At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

Last week’s concert was good, but couldn’t really compare to Gogol’s show at Coachella in 2007. Oddly enough, Eugene Hütz did not do any drum surfing at this show. I thought that was pretty standard at Gogol concerts. Also, the crowd wasn’t as into it as the one at Coachella. They were rather sedate, actually. [...]

And honestly, my first reaction is “Meh.” BRING BACK RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE! This year’s headliners: Jack Johnson, Portishead, and Roger Waters. I listen to Jack Johnson occasionally, like when I want to pretend I’m at the beach instead of this cesspool city, but there is no reason he should be headlining. Portishead…zzz. And Roger [...]

I didn’t really take many photos at Coachella due to my laziness, so a majority of these I stole from Kat. And yes, I realize this happened like two months ago. This one photo pretty much sums up the entire weekend Jack’s Mannequin Some beautiful desert scenery Kat, Danielle, Laila Willie Nelson Not really concert-related, [...]

This is by far the best footage I have come across of RATM’s performance at Coachella. I have no idea who shot it, but it looks like a rough cut of some professional footage. This video includes “Testify”, “Bulls On Parade”, and “People Of The Sun”. click here to see more videos like this Tom [...]

The reason I never write about concerts is because, in general, I suck at reviewing them. I have to write about Coachella, though, so forgive me if this totally sucks or if I use the word “awesome” way too much. Pictures will be up later. I’m liberally sprinkling YouTube and professional photos throughout this post [...]

In a few hours, actually. My plane leaves DCA at 6 effin’ am. Layover in Houston, and then I should arrive in Palm Springs a little after 11am. I will probably have a lot to write about when I return on Monday, and maybe even some photos. You know how much I love to take [...]

It’s yet another rainy and cold day here in our nation’s capital, which translates into canceled Wiffleball games, copious amounts of green tea, avoiding the torrential downpour and flooding streets, and, god help me, watching Billy Joel music videos on YouTube. You’re soooo hardcore, Billy This all started when, out of pure boredom, Mike and [...]

Well, it was hard to keep this list to just five, but here are a few songs that “hit” me (i.e., actually make you think, reminisce, identify with the lyrics, whatever) in no particular order: Ben Folds – Landed If you wrote me off I’d understand it Cause I’ve been on Some other planet So [...]

It is a very rare instance when I don’t have my mp3 player with me. Even for a three block stroll to the local CVS, I need my own personal soundtrack. Sometimes, for whatever bizarre reason, I might find myself on the metro sans iPod/iRiver and think to myself, “Oh my god…no music…I might actually [...]

I’m definitely going to Coachella. Just gotta get my plane ticket. Gonna listen to some RATM and RHCP and eat some In-N-Out and Mexican food with my SoCal friends. RATM guitarist Tom Morello was recently interviewed regarding the impending reunion: The star said that there was a political element to the band getting back together. [...]