Tag Archives: humanity

Finding Beauty in the Portable Restroom Experience.

By Carles | August 30, 2009

Photo by the StyleShark

Yesterday, I used my Palestinian scarf for something functional. I was attending a large outdoor concert, and I had to urinate. I had to walk to the edge of the property in order to use the portable restrooms that were provided by the festival promoters. As I approached [...]

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Do music festivals help u connect with ‘the human spirit’?

By Carles | July 1, 2009

Was looking at pix of Glastonbury Music festival. Seems like an ‘overwhelming experience.’ Can’t believe ‘this many people’ want to see ‘live music.’
Photos via bigpicture

Damn. This picture ’seriously seems like a Where’s Waldo’ 2-page spread. Can’t believe it is actually ‘temporary shelter’ for people attending some ‘huge ass’ music festival in [...]

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U, Me, And Every Concert We Attend: How We Grow Older With Concerts

By Carles | June 22, 2009

Lately I have been attending numerous live concerts after ‘going on a break’ from ‘going to shows’ since the audiences got too tweeny. I have been going through a very concertially existential crisis, and really thinking about ‘why am I here?’ ‘Why did I make the extra effort to see this band?’ [...]

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Lord of the AltBros — Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the AltBro

By Carles | March 16, 2009

Photo by Cobrasnake

I remember in the book Lord of the Flies, there is a group of bros who get “LOST” on an island. They have no ’societal norms’ and break down into tribes who go to war against one another. One tribe is ‘violent’ and the other one is ‘all about peace.’ [...]

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