Postcard #9 - Pacifica, CA

Van Sounds contributor Emily Jiang finds a house on a cliff between the highway and the ocean.

Photos by Emily Jiang and Abby Mitchell.

Repeater

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I have a 100 theme songs in my head.
They bounce around, bounce off each other, but mainly, they repeat.
They play, then they play again. Then they play again. Then the show happens until the theme comes and plays again. And then the show and then the theme and then the theme. The television is either mocking or celebrating my repetitive movements, and then in turn I do the same to it.

Maybe think about the engine of a freight train. Maybe think about the pistons somewhere deep in there pumping up and down, over and over again. The repetition makes it go. The repetition moves it.
But even if the pistons stop, the train keeps moving. Repetition builds momentum.
You repeat something enough, and it starts to repeat itself

I called up Union Pacific and asked the first person to answer the phone, "if an average freight train is cruising at full speed on flat, straight tracks, and they cut the engine, how far would it go before it stops?” And the guy on the phone replied — quote "i dunno, pretty far."

20khz

Break Master Cylinder press photo

MUSIC

Roots Connective, Tutzi, and Beet Tape Coop by Yclept Insan
n e e dr e s t by Odyssee
A bunch of theme songs including BREAK MASTER CYLINDER
M-800 by Over Vert.

Are you there?

Music:

Roots connective by Yclept Insan
The One by Corya Yo
Blue Sky an’ calm by X.Y.R.
Flow Study by Hammer Screwdriver
Dezembro by JEZMND
Nuestra Noche by Mi Amigo Invencible

Postcard #8 - Globe, Az

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

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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Postcard #7 - Cuzco

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

Island

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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Postcard #6 - Tijuana Jukebox

Van Sounds Postcards - quick audio check-ins from somewhere else.

#6 - Tijuana Jukebox, songs and sounds from a recent day trip to Mexico.

American Music

https://vansounds.bandcamp.com

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

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 peoplewithbodies@gmail.com
Or @Van_Sounds on Twitter

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