Sage Country Fragments

In this episode, visit Sports Clips, Target, and a 1966 author event with Allen Ginsberg at City Lights Bookstore. Also featuring: "Song for Phoebe Bridgers," "Song for a 94th Street Apartment," and "Song for my Large and Ever Growing Collection of Highway Maps."

Since I (Matt) am currently in the midst of a long series of travels, we're doing a mini episode this week, featuring our reviews of three locations each in Idaho and Wyoming. If you enjoy this sort of writing, we recommend The Anthropocene Reviewed, a podcast (and now a book!) that we're pretty openly riffing on.

In this episode, visit an important Starbucks on the corner of 4th and Seneca and a less important Starbucks on the corner of Grand and Green Bay. Featuring: "Song for Boring, OR," "Song for Diane Nguyen," and "Song for the Last Chapter of On the Road."

In this episode, visit so very many places across the US. Featuring: "Song for Daisy O'Sullivan," "Song for Imaginary Advice, Episode 83," and "Song for the JUMP Amphitheater."

In this episode, visit the Midwest, the ocean, and an art gallery right before closing. Also featuring: "Song for Ponyo (2008)," "Song for Nick Carraway and/or Mr. McKee," and "Song for the IHOP on Federal Way."

In this episode, visit the past. Featuring "Song for the Owyhee Range," "Song for Yevgeny Yevtushenko," and "Song for the Resurrection of Lazarus."

In this episode, visit the inside of several books and several kitchens. Also featuring "Song for Exit 364 to Lincolnway," "Song for This One Customer Who Was Consistently Rude to Me for No Apparent Reason," and "Song for the Eighth Chapter of The Shining."

CWs: death, suicide, addiction.

In this episode, visit a gas station in Oak Hill, a bar in Abilene, and a Pad Thai house full of dead romance. Also featuring "Song for the I-40: Westbound Santa Fe to Los Angeles," "Song for Kerouac's Haiku," and "Song for Matthew Shepard."

Special thanks to West Virginia Public Broadcasting for the use of their piece. 

In this episode, visit a Fred Meyer, an oil refinery, and Gothenburg, Sweden (by proxy). Also featuring: "Song for Virginia," "Song for Nicholas Cage," and "Song for 'The Sign.'" Plus: "The Sign"!

In this episode, visit Alaska, Nebraska, and the Eurotunnel. Also featuring: "Song for the Fulton County Election Board," "Song for Nebraska," and "Song for Betty Smith."