Life in The Festivals: A Journey Through the Perpetual Hope Machine

By John-Michael Thomas

Here ends another day, during which you have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around you. What have you done with it? Every weekend, the tech rich of Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, find themselves intermingling with hippies, spiritual advisers, artists and shamans, in prehistoric lake beds and dilapidated warehouses, while they listen to electronic dance music and do copious amounts of drugs. The richest people in the history of mankind are being transformed by this movement. The transformational music festivals are changing the people who change the world... but will it be a world we will want to live in?What starts off as a cynical take on people who are "trying to find meaning where this is none," turns into an adventure that spans six months across all the major music festivals of the West Coast. Ending, at the holy of holy places for the Transformations, Burning Man. Life in the Festivals is an honest look at this emerging world. Whether you agree with these people, or not, you cannot deny their importance. This movement may just be the most interesting thing happening in the world. Sometimes cynical and witty, other times humble and eye opening. Life in the Festivals is a must read for anyone who is curious about this strange culture and these event. As well as anyone who plans on attending Burning Man, Lightning in a Bottle, EDC or any of the other music festivals sprouting out of the West Coast of America. This cannot be life, but life can sometimes be this.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514361477
• ISBN13: 9781514361474
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.9" x 5.5"