Travel(b)log: US Road Trip 2009 - The Movie
Note about the songs:
We are big fans of each artist whose songs we picked and would like to encourage you to check the links below. If you find these songs as enjoyable as we did, purchase the music that these artists have created.
| Bassnectar | Kazzer | Howlin Wolf | U2 |
| Morcheeba | Michael Franti | Satellite Party | Steve Earle |
| Ali Farka Toure | Eastern Sun | Cat Von Trapp | Adham Shaikh |
| Dean Can Dance | Kottonmouth Kings | Big Sugar | Sheryl Crow |
Note about the music:
Music pieces that I have created during this trip are in process of being recorded and made into an album. This will be the 2nd CD released under Art Sonic name.
Please follow this link for a preview and to get an update on the actual release date.
The rough sketches of these songs are used in the movie itself, without any overdubbing or mastering - just as recorded with Zoom H2 Field Recorder.
Literary reflection:
"They listened, they stared, their hearts beat faster with the power of the primitive and they remembered, under the thin imposed film of cultural consciousness, something older, deeper, richer, warmer, lovelier and finer than anything they'd ever been taught in school, heard from Church and State, or osmotically absorbed from TV, radio, newspapers, billboards, politicians, evangelists, priests, experts, M.D.s or Ph.D.s.
What? What was it?
It was that sense of life that cannot be expressed - or depressed - through mere words. It was the message of the wolf's cry, the lion's roar, the whispering of the forest, the thunder of a storm, the silence of the canyon, the wail of wind, the meaning of the moon. The fire of the blood. The drumming of the heart."
Edward Abbey
Environmental awareness:
We enjoyed our short stay in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico tremendously. Even though we visited Grand Canyon and Arizona in the past, we only had a glimpse into this region's unique and immense beauty. After 2009 trip, our love for the American Southwest grew deeper and I've acquired a new zest for the knowledge about history and current state of affairs in the 'four corner' region. Books by Edward Abbey, who was a Park Ranger in Arches National Park, helped me appreciate this land's unmatched beauty and understand the price tag that is attached to the exploration of its bountiful, yet not limitless, natural resources.
But one doesn't have to read volumes about this topic to realize how staggering is the impact of human dependency on the region's resources. Please watch this short video trailer and visit savecolorado.org for more information on the subject.