Category Archives: Travel
The Blues
I. “You can’t understand the blues until you’ve had your heart broken, and you can’t understand disco until you’ve had group sex on Ecstasy.” – DJ Harvey When I moved to New York City over a year ago, my guitar … Continue reading
Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Buses Part V
The most irrelevant slivers of time can be accentuated — even narrated — by a backdrop of words and melody. Reality syncs, similar to an emotional sequence of film, to tapping the play button at just the right time. These … Continue reading
Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Buses Part IV
You watch the bus pull into the scorching parking lot, screeching to a halt as the brakes counter the momentum of the twelve tons of metal. You are last in line for what appears to be a full capacity of … Continue reading
Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Buses Part III
You put the key in the ignition and start the engine. Backing the car out of the extended driveway, you shoot one look in your rear view mirror. You know your path is clear of other automobiles, but it gives … Continue reading
Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Buses Part II
You run down the cracked sidewalk, feeling the underground vibration in your feet of the approaching subway you need to make. Dodging between people, nearly running over a little girl and knocking over a stroller, you reach the steps that … Continue reading