After the weekend and the long goodbyes and the rain that promised to wash everything away but never showed up, Frank and I decided we were both going to write about the party. Practicality and a sublime sense of laziness dictated that neither of us could report on everything that happened. Here’s his; this is Read More …
Ever have one of those Sunday mornings where you just want to enjoy your pancakes and the mild hangover buzz only to be disturbed by someone complaining about his job? One solution is to hand him an old laptop and encourage him to go shoot it. If he replies, “Good idea, but I need to Read More …
Greetings and Salutations from the desert oasis called East Jesus. We can officially call it an oasis as we just finished planting two 5 foot tall palm trees beside our buried bus. Of course one of our artists has already called dibs on building a bus stop between them but that’s what E.J. is all Read More …
Why is it when life imitates art, it invariably leaves all the cool shit behind that made it art in the first place? I am talking about an honest-to-god Footloose scenario in a small community in the middle of the desert that mercilessly cuts out Kevin Bacon anger-dancing over the nearest sand dune and replaces Read More …
So a month into this new year and things are rolling along quite nicely. Construction, music and smiles are on the increase while drama, destruction and frowns are on the wane. More and more we hear about what an amazing space we have here, how positive the vibe is and how everyone wants to return. Read More …
Ever have one of those days where your jaws hurt from laughing too much? And the side of your stomach feels like maybe a rib broke? Ever feel like a weekend was a year long at the time but now feels like it was only a day? It’s Friday and I’m only now coming down Read More …
WARNING: The following story may cause feelings of jealousy, envy, and regret. We don’t apologize for this. New Year’s Eve: just a reason to get drunk? But how many times can you accomplish that and still enjoy it? Maybe you’re a little older now and have started tiring of the same old thing. The hassles Read More …
Edge of the world, edge of Western civilization, edge of the desert, of birth, of death, edge of a sky falling over us at the speed of a year’s last breath. The sky falls over a sea of campers, trailers, diaspora from the north, over an acid-green lightshow to rival the Fourth; banking and turning Read More …