Wasteland

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Wasteland may refer to:

• A landscape devoid of nutrients, soil and/or moisture; see also, overgrazing, slash and burn, deforestation, erosion, scorched earth
• Wasteland (mythology), the Celtic motif of the land of the Fisher King
• Wasteland Speech, a 1961 speech by FCC chairman Newton N. Minow in which he compares television to "a vast wasteland"

[edit] Entertainment

• The Waste Land, a poem by T. S. Eliot
• The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, a novel by Stephen King
• Wasteland (Block novel), a novel by Francesca Lia Block
• Wasteland (comic), a post-apocalyptic comic book written by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten
• Wasteland (Warhammer), a fictional region in the world of Warhammer Fantasy
• Wasteland (DC Comics), a 1987 horror/humor comic book anthology written by John Ostrander and Del Close
• Wasteland (computer game), a computer role-playing game
• Wasteland (TV series), an American television drama, debuted in 1999
• Teenage Wasteland (film), 2006 film written and directed by Welsh director Andrew Jones
• Capital Wasteland (Fallout 3), a post-nuclear Washington DC, which stands as your world in the hit action RPG.

[edit] Music

• "Wasteland" (Maxïmo Park song), on the War Child charity album Help: A Day in the Life
• "Wasteland" (10 Years song), a 2005 single by rock band 10 Years
• "Wasteland" (Billy Idol song), a 1993 single by Billy Idol from the Cyberpunk album
• "Wasteland" (Poison song), a song by Poison from their 2002 album Hollyweird
• "Wasteland" (The View song), a song by The View from their debut album Hats Off to the Buskers
• "The Wasteland" (Elton John song), a song by Elton John from his album Songs From The West Coast
• "The Waste Lands", an album by Venom.
• "Baba O'Riley," the 1971 song by the English rock band The Who, is often called "Teenage Wasteland" after the phrase repeated throughout the song

[edit] See also

• Wastelands (disambiguation)

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