Word of South

Today kicks off the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, Calif., about 20 minutes west of Palm Springs near the Coachella Valley, one of the worst, hard-hit drought-stricken regions of the Golden State. I’ve attended five such spectacles (2009-2013), and if you’re into music, it’s an amazing amount of fun — and also a bit of work, unless you’re used to standing for at least 10 hours straight in stifling hot weather for three consecutive days. Here in Tallahassee, the first-ever…

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