Posts Tagged ‘ travel ’

Street Art: Dublin and Paris

September 1, 2009
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I saw some very cool stencils and street art in Dublin and Paris while touring Europe with Damon & the Heathens in July 2009. A few examples below:

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Istanbul Street Art

September 1, 2009
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During a July 2009 tour with the Oakland punk-soul band Damon & the Heathens, I saw all kinds of amazing street art. Here’s a few pieces from Istanbul:

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On Tour: The Joy of Clean Socks

August 8, 2009
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On Tour: The Joy of Clean Socks

I recently returned from a five-week tour with Damon & the Heathens, a six-piece punk-soul band from Oakland, California. It was a chaotic, disorganized, wonderful, amazing trip. I didn’t find the time to write much of anything during the tour, except for pages of messy, scribbled notes in a notebook I carried around in...

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Morocco’s Got Waves

June 12, 2009
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Morocco’s Got Waves

But while local businesses enjoy the benefits of tourism, Morocco’s surfers want their breaks back. The surf companies here are foreign-owned, and although they employ Moroccans as instructors, drivers, guides, cooks and cleaning crews, they are still outsiders. Graffiti scrawled on the crumbling wall of a former anchor factory at Taghazout’s most amazing break,...

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