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Since our arrival Down Under, one of my goals has been to run across some of the exotic wildlife for which Australia is famous in their native habitat. Until this weekend, my wildlife encounters have been limited to spotting cockatoos, rosellas and the occassional pigeon from a distance and a couple of unidentifiable furry […]

 

 INXS - "Wild Life": 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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It’s never as bad as you think it’s going to be.
No part of our trip, from our pre-dawn departure from Sweden in blowing snow to our pre-dawn walk on the beach 32 hours later, was a lot of fun. Neither was it the disaster that it could have been when we got of the ground […]

 

 Wilco - "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" [6:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Today is our last day in Sweden. We’ll jet off into the dark western sky for another hop over the North Sea. After landing in Heathrow we’re in for what is bound to be a harried race across London to Gatwick Airport - with slightly more luggage than we arrived in Sweden with ten days […]

 

 Moonbabies - "War on Sound" [3:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Bob: It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids.
Charlotte: It’s scary.
Bob: The most terrifying day of your life is the day the first one is born.
Charlotte: Nobody ever tells you that.
Bob: Your life, as you know it… is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how […]

 

 The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey" [3:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement
When you drink my health in scented jasmine tea
You knifed me in my dirty filthy basement
With that jaded faded junky nurse
Oh, what pleasant company…”
-The Rolling Stones - “Let It Bleed”*
I’ve not got a lot of great photos of Sweden to share with you today because, if the truth […]

 

 The Rolling Stones - "Let It Bleed" [5:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Weather man and the crazy chief
One says sun and one says sleet
AM, the FM, the P.M. too
Churning out that boogaloo
Gets you up and gets you out
But how long can you keep it up?”
-The Clash - “The Magnificent Seven”
The fact that we arrived in Sweden yesterday unbruised and still speaking to one another is testament to […]

 

 The Clash - "The Magnificent Seven": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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We’re off! Next stop - Sweden.

 

 John Denver - "Leaving On A Jet Plane": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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