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Laying in the sand eating fish and chips while the Southern Ocean lapped at my toes I remembered why I wanted to come down here. It was all about quality of life. It was about being a quarter of an hour away from the beach. It was about having a little bit more living space […]

 

 Sun Kil Moon - "Ocean Breathes Salty" [4:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 Modest Mouse - "The Ocean Breathes Salty": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Thank goodness for the library! After a week in Aus I’ve found a source for free, reliable, internet. We joined the library at Noarlunga yesterday and I spent an hour in wireless surfing bliss. It would have been more than an hour but apparently there is a download limit that I exceeded fairly rapidly. I […]

 

 Jane's Addiction - "Pigs In Zen": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Hello from an internet cafe in the Adelaide city center. You may have guessed from the lack of news here at chrisdellavedova.com that we have not yet sorted out our internet situation. It seems that our new home in Happy Valley, a perfectly normal looking suburb in the hills south of the city, is actually […]

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Current conditions - 16°C and raining. Welcome to sunny Australia!

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“Runway 4, Flight 209
teardrops fall we start to climb
this window seat proved a poor choice
it shows a dream that’s been destroyed
Little baby starts to cry
Hey, I would to if not for pride…”
-Dwight Yoakam - “1,000 Miles”
First leg done. The Orlando to L.A. flight was pretty much a breeze, with the exception that the whole […]

 

 Dwight Yoakam - "1,000 Miles" [4:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Adelaide
On a plane
Far from the United States
Of LA
Dropping in from outer space
Takes a day…”
-Ben Folds - “Adelaide”
Tomorrow is the day. The last leg of our trip, the longest and probably the most painful. Orlando to L.A. to Sydney to Adelaide. We’ve managed to avoid, and I’m knocking madly on wood, the horrifying stomach contents ejecting […]

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When I was a younger man I lived in Athens, Georgia and worked behind the counter of a popular coffee house. It was a wonderful job because built into it was the opportunity to meet and chat with the illuminati of the Classic City. One of them, the lead singer of a rock band who […]

 

 R.E.M. "E-Bow The Letter" [5:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Eva Popov is a Melbourne musician who recently released her debut long player “Me, the Sea & Stars”. I had originally lined her up as part of my interview series of Australian musicians over on A Free Man. When I started to do some research for my interview, however, I realized that there was a […]

 

 Eva Popov - "Carry This Love" [5:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Eva Popov - "Exit Door" [4:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“You get your Ph.D.
How happy you will be
When you get a job at Wendy’s
And are honored with employee of the month….”
-Barenaked Ladies - “Never Is Enough”
If just one more person gives me a skeptical, condescending or pitying look when I tell them that we’re moving to Australia without a car or a job or a […]

 

 Barenaked Ladies - "Never Is Enough" [3:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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