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  • Postcard #8 - Globe, Az
    Postcard #8 - Globe, Az
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    Pay phone call recorder for life.

    Marathon Target a few days before Globe.

    Music:

    Two Minute man by BROCKBEATS
    Flagstaff Crop Circles / 9 11 Mothman found alive in Arizona desert by The F*cked Up Beat

    0 min
  • Rule of Thumb
    How to hitchhike / a guide to hitchhiking in 2017.
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    A pretty good spot. Mainly, there's room to pull over and some cool trees to look at.

    Hot Creek, CA. Remember the Hiking in Hitchhiking.

    Riding with Strangers - Elijah Wald

    Hitchwiki

    Trustroots - Kasper (of Hitchwiki)'s new travel project

    MUSIC

    Yclept Insan

    BluOrangee

    Silk - Enter.Name

    The great David Dondero

    Mystery Mixtape

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    32 min
  • Postcard #7 - Cuzco
    Postcard #7 - Cuzco, Peru

    A quick check in from somewhere else.

    A lightening storm in the scared valley, and an hour of power choirs in Cuzco, Peru.

    from the bell tower

    3 min
  • Island
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    Anslem Douglas (Who Let the Dogs Out) + Smoked Solid Dairy (anime punk band on Maui.)

     

    Music:

    Roots Connective by Yclept Insan

    Doggie (Who let the dogs out) + Stick Fight by Anslem Douglas

    Lost Sensations by Odyssee

    Smoked Solid Dairy

    Tidal Wav Master by Yclept Insan

    Also, Make sure to check out Yclept Insan's new EP on Soundcloud HERE

    A big thank you this week to Anslem Douglas, Crona Aukerman, Request Records, Sierra Jickling, Kent Irwin, and Steve and Rachael Holton.

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    16 min
  • American Music
    American Music

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    This episode is dedicated entirely to a new compilation called "American Music."

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    American Music
    presented by Van Sounds (podcast) and People with Bodies (band)

    Gato Negro - Tus Amigos Nuevos (Chile)
    Identidade Apagada - Decurso Drama (Brasil)
    Me Movo - Aloizio (Brasil)
    Finder - People with Bodies (USA)
    Crecer - Las Ligas Menores (Argentina)
    Memorias de Un Fracaso - Los Lagartos (Perú)
    Caught the Song - David Dondero (USA)
    Animales mal Disecados - Lolabúm (Ecuador)
    Siesta Española - O Tortuga (México)
    Dig a Hole - Freak Heat Waves (Canada)
    Quién te Llama - Espinoza (Colombia)
    Demain Sera un Jour Meilleur - David et les Playboys (Canada)
    Summer Breeze - Las Kellies (Argentina)

    Find American Music online at Vansounds.bandcamp.com
    Contact us at [email protected]
    Or @Van_Sounds on Twitter

    Photograph by Christian Michael Filardo
    Cover by Anton Anger
    Mastered by Tea Haze

    19 min
  • Being There
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    Being There

    Talking various forms of presence with: Helen Fillmore who recently returned from Standing Rock, Jason Moore of Zero to Travel, & Brad Bynum of Elephant Rifle.

    Photo courtesy of Helen Fillmore

    Brad Bynum on stage - Photo by LUKA STARMER (intentionalrealities.com + @starmerl on IG)

    Jason Moore hosts the travel podcast ZERO TO TRAVEL
    and has recently launched the project TREKKING NEPAL

    You can subscribe to both on iTunes, or check them out through the links above.

     

    In early November people at Standing Rock built a bridge across a tributary of the cannonball river. Elders wanted to pray on a specific piece of land across the water.

    Hale Fillmore in the water. Photo by Helen Fillmore, 2016.

    MUSIC:

    Roots Connective by Yclept Insan
    Party Child by Elephant Rifle
    Ratios by Yclept Insan
    Underwater Calm by XYR
    KRX by Yclept insan
    I Am a Wipeout by Baseball Cap

     

    Find Van Sounds at: Twitter | iTunes | PRX | Facebook

    And the new Merch Store at: https://vansounds.bandcamp.com/merch

    27 min
  • Postcard #5 - Juneau, AK
    Postcard #5 - Juneau, Alaska
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    July in Alaska. Mendenhall Glacier. Sleep above a bar.

    July in Alaska

    Music was a excerpt of "Peasant Song" by high sierra shadowlord, VOLCHITSA

    3 min
  • That's Politics
    That's Politics
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    This election cycle seems louder than before.

    Small highway, crossing the Idaho/Washington border. Kent Irwin, Mark Nesbitt and myself are on tour with our band, People with Bodies, and we're packed into my pick up truck.

    Joe Exotic - 2016 Candidate for President of the United States of America.

    Protecting Nevada’s Children is the group that made these commercials -

    Hey, that's politics.

    On the way home, after touring in my pickup truck for probably way too long, the band bought a tour van. A 1986 Toyota named VAN.

    MUSIC:

    Church - Porteur

    Lights in the Sky at Night - M i l l e r 6 i x

    Got my Head Spinnin' - Tea Haze

    I'll Getcha Hy - Squeek Nutty Bug

    Traveler - ODYSSEE

    As I walk you to Your Death - Yclept Insan

     

    You can Find Kent Irwin at HowlsRoad.com

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    16 min
  • before now
    Before Now
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    On this episode, looking back. 

    Tijuana, Mexico

    Japanese artist Yoko Honda creates imaginary versions of California's past. More cool work at @yokopium on Instagram

    Music:

    Snake Way - Maitro

    An unnamed track by me (Not online, I'll email it to you if you want it)

    Vampire - Dani Shivers

    17 - Kent Irwin (Not online, comment and I'll email it to you)

    Summer Night - Esprit

    13 min

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