Hello from an internet cafe in the Adelaide city center. You may have guessed from the lack of news here at afreeman.org 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 [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Dropping in from outer space
We’re here. It’s been a couple of days of physically painful, bleary-eyed jetlag. I don’t even know if I can do it justice. The trip was, well the trip is over. Let’s just say that I am not traveling back to the States or Europe until the trip here is somehow erased from my memory.
I’m [...]
Sydney
Current conditions – 16°C and raining. Welcome to sunny Australia!
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LAX
“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 [...]
Just one more little hop
“Adelaide
On a plane
Far from the United StatesOf 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 [...]
Florida
Before we go, here are some photos from our Florida trip:
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Radio Silence
A Free Man is going to be off the grid for a while during our relocation Down Under. Check out my Australian playlist here and look for more music as soon as we work out those inverted Antipodean interwebs.
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Let the children lead the way
Since my son was born I’ve been introducing him slowly to the greats – we’re currently doing The Clash. The other day, however, he returned the favor. We were playing and listening to the podcast of NPR’s All Songs Considered. Something that I would have missed entirely caught the boy’s attention and enchanted him completely. [...]
Aluminum, tastes like fear
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 [...]
The sound of Hannibal’s War Elephants
“Well, he came without warning
like 10,000 men swarming.
Right out of the sky, like a torch
in the night.
The rocks were screaming, and
the sand it was breathing.
I’ve been here before,
When I was killed in a war.”
-The Black Angels – “The Return (a warning to prepare)”
Austin’s The Black Angels sophomore LP stomped its’ way on to the interwebs [...]
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