"Pioneertown, California" by Kristin Hersh, July 25 2008 (originally published on kristinhersh.com)

Pioneertown, California is so wild and pretty that it hurts. Shady Circle songs are also wild and pretty, and honestly, they hurt a little, too.

Saturday night was a peak experience, being in that pristine environment with such fascinating people. Violet and tangerine clouds plus cold beer and warm bodies’d make any event spectacular, but put them next to our friend Eric’s desert palace and I’m left speechless.

So I won’t talk anymore…this photo says it all anyway.