Flyover America has moved! Please join us at www.ReadFlyoverAmerica.com. I’ve found a new-to-me, road-trip flick to add to my list of favorites: Duets which was released in 2000 and stars Paul Giametti, Gwyneth Paltrow (whose dad directed), Huey Lewis and a bunch of other cool people, including cameos by Angie Dickinson and Maya Rudolph. The [...]
Posts Tagged ‘road trips’
Another Angle on the American Road Trip Movie
Posted in America on Film, tagged Andre Braugher, Angie Dickinson, Duets, Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis, Maya Rudolph, movies, Nebraska, Paul Giametti, road trip, road trips, Texas, Thelma and Louise on August 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Sophia’s 10 Songs for an American Road Trip
Posted in American Tunes, Uncategorized, tagged David Frizzell, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, Johnny Cash, Mac Davis, Merle Haggard, music, road trips, Shelly West, The Flatlanders. Asleep at the Wheel, The Jayhawks, The Lovin' Spoonful on July 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Flyover America has moved! Please join us at www.ReadFlyoverAmerica.com Forty-seven percent of road trip success is having the right soundtrack. (The rest is route, scenery, and snacks.) This week Jenna, Matt and I offer you our Flyover America Mix—10 songs each (though we could think of many more) about flyover states. Of course, road songs [...]
Sophia’s Story
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bus travel, road trips, Sophia, why we travel on July 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Growing up in New York City, I was deeply indoctrinated in a view of the world that Saul Steinberg’s summed up in his famous 1976 New Yorker magazine cover. There was 10th Ave. and there was New Jersey (which you avoided as much as possible) and then there was a whole bunch of nothing worth [...]
Love Letter To The Interstate System
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Interstates, road trips on May 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A certain type of traveler, the “I-only-watch-PBS” type of traveler, scorns the Interstate. These travelers are all about the blue highways, those small rural roads that require time and patience and don’t send you hurtling through America’s heartland. (Today’s rumination is brought to you courtesy of this New Yorker cartoon, which got me thinking when [...]
Sure Sign of Spring: Road Trips
Posted in State-by-State, tagged cross-country, Phil Keoghan, road trips, Tom Brokaw on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, early spring. Flowers have started to poke their heads out of the ground. Birds seem that much cheerier and chirpier. And, of course, dreamers across America are plotting the perfect road trip in their minds and Moleskine notebooks. (Come on, admit it—we’re all Moleskine cliches.) A few interesting road trips of note: Tom Brokaw [...]
