Time for a road trip summery. Please forgive any errors or oversights, as my brain has taken on a consistency not unlike pudding.
Before leaving for Coachella I got to spend a few wonderfully relaxing days roaming Vancouver with rin and redmess. Who also let me crash on their sofa the whole time.
Vancouver is a really interesting place to visit, at least from the perspective of a small town prairie kid. There are all sorts of odd/unique restaurant and stores. On a whole I would rate my time spent there at around a 9. The only reason it didn't get a 10 is because my car was towed while taking the 2 of them to the laundry mat. I got a funny story from the laundry matt how ever. At one point while we are waiting for our clothes to dry Rin nudges RedMess and says some thing to the effect of "look out the window over my shoulder" as she tilts her head at a girl walking by. Redmess grins wickedly as she steals a glance, and then squeals loudly "she just bent over and I can see her panties"! RIn responds, "Really"? "Let me see", as she spins around in her chair. Now picture these two with their faces pressed against the glass and their tongues hanging out like kids in front of a candy store. Well shit I want a peek to, so I turn around to have a look. Rin gives me a crack across the neck and shoulder as I turn, and snorts, "DON'T BE A PERV"! I will never pretend to understand that kind of logic.
Any way they were also kind enough to introduce me to a few people. I met lavonne (who seems to delight in saying things she knows will have maximum shock value) and her other half who I will simply call G. (I have no idea wheather he has account with the community and I don't want to go throwing peoples real names out there with out permission.) I am really glad G was there, he was a genuinely interesting person to talk to while the ladies were off shooting sets and things like that. He's got a sharp wit that guy, not some one you want to ever have to argue with. The five of us grabbed a bite to eat at this oriental vegetarian restaurant. I mention that because I am typically against that sort of thing. I'm the kind of guy who likes my meal bloody. But surprisingly I really enjoyed it. I don't think it will cause me to renounce beef, but I definitely wont be knocking the veggie lifestyle again.
On the 26th we made our mad dash south after picking up my little sister rosita and her pal Jordan from the airport. I wanted to get more pictures of the trip down but it was a serious grind. 26 straight hours of driving and that's just from the BC border. For those of you who live in LA, you have my deepest sympathy, the traffic in that city is hellish. LA alone accounted for 3-4 hours of the trip. Tension in the vehicle was high towards the end of trip mostly due to the lack of room in the back seat, caused by rins personal effects As seen below
But finally we reached Southern California and reunited rin with her man uproot
Man that place is hot. I mean really really hot. We rolled in after dark and if felt like a Alberta summer day.
With that done it was off to coachella. And let me tell you, had I lost a limb in that crowd I would still call it the best night of my life. Rage was incredible, they simply walked out and the place went ape shit. There was enough raw energy in the crowd to power north america for a year. Zack picked up the mic said "Hello. We are Rage Against the Machine", and then they went to work. They fed off the energy coming from the crowd and we fed off theirs. The madness and excitement snowballed until we could taste adrenaline, and our vision went red. Even if I were to live to the end of the world, nothing will ever top that feeling. No woman, no hunt, no race, no victory, will ever compare to the feeling of wonder and ecstasy I felt standing front row, basking in the glory of Rages rebirth.
This was me standing at the rail moments before they took the stage.
After it was over I was left with the feeling that life from this point forward would feel empty and hollow. But I had the presence of mind to take a shot of the stage from the distance.
Why do I have no pictures of the band playing you ask? Well, that's because once they came out the part of my brain that thinks logically turned off. Had you asked me at that point, I could not have told you my name.
I thought it was kind of cool how there was different art pieces spread all over the grounds. Most of them were based on lights so as to be better viewed after dark. My favorite was this one below with a living element. In the center was this very impressive woman performing on a single trapeze.
Then came the trip back. Which was for the most part uneventful. We did however make a side trip to the grave of Jimi Hendrix.
No amount of explaining would convince rosita that Jimi would not come back for her to reproduce with. She really is quite set on having the love child of a dead rock God.
And finally I have come full circle, (A circle which was about four thousand KM I might add) and find myself back on my sofa with still another 3 days before I have to go back to work. For the moment, life is good.
Before leaving for Coachella I got to spend a few wonderfully relaxing days roaming Vancouver with rin and redmess. Who also let me crash on their sofa the whole time.
Vancouver is a really interesting place to visit, at least from the perspective of a small town prairie kid. There are all sorts of odd/unique restaurant and stores. On a whole I would rate my time spent there at around a 9. The only reason it didn't get a 10 is because my car was towed while taking the 2 of them to the laundry mat. I got a funny story from the laundry matt how ever. At one point while we are waiting for our clothes to dry Rin nudges RedMess and says some thing to the effect of "look out the window over my shoulder" as she tilts her head at a girl walking by. Redmess grins wickedly as she steals a glance, and then squeals loudly "she just bent over and I can see her panties"! RIn responds, "Really"? "Let me see", as she spins around in her chair. Now picture these two with their faces pressed against the glass and their tongues hanging out like kids in front of a candy store. Well shit I want a peek to, so I turn around to have a look. Rin gives me a crack across the neck and shoulder as I turn, and snorts, "DON'T BE A PERV"! I will never pretend to understand that kind of logic.
Any way they were also kind enough to introduce me to a few people. I met lavonne (who seems to delight in saying things she knows will have maximum shock value) and her other half who I will simply call G. (I have no idea wheather he has account with the community and I don't want to go throwing peoples real names out there with out permission.) I am really glad G was there, he was a genuinely interesting person to talk to while the ladies were off shooting sets and things like that. He's got a sharp wit that guy, not some one you want to ever have to argue with. The five of us grabbed a bite to eat at this oriental vegetarian restaurant. I mention that because I am typically against that sort of thing. I'm the kind of guy who likes my meal bloody. But surprisingly I really enjoyed it. I don't think it will cause me to renounce beef, but I definitely wont be knocking the veggie lifestyle again.
On the 26th we made our mad dash south after picking up my little sister rosita and her pal Jordan from the airport. I wanted to get more pictures of the trip down but it was a serious grind. 26 straight hours of driving and that's just from the BC border. For those of you who live in LA, you have my deepest sympathy, the traffic in that city is hellish. LA alone accounted for 3-4 hours of the trip. Tension in the vehicle was high towards the end of trip mostly due to the lack of room in the back seat, caused by rins personal effects As seen below
But finally we reached Southern California and reunited rin with her man uproot
Man that place is hot. I mean really really hot. We rolled in after dark and if felt like a Alberta summer day.
With that done it was off to coachella. And let me tell you, had I lost a limb in that crowd I would still call it the best night of my life. Rage was incredible, they simply walked out and the place went ape shit. There was enough raw energy in the crowd to power north america for a year. Zack picked up the mic said "Hello. We are Rage Against the Machine", and then they went to work. They fed off the energy coming from the crowd and we fed off theirs. The madness and excitement snowballed until we could taste adrenaline, and our vision went red. Even if I were to live to the end of the world, nothing will ever top that feeling. No woman, no hunt, no race, no victory, will ever compare to the feeling of wonder and ecstasy I felt standing front row, basking in the glory of Rages rebirth.
This was me standing at the rail moments before they took the stage.
After it was over I was left with the feeling that life from this point forward would feel empty and hollow. But I had the presence of mind to take a shot of the stage from the distance.
Why do I have no pictures of the band playing you ask? Well, that's because once they came out the part of my brain that thinks logically turned off. Had you asked me at that point, I could not have told you my name.
I thought it was kind of cool how there was different art pieces spread all over the grounds. Most of them were based on lights so as to be better viewed after dark. My favorite was this one below with a living element. In the center was this very impressive woman performing on a single trapeze.
Then came the trip back. Which was for the most part uneventful. We did however make a side trip to the grave of Jimi Hendrix.
No amount of explaining would convince rosita that Jimi would not come back for her to reproduce with. She really is quite set on having the love child of a dead rock God.
And finally I have come full circle, (A circle which was about four thousand KM I might add) and find myself back on my sofa with still another 3 days before I have to go back to work. For the moment, life is good.
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