and Beach Club, the Saguaro and the Hard Rock. All three pools were chicly decorated and primped for the weekend water park for adults. However, the hotels alone did not attract the masses. A trendy hotel pool on its own is fun – especially in 100-plus degree weather – but what
made Splash House even more special the second time around this summer was the beefed-up musical lineup. The day party featured acts like Atrak, Chromeo; Cut Copy, Flume, Gorgon City, Jagwar Ma, Oliver Heldens. Uberjak’d, Viceroy, Wax Motif and actor Elijah Wood’s group Wooden Wisdom. LED Presents, the
By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - Authorities detailed Robin Williams’ final moments Tuesday, saying the actor and comedian hanged himself with a belt in his San Francisco Bay Area home. Marin County Sheriff’s Lt. Keith Boyd said Williams was last seen alive by his wife Sunday night when she went to bed. She woke up the next morning and left, thinking he was still asleep. Shortly after that, Williams’ personal assistant came to the Tiburon home and became concerned when Williams
failed to respond to knocks at a door. The assistant found the 63-year-old actor dead in a bedroom and called police. Boyd said all evidence indicates Williams, star of “Good Will Hunting,” ‘’Mrs. Doubtfire,” ‘’Good Morning, Vietnam” and dozens of other films, took his own life. But he said a final ruling will be made once toxicology reports and interviews with witnesses are complete. The condition of the body indicated Williams had been dead for at least several hours, Boyd said. Williams also had superficial cuts on his wrist, and a pocket-
knife was found nearby. Williams had been seeking treatment for depression, Boyd said. He would not say whether the actor left a suicide note. “We still have people we want to speak with so there is some information we’re going to withhold,” Boyd said. “We’re not discussing the note or a note at this point as the investigation is ongoing.” It was no secret that the Oscar-winning actor had suffered for years from periodic bouts of substance abuse and depression - he
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group behind Splash House, will have a whole year to prepare for next year’s bash, and with the event’s growing popularity, there will only be more pressure to bring in A-list talent. “It just depends if they continue to bring acts like Flume and Cut Copy that are major artists,” said Laura Markure, a festival goer from Los Angeles.
“I didn’t come last year because they didn’t have the same type of ballot – and today is Chromeo. Those are really big artists to be playing such an intimate venue. So I think it just depends on the music.” On S u n d a y, when headliners Atrak and Chromeo Continues on Page 2