Posts in category ”Travel destinations”
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New Years Eve in Manchester
After a day filled with crane spotting at Ontario Basin, music locations at Salsford Lads Club and strange insults at Bricklayers Arms, we were ready to celebrate the new year.
Memories in Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a quiet town south of Manchester that never asked for the weight of musical sainthood. It’s not the kind of place you stumble into. It’s a place you seek out for the ghost of Ian Curtis.
Music history in Manchester
Manchester feels like a city carved out of soot, sweat and steel. Once the industrial heartbeat of Britain, now a sprawling canvas of concrete dreams and fading echoes. But for those of us with a well-worn vinyl collection and a taste for the poetic disintegration of civilization, Manchester isn’t just a city. It’s sacred ground.
In the footsteps of the Blade Runner
People seems to come to Los Angeles looking for beaches, palm trees and Botox. But not me. I’m chasing ghosts, cinematic ones with trench coats, neon glows and a synth-heavy Vangelis score.
Odd lifeforms in the deserts of California
Deserts are places where you can find things that you wouldn’t expect. These are areas that attract a certain kind of people, who are able to endure and even thrive in the open wastes. Out here, the line between genius and madness gets blurred.
Bombay beach and beyond
There’s something unsettling about watching the American dream curdle under a relentless desert sun. Head southeast from Palm Springs and things quickly begin to unravel.
Listening for cosmic signals at VLA in New Mexico
There’s something unsettling about the emptiness of the deserts in New Mexico. A silence so complete it feels like the universe itself is holding its breath. Out here, under the endless sky, far from the nearest espresso or cell tower, humanity feels small.
Having pie in Pie Town
Somewhere between nowhere and forget-about-it, on a stretch of asphalt called US Route 60, lies Pie Town. The name isn’t ironic. It’s not a failed hipster rebranding project. It’s a town named for what it actually does: pie.
Presidential election in Utah
I’m currently in the small town of Kanab, Utah. Tonight is the presidential election where Obama squares off against Romney. To me, it’s just another sunny day in November. But in America, it’s Election Day.
Aliens in Nevada and New Mexico
There’s something about the American Southwest that makes you believe in the unknown. Maybe it’s the desolation, with miles of scorched earth and silence that hums like static.