J claims that he doesn't read my updates because of my uber-detailed listing of the songs we listen to. "Nobody cares about each and every track you play!" Music buff and wannabe DJ in me died, you guys. So instead of listing it manually here, I'm just going to embed the playlists I saved off of Spotify for our trip. Yep, I actually signed up for Spotify Premium so we could listen to songs offline/without Internet connectivity.
For this particular leg, we turned to this comedy compilation we begun listening to a few days ago, beginning with Robin Williams (may he rest in peace). People of note on this list that we ended up liking a lot are Wyatt Cenac and Maria Bamford. Skipped the non-spoken word tracks and Tig Notaro ("Too much cancer talk!" - Jason).
Food and drink
Snacks: Lay's Oven Baked barbecue potato chips, fresh persimmons courtesy of Tita Virgie (so good!) Dinner: Taco Bell, Jason - 5 tacos (1 of them originally mine), Jam - Crunch wrap supreme
Welcome to New Mexico, The Land of Enchantment
Not my photo, filched from here. We were going way too fast for me to be able to take my own, and it was already dark out.
Not exactly sure why this is New Mexico's slogan. For the remainder of our time on the road to get to our Airbnb in Santa Fe, we saw nothing but flat lands and desert. Where are the unicorns and fairies? Must investigate further.
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This update will be a short one since we've decided to spend one more night in Flagstaff so we can catch up on our remote jobs for the day. Yes, our life on the road accounts for employment! What, did you think we were slummin' it for the entire month? :-P
Playlist (here or YouTube, for those you can't find)
Carrie Underwood - Two Black Cadillacs
U2 - Beautiful Day
Jason Mraz - Long Drive [1]
Christina Perri - Burning Gold
Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
The Cranberries - Dreams
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
The Wallflowers - One Headlight
Incubus - Drive
Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights [2]
Fun. - We Are Young
Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Temp outside the car en route to Grand Canyon: 14-18 F (shiiiiiit)
Miscellanoues information and thoughts [1] Whaddayaknow, the first Mraz song I've played during this trip, three days in. THE RESTRAINT! [2] If you have to pick one, TPS version or Iron and Wine version?
In the spirit of keeping it short, here are some pictures! Grand Canyon, officially crossed off my bucket list. :)
Sufjan Steven - For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti
Cee Lo Green - Fuck You
Johnny Cash - Jackson
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Modest Mouse - Float On
Amii Stewart - Friends
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
Steve Winwood - Higher Love
Food and drink
Lunch: Denny's, Jason - Southwest turkey sandwich, Jam - eggs in a basket with bacon and hashbrowns
Dinner: gyros and beer
Comedians we listened to
Aziz Ansari [7]
Dane Cook
John Mulaney
Jerry Seinfeld
Bill Burr [8]
Louis C.K.
Daniel Tosh [9]
Mitch Hedberg
Demetri Martin
Anthony Jesselnik
Jim Gaffigan
Miscellaneous information and thoughts [1] Obviously my favorite DMB track, probably of all time. [2] I consider this one of our "theme songs" (do we still call 'em that? sorry for the cringe-fest) because when I first told him I loved this song, he said he had the CD and actually played it in his car during one of his long road trips. + cool points, obvs. [3] Belting this out while speeding down the highway that will lead us out of California has its benefits. [4] One of my ultimate fave bands in the 90s! Made me remember a hilarious podcast J and I listened to a few weeks ago, about some guy who thought he was friends with 3EB lead singer Stephan Jenkins. Give it a listen:
[5] I need to re-memorize my Eminem raps..you only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow, this opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo! [6] Do we still abhor Cee Lo Green for the rape thing? [7][8][9] LOVE THEM. I really need to watch more stand-up, preferably live.
Other things
Experienced a 4.7 earthquake! It was CRAZY. We thought it was just a train coming through because it's pretty common to hear 'em coming in Flagstaff, but the whole room rumbled like hell. This is probably the first time I've ever felt an earthquake of this magnitude.
Flagstaff is pretty cool. Still has an out-of-nowhere feel to it, but it's not so bad.
