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I was raised by wolves. Very kind, very nurturing wolves. I love riding to a town a just barely learned the name of on a Friday, making a decision at the intersection to get myself lost 1000 miles away from home on a Saturday, and trying to figure out how the hell I can get home on a Sunday. Just ride a place and see a thing.

Glen Campbell – Gentile on my mind.

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Glen Campbell has always been good Road Music.     Rhinestone Cowboy, Galveston, By the time I get to Phoenix….  It’ll hit the spot at certain times on a good road trip.    I’ve always been a fan.

The man had serious talent.   He had a solid career as a session guitarist;  The righteous brothers, Merle Haggard, the Monkees, Roger Miller and the Beach Boys.   Hell, the Beach Boys tried to hire him to Replace Brian Wilson on tour.    He Decided to do his own thing instead, follow his gut and then turn out some of his own hits.    He Had a few.

I  guess he lived in Phoenix for a pretty long stretch — The radio stations on my daily commute have been full of stories about him.   From Alice Cooper to Radio Hosts who worked with him here, and even to his neighbors who knew him.     Turns out, he was as down to earth and friendly as he was represented.    Basically, a helluva good human being.

RIP Glen Campbell.     You sir, were gentle on all of our minds.   Thanks for what you did.

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It’s not so Easy – A film by Peter Fonda and Cliff Vaughs

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Check this out.   For you n00bs out there, listen up! 😉

It’s a motorcycle safety film produced by the late Cliff Vaughs in 1974— Cliff was one of the makers of the Easy Rider bikes and built the most famous bike in the world:  Captain America.   He got with Peter Fonda a few years after Easy Rider to make this film.   Its a blast from the past.    Plus its got my Childhood Hero Evel Knevel!   I can’t believe it didn’t win an academy award 🙂

Cliff Vaughs shows up about 7:30 in the film   RIP Cliff!

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It’s not about the nail.

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I don’t recall if I’ve posted this before, and I’m too lazy to go back and check to see if I did.   It came up in a conversation today, and it still cracks me up.    If you’re a guy, you’ll understand.

It’s been pretty damn hot lately.    We hit 120 one day, and a couple of days over 117.     Its monsoon season in the Valley, and we’re starting to get some pretty bitchen thunderstorms.   When it rains in the desert, the sky just opens up and DUMPS.   Its bad ass.    Those are even fun to ride in, because they don’t last long.     I freaking love the desert.

The nice thing about living here is although its too hot right now to go explore somewhere, you don’t get that feeling that the clock is ticking on a long ride.   I love that.   Mrs Zip and I are planning on a ride to Nevada for a BACA rally in October, and I’d like to go check out New Mexico before that.    I’m thinking Alamagordo to see some nuclear history, or Roswell for the fuck of it and see some Aliens.    Texas is also an option:  Route 66 in the panhandle, or El Paso to bring back some killer Salsa and eat some Texas BBQ.   There’s the Abandoned set where John Wayne Re-created the Alamo thats only 900 miles away in Bracketville, or go see the stockyards again in Fort Worth and get a killer steak.

I need to stop.  this is giving me the ride hornies.

 

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