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Dice #6 (End of the Line)

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"Where you coming from...?"

"Where I've been."

"Where else?" - Blue Highways, William Least Heat Moon

"King of the Mountain." 2 hours into a mistaken shortcut. Near Happy Camp, Ca.

"I've never really rolled the dice, as you say." - Mark Lucas, sitting in front of the Lost at Sea Memorial - Trinidad, Ca.

The Gods poke their heads from the water.

I throw the die into the ocean. It washes back to me.

"2," it says. I start to take a picture but the next wave rolls in.

I wait silently; it returns.

"3" it says. I reach into the sand and pick it up. I bring it east, then south - back to the board game it belongs to.

Music:

The incredible edible Porteur

King of the Mountain, Josiah Knight

Scrambled Meggz

Andrew Jansen's new, awesome project, LOUD SUN

Dice 5 (Nothing on the Radio)

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PORTEUR !!

A Paper Cup Band (Andrew Jansen//LOUD SUN)

Arthur Howls - New cassette "Anarcho Jazz" coming soon.

Jona Barish

MIKE BRANCH - Rants from the Hill (Essays and sometimes Audio)

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Pre-300,000 truck back in Stanley, ID.

Dice #4 (The Edge)

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We start day 4 in South Central Idaho. We pass Hemmingway's grave and wind up in a Montana bar with an 8 piece brass band.

Then, we take an unexpected turn.

River from the highway. Twin Falls, ID.

The author. Ketchum, ID.

Brian says good-bye.

Links:

Porteur

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Dice #3 (The Hotel Nevada + Desert Silence)

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We spend the night in Cathedral Gorge - a clay, dirt dreamscape - then head to the Hotel Nevada to hear a song by David Dondero.

I dig into William Least Heat-moon's Blue Highways and find we've shared the same road.

Sunset at church.

Truck + Mountain

LINKS

HOME OF THE BRAVE episode

Church - Porteur

1996 (Ectoplasm Remix) - doeTheGhost

Layin' low in Ely, NV - David Dondero

Dyin' Sun - Southnorth

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Dice #2 (The Middle of Somewhere)

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Part 2 of the Dice Series.

We cross the nearest state border and drive across Nevada. Featuring two stories from the Little Ale'inn and a found book that would become the trip manifesto.

The system:1 = North2 = East3 = South4 = West5 = Stay put6 = Cross the nearest state border.

"That's what I tell everybody - watch the sky." -Pam, Little A'le'Inn

“On the old highway maps of America, the main routes were red and the back roads blue. Now, even the colors are changing.”
— William Least Heat-Moon, Blue Highways

We bought a 6 back and bag of chips and careened into the warm desert night, looking for a place to sleep.

MUSIC:

Church - Porteur (https://soundcloud.com/porteur)
Time Bandit - Yclept Insan (https://soundcloud.com/ycleptinsan)
Italics - Porteur

Dice #1

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The Dice Series begins.

For the next 6 episodes, middle school friend Brian Anderson and I will wake up every morning and roll a single di. Then, depending on the roll, we will drive in a certain direction for the rest of the day.

The system:1 = North2 = East3 = South4 = West5 = Stay put6 = Cross the nearest state border.

Day 1, Southbound.

Mono Lake

I climbed a pole. Mono lake in the background.

Official Trailer - Van Sounds Dice Trip

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6 part series coming soon.

Open Source Song Writing

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Billy Mack got a house, and then got 95 people to play a song about it.

To hear all of the versions of The City Without Limits Theme Song, visit

http://billymackcollector.bandcamp.com/album/city-without-limits-theme-song

Game Six

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In 2011 I went on a North American tour with a punk band, and quite two weeks early. This may be my only answer to the question, "Do you have any regrets?"

A Quick Trip Through Uncertainty

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View Thomas' blog at: http://blackdogbicycling.blogspot.com/

Music in this episode:
Church - Porteur
John G. - Yclept Insan (http://holypagerecords.bandcamp.com/album/--2)
Fronts - Laid
Woke up in a Desert Valley - Scrambled Meggz