The Living Breathing Heart of Summer
rumor has it that the bikini and martini are equally intoxicating—
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running west with the wind
Buffalo Head In the 1970’s I played my show in Colorado. Autumn was preferred. Instead by hubris in winter late near midnight I drove Highway 160 over Yellowjacket Pass in thirty below. I made Durango that night for a show the next day. My teeth chattering, I climbed into my goose down bag tossed a […]
Read More running west with the windMinting Ghost Towns
This is our America out here…
Read More Minting Ghost TownsThermopolis, Wyoming’s Hot Spring
Deeper into the journey now. After Fort Collins, Colorado’s leafy college town coddling I am back in the sprawling lost world we know as Central Wyoming. Hot Springs State Park is set against a northern flowing Big Horn River. Half the town’s businesses are in dire circumstances the rest boarded up. You come to Thermopolis […]
Read More Thermopolis, Wyoming’s Hot SpringBaker, Nevada
Sixty-eight citizens call Baker, Nevada home. Five miles from the entrance to Great Basin National Park makes this unincorporated corner of the universe a park visitor must-do experience- like it or not. Nearest grocery stores are 56 miles west in Ely, pronounced E-Lee. Nearest saloon once you depart the two saloons in Baker is 8 […]
Read More Baker, NevadaFallon, Nevada
Getting packed and out of town without a hitch wasn’t likely to begin with. Because of the sailboat, home renovation and general spirit of upheaval there were things that would go missing. Forget the vest and 12 volt cool chest so you know. Bitter pills to swallow. Success in low budget showmanship demands a vest. […]
Read More Fallon, NevadaApril 19,’18 Gridlocked in Tsunami Zone
Bio-Debatable Bat-Poop-Crazy Not the Destination? It’s the Journey? Are You Sure Sherlock? We’ll say a quick hello… Thursday here in LA with Emeryville on our evenings itinerary. Got that? We’re aboard the vessel Sweet Seas. Yesterday foolishly believing I could do better than be held hostage to the tyranny of Los Angeles traffic I took […]
Read More April 19,’18 Gridlocked in Tsunami ZoneIt Ain’t Over Till the Fat Canary Starts Sizzling…
Setting Sail for a Better Future Let’s head out from here where sanity prevails. First, we have a global manmade climate crisis. Got that? Let’s get our priorities right. Wake up! Next up is worldwide population levels continuing to expand while we wreak havoc upon the support system all these new lives will need if […]
Read More It Ain’t Over Till the Fat Canary Starts Sizzling…How Sweet It Is
The Most Beautiful Places in the World Timing is everything. A good location doesn’t hurt. But, it’s the intangibles that will get you. “To be completely honest, although I love living in the city, it’s not my favorite place to perform.” What? “It seems to have an overly-politically-correctness vibe.” Really? So, we haven’t changed; they […]
Read More How Sweet It IsHow to Not Write Anything Brilliantly
We go to busking great Tim Motley enjoying his summer in Melbourne for this: “I try to sit down with my morning coffee around noon.” It usually happens first thing,” Dan Looker explains, “when the previous evening’s alcohol and the morning coffee meet in a front.” That’s some kind of weather pattern. The well washed […]
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