Easter Island barely juts out of the ocean over 2,000 miles away from the nearest continent. It's one of the most remote places on Earth - Antarctica is far more accessible, almost as if the land called Rapa Nui by the locals wasn't meant to have locals in the first place. Man didn't make it to the … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: Once More, With Feeling August 2014
One thing I learned entering the second year of Elsewhere Plans: it's gonna be a hell of a lot easier this year. Turns out, a lot of things worth going to are worth going to twice. Who know? I'll be updating as necessary, but much of the information is a foundation on which to build a solid Animal … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: Boom in June 2014
And thus we enter the first real month of Summer for the northern hemisphere. Otherwise known as the hemisphere where shit actually goes down. With love to those crazy Southies, of course, and I'll take that back when New Zealand and Uruguay start pumping festivals out their wazoos, but the North … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: May Flowers 2014
I'm gonna try to be positive here. There are so many awesome festivals to go to this month. A nice mix of cultural festivals to really make you feel like you've delved into a new part of the world, and a spattering of music festivals to keep your sense of karma and health chemically castrated. But I … [Read more...]
Out in the World: Coachella and Friends April 2014
Sorry guys, I missed the March installment of Out in the World. But there's a few good reasons for that! Most of the big events have to do with Mardi Gras and Carnival, which were covered in the February edition of the calendar. The others were all pretty well known - Soundwave and Future in … [Read more...]