There was no sleep to be had last evening. I was wide-awake when wake-up call I had scheduled for 7:00am came. My bags were sitting untouched by the door to my room,…

It’s 8:10pm in Rapid City, South Dakota. I’m already drunk, and I still have two pint glasses in front of me waiting to be consumed. Curse the cute girl with the nose…

[Giant Sand – “Sucker In A Cage” MP3] Yesterday, in Billings, I strolled up and down Grand Avenue, the main stretch of local businesses in this city. After visiting a record store…

The pages in this manuscript of my year are falling out. With age comes wear and tear. I know this because I am living this. Still moving through Big Sky country I…

“I left Tacoma a short while ago. Um, I drove just by the outskirts of Seattle, disappointingly unable to spend any real amount of time there, considering my drive today is seven…

Beeps at short intervals. A voice message or two. This is how I am stirred from slumber on Sunday morning. It’s not as lilting and pretty as the Velvet Underground & Nico…

In those last few hours before I knew I was leaving San Francisco, my thoughts vacillated. After breakfast at Dottie’s I got in my car and drove to Haight/Ashbury and wandered around…

It’s been days since I last heard from Jefre Cantu. After keeping in regular contact over a span of two months, here I was on perhaps my final morning in San Francisco…

I had a feeling that sending my initial inquiry to Beulah’s e-mail account with the subject: “an inquiry (from a male fan!)” would not yield desirable results. Considering the amount of null…

[[[[VVRSSNN]]] – “Comeouttoshowdem” MP3] The drive up US-101—the Pacific Coast Highway—was the most surreal drive yet. It took a while for the visuals to kick-in, but once they did, I was convinced…