Advertisements Winter has come early to the place I call home, bitter cold temperatures, heaps of snow and ice covering everything in Christmas white. It’s a good look for the Holidays, but I needed a weekend away in the desert. The Indian Canyons in Palm Springs are a good place for easy hiking in the warmContinue reading “finding an Oasis in the Indian Canyons”
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NIN
Advertisements I was nineteen when I first played the album Pretty Hate Machine on my tape deck. Head like a hole was the first track, and I was mesmerized. I’d never heard anything like it, and played it for my girlfriend, co-workers, really anyone that would listen. I few years later they came to the SLC toContinue reading “NIN”
the magnetism of Jim James
Advertisements Sometimes one’s lack of the details can lead to unexpected rewards. A case in point was the random buying of ticket to see the band, My Morning Jacket, in Hollywood at the Fonda Theatre. Not until I was underneath the marquee did i realize that I wasn’t seeing My Morning Jacket, but insteadContinue reading “the magnetism of Jim James”
LA Woman
Advertisements A city with equal parts angels and devils, good and evil. A sprawling landscape of endless human emotions. I plunge from the clouds into the LA woman. This place is where one can go to blend into oblivion. Midnight strolls up and down dark alleys, the call beckons to enter the strip clubsContinue reading “LA Woman”
Wine country
Advertisements Sunday’s are the best because of the variety of things people can do on this day : church, watch sports, go to the movies, perhaps a picnic or a visit with family and friends. The possibilities are endless. This last Sunday was spent roaming endless vineyards immersed by green mountains and blue sky. [the_adContinue reading “Wine country”
MMW
Advertisements Back in the summer of 2008, when I was just starting to explore the possibilities of solo travel, I ventured to Wyoming to see the Jackson Hole Music Festival by myself. One of the many musical acts I fondly remember was Medeski, Martin & Wood. Coincidentally, on April 20th, the unofficial “celebrate marijuana” dayContinue reading “MMW”
thoughts on the government
Advertisements It was one week ago today that started a horrible chain of events here in the USA…. “Two bombs explode at the Boston marathon, killing three, critically injuring over one hundred and seventy…” “poisonous Ricin envelope mailed to President Obama, Mississippi Senator….” “fertilizer explosion in West, Texas kills one hundred and sixty, levelsContinue reading “thoughts on the government”
the lost communes of Bombay
Advertisements The map had them labeled as beach campgrounds, tied to little seaside towns. As the car tires slowly turned, grinding the bones of the dead before me, I found only communes of the bungled and botched. The bright morning sun illuminated the remains of the previous nights activities ; scattered and broken bottles ofContinue reading “the lost communes of Bombay”
Everything must end
Advertisements The sign was barely visible through the thick morning fog…Salton City Beach. I gripped the steering wheel and turned sharply to the left, and lumbered down the sandy road into the barren wasteland. Salton City’s inhabitants peer out of dirty windows at the newcomer. I feel a creeper’s eyes on my skin asContinue reading “Everything must end”
me and the Salton Sea
Advertisements The cold, snow and ice has gripped my hometown in a killer’s vice, the inversion of dirty pollution has one coughing like a coal miner. It was time for warmer weather and to see if the sky was still blue somewhere in the world. [the_ad id=”11876″] What I found could be the start ofContinue reading “me and the Salton Sea”