To the HWY…and many random thoughts..
The morning greeted me with pelts of rain, hammering away on the window in my sister’s house, which has since given way to beams of sun slicing through the clouds. We’re up in Raleigh, NC, returning our rental car and visiting my sister. I’m musing heavily over our impending road trip, having spent the early morning watching this nugget of sauntering sweetness:
Driving…We finally made up our minds about what car will bring us across the country and back to our home in LA. I’ll manage to post some more photos soon, but it is indeed something I’ve been lusting over for a while.
Sexpot on wheels...
We leave for LA tomorrow ( or maybe Sunday) so I thought I’d try to document it in a little road diary, right here…perhaps involving a bit of noise, in a tidy yet wild brown paper package akin to Dorothy’s Balloon ride back to Oz. This is certainly that ride!
My ingredients are minimal, though I have plenty of plug ins & apps via my laptop, iPhone & iPad…and I do love my broken glockenspiel, Rode Podcaster and Monotribe. Certainly a time when an OP1 would come in handy! Nevertheless, limitations are very healthy:
Which brings me back to the love of driving & how creatively stimulating it is. And to long road trips. And to the magic of the world whizzing by in a beautiful, honey coated blur. Music swirling in your head and in your hands, mountains, desserts, creatures, expoding sunrises, drunk sunsets, Jim Morrison, foul coffee, potholes, 72 ounce Porterhouse steaks, Grand Canyon, road diaries, drowsy hotels and everything held together by USB. The Doors ‘Waiting for the Sun’, Cliff Martinez’ ‘Drive’, Clint Mansell’s ‘Moon’, Neu!, Hawkwind, Tangerine Dream, Stereolab…
Leaving you with this for now, a bit of dark beauty:
Also & a bit off topic – More soon in regards to I Speak Machine & the ‘Daily Stems’ I was on about..In the meantime, I’ve made a new Twitter page for it, please follow if you so desire.
Written by Tara on January 27, 2012 at 2:45 pm
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I wish you safe and productive travels! I don’t know what route you’re taking but if it brings you through Tucson, it would be lovely to say hello.
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