Iggy Pop happened to come to my hometown -- where I saw him for the sixth time (Paris, London, Berlin, Rome, Nice, and Boston being the others) over a period of 30 years. He was as good as ever-- if not better.

I mention this because the Europeans (as, of course did Bowie) caught on very early to this...

Hello fellow travelers!!!

This is a last minute search/request/all out effort to find a burning man ticket...I had my ticket lined up for months and then shit happened and I basically got screwed out of my ticket with 3 weeks notice to now find another one! I have friends coming in town from NZ to go...

Hey remember a world without ipods?  That dark and miserable place where tired, huddled masses lugged around Walkmans or CD players yearning to be free of their technological inadequacies?  Well back then I didn't even have those.  "Hakkas don't need such luxuries" was the resounding motto...

My trip would not be the same without my iPod.

Coldplay's latest album has been the perfect soundtrack from my trip. I've had "Strawberry Swing" and "Life in Technicolor" on repeat. When looking out on the waters of Phuket, it really is such a perfect day.

Other songs on my travel playlist:...

Yes I know I am a bit slack when it comes to posting on this site, but that's what happens when you take on more than you can handle and still make it an absolute neccesity to surf every single day....what can I say, some people smoke ciggies, I surf!

Summer is Here, I have surfed in Boardies already...

I have a crazy, crazy affection for love songs in Spanish.

Like country ballads, love songs in Spanish are often bad, and for all the same reasons: the lyrics teeter on the line between the bad-luck-streak-believable and the totally hyperbolic. The barely contained emotion tremors in the overwrought...

I decided today I need to travel more. I need to get out of the place I live in because I’m not really happy here. I need to see the world, so I am going to make a goal to take one trip to somewhere, anywhere – a year. I’ll go, even if I have to go alone. A part of me wants to go alone...

Sorry it's been so long, and now I will be a cheat and link you to my blog!!! Sorry! Enjoy!

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Music-Venice. The words used to be almost synonymous: There was a time when music poured from churches and hospitalsÑyes, hospitals. Hospitals were part musical academies, as well as places where the poor and destitute could go to live or die while listening to heavenly chants and choruses. Music...

Just wanting to know if any of my fellow Matadorians will being attending this years Coachella Festival?! The line ups for Fri, Sat, and Sun are all looking impressive and the sun is suppose to be shinning down in typical Indio/Palm Springs style...

So if you planning on rocking out there for one or...