Drumming Up a Shift in Thinking
My recent vacation produced a valuable lesson about life and learning, a reminder of how hard it is to turn off expectations and simply be open to what you find. The lesson began at the moment I chang...
Music
Calexico, Just In Time
A Calexico album is like a great meal, with a variety of complex flavors that complement each other without being pretentious, well-presented and paced....
Riding My Own Sonic Highways
The Foo Fighters' album "Sonic Highways" has been in heavy rotation during my days on the highway this year....
Riding with Paul Kelly, “Spring and Fall”
Kelly manages to write universal truths with a clever selection of particulars, and fresh images that avoid clichés of both lyric and thought....
Soundtracking a Road Trip With Hey Marseilles
There are two approaches to road trip music. Either choose music to fit the mood, or to change it. ...
Road Trip Tunes: Pat Metheney’s “Letter From Home”
As a little diversion from educational posts, I’m going to write about music now and then. This is the first post in that category. I hope you’ll comment if you like the songs, and share ...